John August
Writing
- Born
- April 4, 1970 (age 56) · Boulder, Colorado, USA
John August (born August 4, 1970) is an American screenwriter, director, producer, and novelist. He is known for writing the films Go (1999), Charlie's Angels (2000), Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003), Big Fish (2003), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Corpse Bride (2005), Frankenweenie (2012), the Disney live-action adaptation of Aladdin (2019), the novels Arlo Finch in the Valley of Fire (2018), Arlo Finch in the Lake of the Moon (2019) and Arlo Finch in the Kingdom of Shadows (2020).
He hosts the screenwriting podcast Scriptnotes with Craig Mazin, maintains an eponymous screenwriting blog, and develops screenwriter-targeted software through his company, Quote-Unquote Apps.
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August is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, voting in the Writers branch. In 2016, he was awarded the WGAw's Valentine Davies Award for his dignified contributions to the entertainment industry and the community at large and has been nominated for a BAFTA and a Grammy.
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Known for
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
July 13, 2005
Aladdin
May 22, 2019
Corpse Bride
September 12, 2005
Big Fish
December 10, 2003
Dark Shadows
May 9, 2012
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
May 19, 2010
Charlie's Angels
November 2, 2000
Frankenweenie
October 4, 2012
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
June 25, 2003
Titan A.E.
June 16, 2000
Go
April 9, 1999
The Nines
January 21, 2007
Behind the camera16
- 2019Aladdin Screenplay
- 2012Frankenweenie Screenplay
- 2012Dark Shadows Story
- 2010Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Executive Producer
- 2007The Nines Director, Writer
- 2005Corpse Bride Screenplay
- 2005Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Screenplay
- 2003Big Fish Screenplay
- 2003Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle Screenplay, Story
- 2000Charlie's Angels Writer