Menno Meyjes (born 1954) is a Dutch screenwriter, film director, and producer.[1] He is an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award nominee, and a Goya Award and Hugo Award winner.

Menno Meyjes
Born1954 (age 69–70)
Alma materSan Francisco Art Institute (1980, MFA)
Occupation(s)Screenwriter, director, producer
Websitemennomeyjes.com

Biography

edit

Meyjes was born in Bloemendaal, North Holland in 1954. He moved to the United States in 1972 and studied at San Francisco Art Institute, graduating with a Masters Degree in 1980. In 1984, he founded the graphic design magazine Emigre, with fellow Dutchmen Marc Susan and Rudy VanderLans.[2]

Meyjes first gained attention for his spec script The Children's Crusade, which was later produced in 1987 by Francis Ford Coppola as Lionheart.[2] His first produced screenplay was the 1985 film The Color Purple, directed by Steven Spielberg and based on Alice Walker's 1982 novel of the same name. He was nominated for an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

Meyjes worked with Steven Spielberg again, when he was a script doctor Empire of the Sun (1987), and then co-wrote the story for Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade in 1989. The same year, he won a Goya Award for writing the Spanish film Twisted Obsession.

In 2002, Meyjes wrote and directed the film Max.[3]

Filmography

edit
Year Title Director Writer Notes
1985 Amazing Stories No Yes Television series (Episode: "The Mission")
The Color Purple No Yes
1987 Lionheart No Yes
1989 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade No Story
1991 Ricochet No Story
1994 Foreign Student No Yes Also co-producer
1998 The Siege No Yes
2002 Max Yes Yes Directorial Debut
2007 Martian Child Yes No
2008 Manolete Yes Yes
2011 Black Gold No Yes
2013 The Dinner Yes Yes
2015 De Reünie Yes Yes
2016 De Held Yes Yes
TBA Close Enough No Yes

Uncredited written works:

References

edit
  1. ^ "Menno Meyjes". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-11-10.
  2. ^ a b https://www.emigre.com/assets/file/pdfMagazine/Emigre3Meyjes.pdf
  3. ^ Stephen Holden (2002-12-27). "Hitler Before the Führer: An Anxious Young Painter". The New York Times.
edit