Ehren Kruger

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| name = Ehren Kruger

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| birth_place = Alexandria, Virginia, U.S.

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| occupation = Screenwriter, Film producer

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| yearsactive = 1998–present

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Ehren Kruger (born October 5, 1972){{cite encyclopedia|url= https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/kruger-ehren-1972| title= Kruger, Ehren 1972-|encyclopedia= Encyclopedia.com|publisher=Gale|access-date=March 10, 2019}} is an American film screenwriter and producer. He is best known for writing three of the five installments in the original Transformers film series: Revenge of the Fallen, Dark of the Moon, and Age of Extinction, in addition to the American version of The Ring and its sequel The Ring Two and the American adaptation of Ghost in the Shell.[http://collider.com/transformers-4-screenwriter-ehren-kruger/ Ehren Kruger Returns to Write 'Transformers 4'; Shia LaBeouf Definitely Out]

For his work on Top Gun: Maverick, Kruger was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

Life and career

Kruger was raised in Alexandria, Virginia, and attended the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, graduating in 1990.{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1999/07/09/the-reliable-source/39a102ad-e1c7-4b26-bf57-77d0b60b3c7b/|title=The Reliable Source|last=Grove|first=Lloyd|date=1999-07-09|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=2018-07-28|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286}} He graduated from the New York University Tisch School of the Arts in 1993 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.{{Cite news|url=https://tisch.nyu.edu/alumni/tisch-at-sundance/2018-sundance/premieres|title=Features|access-date=2018-07-28|language=en}}

His produced screenplays include Arlington Road, Scream 3 and Reindeer Games.{{cite web|url=http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/20775|title='Scream 3' Writer Working on Fourth Film, Actors Pissed?|date=July 2, 2010 |publisher=Bloody Disgusting}} He was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award for Best Screenplay for The Ring.{{Cite web|url=http://horror.org/awards/stokerwinnom.htm|title=Horror Writers Association - Past Bram Stoker Award Nominees & Winners|website=horror.org|access-date=2018-07-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202142043/http://horror.org/awards/stokerwinnom.htm|archive-date=February 2, 2017|url-status=dead}}

He also did uncredited rewrites to Scream 4, when Kevin Williamson had to leave production.{{Cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/transformers-matterhorn-ehren-kruger-brian-beletic-293843|title='Transformers' Writer Boards Disney Mountain Adventure Movie (Exclusive)|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=2018-07-28|language=en}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2011-apr-15-la-et-scream4-20110415-story.html|title=Movie review: 'Scream 4'|last=Sharkey|first=Betsy|date=2011-04-15|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2018-07-28|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035}}

Early on in his career after writing the screenplay Arlington Road, he received the Nicholl Fellowship from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1996.{{Cite web|url=https://www.oscars.org/sites/oscars/files/scripts/kruger_arlingtonroad2.pdf|title=Ehren Kruger Arlington Road}} Kruger wrote the script of the television series adaptation of Terry Gilliam's film The Brothers Grimm.[http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/93917/the-brothers-grimm-headed-to-the-small-screen/ The Brothers Grimm Headed to the Small Screen]

Filmography

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Year ! Title ! width="65"\| Writer ! width="65"\| Producer ! Notes
1998 \| Killers in the House \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| TV movie
rowspan="2" \| 1999 \| Arlington Road \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \|
New World Disorder \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| Co-wrote with Jeffrey Smith
rowspan="2" \|2000 \| Scream 3 \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \|
Reindeer Games \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \|
2001 \| Impostor \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| Co-wrote with Caroline Case and David Twohy
2002 \| The Ring \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \|
rowspan="4" \|2005 \| Rings \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| Short film Co-wrote with Jonathan Liebesman
The Ring Two \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \|
The Skeleton Key \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \|
The Brothers Grimm \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \|
2007 \| Blood & Chocolate \| {{yes}} \| {{partial\|Executive}} \| Co-wrote with Christopher B. Landon
2009 \| Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| Co-wrote with Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman
2011 \| Transformers: Dark of the Moon \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \|
2014 \| Transformers: Age of Extinction \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \|
2017 \| Ghost in the Shell \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| Co-wrote with Jamie Moss and William Wheeler
2019 \| Dumbo \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \|
2022 \| Top Gun: Maverick \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| Co-wrote with Eric Warren Singer and Christopher McQuarrie
2025 \| F1 \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| Filming Also co-story writer with Joseph Kosinski

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1998

| Killers in the House

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rowspan="2" | 1999