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Screenwriter, director, producer, novelist

Allison Burnett (born December 16, 1958[citation needed]) is an American screenwriter, film director, and novelist.

Early life and education[edit]

Allison Burnett was born in Ithaca, New York.[citation needed] He graduated from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois[1] before attending Juilliard where he studied playwriting.[2]

1990s[edit]

Burnett’s first screenplay to be produced was the kick-boxing prison drama, Bloodfist III: Forced to Fight (1992),[3] which he co-wrote with Charles Mattera. He also wrote Gregory Hines’ directorial debut, Bleeding Hearts (1994),[4] and the film Red Meat (1997), which he directed, starring John Slattery, Jennifer Grey, and Lara Flynn Boyle.[5]

2000s[edit]

Burnett’s next film was Autumn in New York (2000), starring Richard Gere and Winona Ryder.[6] This was followed by the Lifetime Original Movie Perfect Romance (2004),[7]Feast of Love (2007) based on the book by Charles Baxter and starring Morgan Freeman and Greg Kinnear,[8] and Resurrecting the Champ (2007), written with Michael Bortman and starring Samuel L. Jackson and Josh Hartnett.[9] In 2008, Burnett wrote, with Robert Fyvolent and Mark Brinker, the crime thriller Untraceable (2008) starring Diane Lane.[10] The following year, Burnett wrote the remake of Fame.[11]

2010s[edit]

Burnett had two films released in 2012. The first was Underworld Awakening (2012), co-written with Len Wiseman, John Hlavin, and J. Michael Straczynski, the fourth film in the Underworld series starring Kate Beckinsale. The following month, Gone (2012) was released, starring Amanda Seyfried.[12]

In 2013, Burnett directed his second film, Ask Me Anything (2013) based on his novel Undiscovered Gyrl.[13] The film stars Britt Robertson, Justin Long, Christian Slater, Robert Patrick, and Martin Sheen.[14]

In 2019, Burnett directed the sequel to Ask Me Anything, Another Girl, starring Sammi Hanratty and Peter Gadiot, based on his 2015 novella of the same name.[15]

Fiction[edit]

Burnett’s first novel, Christopher: A Tale of Seduction was published in 2003 by Broadway Books. It was a finalist for the 2004 Pen Center Literary Award.[1]

In 2006, Burnett wrote a sequel to Christopher titled The House Beautiful, published by Carroll & Graf, followed in 2009 by the novel Undiscovered Gyrl, published by Vintage Books.[16]

In 2011, Burnett wrote the second sequel to his novel Christopher, titled Death By Sunshine, published by Writers Tribe Books.[17]

Burnett released his fifth novel, The Escape of Malcolm Poe in 2014.[18] He released a sequel novella to Undiscovered Gyrl, titled Another Girl, in 2015.

Filmography[edit]

Year Title Publisher Notes
2003 Christopher: A Tale of Seduction Broadway Books Finalist in Fiction, 2004 Pen Center USA Award
2006 The House Beautiful Carroll & Graf Sequel to Christopher: A Tale of Seduction
2009 Undiscovered Gyrl Vintage Books Adapted into film, directed by the author
2011 Death by Sunshine Writers Tribe Books]p Second sequel to Christopher: A Tale of Seduction
2014 The Escape of Malcolm Poe Writers Tribe Books
2015 Another Girl Allison Burnett Sequel novella to Undiscovered Gyrl

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Allison Burnett (Author of Undiscovered Gyrl)
  2. ^ Screenplays that Sell: Secrets to Conquering the Studio Spec Market
  3. ^ Bloodfist III
  4. ^ New York Times Movies Production Credits, Bleeding Hearts
  5. ^ Sundance bites into ‘Red Meat’ indie channel buys Burnett’s debut pic
  6. ^ Holden, Stephen. “FILM REVIEW; May–December Romance? Or Simply Hot and Cold?”, The New York Times, New York, 12 August 2000.
  7. ^ Moss, Marilyn. “Perfect Romance”, The Hollywood Reporter, Los Angeles, 6 June 2004.
  8. ^ New York Times Review, What Kind of Fool Is Love? No Matter, the Search Is On
  9. ^ New York Times Review, Heroes and Has-Beens in Redemption City
  10. ^ “Interview: A Chat with ‘Untraceable’ Screenwriter Allison Burnett”. Archived from the original on 2014-05-18. Retrieved 2013-07-13.
  11. ^ Screenwriter for ‘Fame’ Remake Pledges Not to Make Stinker
  12. ^ Allison Burnett Brings Stories to the Big Screen
  13. ^ CANNES: Britt Robertson’s Thriller ‘Ask Me Anything’ Gets U.S. Distribution
  14. ^ Christian Slater, Justin Long Join ‘Undiscovered Gyrl’
  15. ^ IMDb: Another Girl
  16. ^ “Allison Burnett | Writers Tribe Books”. Archived from the original on 2013-07-17. Retrieved 2013-07-13.
  17. ^ “Los Angeles Review of Books, Robin Russin on Death By Sunshine”. Archived from the original on 2013-04-19. Retrieved 2013-07-15.
  18. ^ “The Escape of Malcolm Poe, Writers Tribe Books”. Archived from the original on 2014-10-18. Retrieved 2014-10-18.
  19. ^ Step One Kickstarter Page

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