Michael frost beckner biography
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Michael Frost Beckner
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in Los Angeles, The United StatesWebsite
https://www.michaelfrostbeckner.com
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Fiction, Thriller, Humor and Comedy
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In 1989, Michael Frost Beckner's script for Sniper launched a military-thriller franchise now in production on its eighth sequel. Three consecutive record-breaking spec script sales and three films later, Tony Scott directed Beckner's original screenplay "Spy Game." An international blockbuster that paired Robert Redford and Brad Pitt as CIA partners and rivals, it is now a classic in the espionage genre.
Beckner branched into television with his CIA-based drama "The Agency" for CBS, Beckner's pilot predicted Osama bin Laden's terror attack and the War on Terror four months before 9/11. In that series alone, Beckner would go on to predictively dramatize three more future international terror events. Having penned more than twenty-five pilotIn 1989, Michael Frost Beckner's script for Sniper launched a military-thriller franchise now in production on its eighth sequel. Three consecutive record-breaking spec script sales and three films later, Tony Scott directed Beckner's original screenplay "Spy Gam
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After earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in Novel Writing from the University of Southern California under PEN/Faulkner winner T.C. Boyle, Michael Frost Beckner became writer's assistant to Academy Award winner Barry Levinson before launching his writing career in the 1990's with three multi-million-dollar script sales. Today, with dozens of screenplays and rewrites for major studios, and more than twenty pilots for commercial and cable networks, Beckner has, from his first film "Sniper" (currently in release with its 8TH franchise sequel), built a reputation for character-based espionage, military, and historical dramas and thrillers.
Beckner's "Texas, Lead and Gold" (1990), broke the record for the highest selling screenplay. He beat his own record a year later with "Cutthroat Island," and again a year after that with a live-action "Hunchback of Notre Dame" (Disney). At the same time, Beckner was making a name for himself with assignments and originals for major directors (John Hughes, Paul Verhoeven, Wolfgang Petersen), actors (Eddie Murphy, Harrison Ford, Sylvester Stallone, Geena Davis, Dennis Quaid), Academy Award producers (Mark Johnson, Doug Wick), and novelists (John Le Carre, Tom Clancy, Ken Follett). Produced fil
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