Luke Dawson
{{short description|American screenwriter|bot=PearBOT 5}}
Luke Dawson is an American screenwriter who is best known for his scripts of the remake of Shutter and the Thriller film The Lazarus Effect.{{Cite web |last=Wilson |first=Staci Layne |date=2015-02-26 |title=The Lazarus Effect - Cast/Crew Interviews: Mark Duplass, Jason Blum, More! |url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/90820/lazarus-effect-castcrew-interviews-mark-duplass-jason-blum/ |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=Dread Central |language=en-US}}
Screenwriting
In 1998, he worked as a benefactor for the film Pi.{{IMDb title|0138704|Pi}} He wrote the screenplay of Steven Sebring short drama film New York Stories and 2008 the screenplay of US remake Shutter.{{Cite web |last=McNary |first=Dave |date=2014-11-04 |title=Mark Duplass, Olivia Wilde’s Horror Movie ‘Lazarus’ Rises at Relativity |url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/mark-duplass-olivia-wilde-horror-movie-lazarus-relativity-1201347734/ |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=Variety |language=en-US}} In 2014, he co-wrote the screenplay of The Lazarus Effect, along with Jeremy Slater, which received good ratings from film festivals and critics.{{Cite web |last=Corrigan |first=Kalyn |date=2015-02-27 |title=[Review] ‘The Lazarus Effect’ Will Get You Talking |url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/reviews/3329370/review-5/ |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=Bloody Disgusting! |language=en-US}} He wrote the scripts of the action films Apt. and Executive Assistant Iris,{{Cite web |last=Barton |first=Steve |date=2015-02-16 |title=The Lazarus Effect Trips Out on Death |url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/89943/lazarus-effect-trips-death/ |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=Dread Central |language=en-US}} which will be released early 2016.{{Cite news |title=“THE LAZARUS EFFECT” (Movie Review) |url=http://www.fangoria.com/new/the-lazarus-effect-movie-review/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20150924052547/http://www.fangoria.com/new/the-lazarus-effect-movie-review/ |archive-date=2015-09-24 |access-date=2025-04-11 |work=FANGORIA® |language=en-US}} His other feature film screenwriting projects have included Afro Samurai, Lone Wolf And Cub and Adrift which he co-wrote with Darren Aronofsky, starring Jared Leto.
Filmography
Benefactor
- Pi (1998)
Producer
- The Lazarus Effect (2015)
Screenplay:
- New York Stories (2003)
- Shutter (2008)
- The Lazarus Effect (2015)
- Apt. (2015)
- Executive Assistant Iris (2015)
- Adrift (TBA)
References
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External links
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Category:American male screenwriters