Kurt Wimmer

{{Short description|American film director, screenwriter and producer}}

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| birth_place = Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

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Kurt Wimmer (born 1964) is an American screenwriter, film producer and film director.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nyfa.edu/film-school-blog/screenwriter-kurt-wimmer/|title=Screenwriter Kurt Wimmer on His Love of Film|first=Frank|last=Pasquine|date=July 18, 2012}}{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2021/09/kurt-wimmer-directing-solara-1234841269/|title='Salt' & 'The Bee Keeper' Scribe Kurt Wimmer To Direct & Write 'Solara' For Oakhurst & Motus|first1=Anthony|last1=D'Alessandro|date=September 21, 2021}}{{Cite web|url=http://yahoo.com/entertainment/news/salt-writer-kurt-wimmer-sells-spec-script-matthew-191646853.html|title='Salt' Writer Kurt Wimmer Sells Spec Script 'Matthew 21′ to Thunder Road|website=yahoo.com}}

Biography

He attended the University of South Florida and graduated with a BFA degree in Art History.{{Cite web |url=https://www.usforacle.com/2011/02/07/filmmakers-from-campus/|title=Filmmakers from Campus, The Oracle, 2011}} He then moved to Los Angeles, where he worked for 12 years as a screenwriter before directing the 2002 film Equilibrium.{{Cite web |url=http://www.equilibriumfans.com/Kurt_Wimmer_Interview_CHUD.htm |title=Equilibriumfans.com interview |access-date=September 25, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303192456/http://www.equilibriumfans.com/Kurt_Wimmer_Interview_CHUD.htm |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown }} In numerous interviews, he cites Equilibrium as his directorial debut and first film, although his actual directorial debut was the 1995 action film One Tough Bastard starring Brian Bosworth and Bruce Payne. However, Equilibrium was his first theatrically released film.

Wimmer has gone on to write for various films, mostly of the action and thriller genres. This includes The Recruit in 2003, Law Abiding Citizen in 2009, Salt in 2010, Expend4bles in 2023 and The Beekeeper in 2024.

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable" ! rowspan="2" width="33"\|Year ! rowspan="2"\|Title ! colspan="3"\|Credited as ! rowspan="2"\|Notes
width=65 \| Director ! width=65 \| Writer ! width=65 \| Producer
1995 \| One Tough Bastard \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \|
1998 \| Sphere \| {{no}} \| {{yes\|Adaptation}} \| {{no}} \|
1999 \| The Thomas Crown Affair \| {{no}} \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \|
2002 \| Equilibrium \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| Role: Rebel victim (cameo)
2003 \| The Recruit \| {{no}} \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \|
2006 \| Ultraviolet \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| Role: Hemophage (cameo)
2008 \| Street Kings \| {{no}} \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \|
2009 \| Law Abiding Citizen \| {{no}} \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \|
2010 \| Salt \| {{no}} \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \|
2012 \| Total Recall \| {{no}} \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \|
2015 \| Point Break \| {{no}} \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \|
rowspan=2\| 2020 \| Children of the Corn \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{yes\|Executive}} \|
Spell \| {{no}} \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \|
2021 \| The Misfits \| {{no}} \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \|
2023 \| Expend4bles \| {{no}} \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \|
2024 \| The Beekeeper \| {{no}} \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \|

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1995

| One Tough Bastard

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}