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6

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Birthday

1946-03-09

Deathday

1990-12-28 (44 years old)

Place of Birth

Rochester, Minnesota, USA

Warren Skaaren

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Warren Skaaren (March 9, 1946 in Rochester, Minnesota – December 28, 1990 in Austin, Texas from cancer) was an American screenwriter and film producer.  His notable writing includes: Batman (1989), Beetlejuice (1988), Beverly Hills Cop 2 (1987) and Fire with Fire (1986). He was also credited as associate producer for Top Gun (1986), for which he wrote a draft. He had also written an unproduced sequel to The Jewel of the Nile (1985) called The Crimson Eagle.

Skaaren graduated from Rice University in Houston, Texas in 1969. He moved to Austin, Texas and began working at the Texas Department of Health and Human Services. He was appointed by Governor Preston Smith as executive director of the newly formed Texas Film Commission on December 9, 1970. His first success was getting the film The Getaway shot in Texas. Nearly forty more feature films were shot in Texas while Skaaren headed the Film Commission. He was a driving force behind the distribution of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, a film in which he took a personal financial stake. The success of the film enabled Skaaren to leave the Film Commission and begin his career in the film industry. Description above from the Wikipedia article Warren Skaaren, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.    

Known For

Top Gun
7.1%

Top Gun

May 16, 1986

Batman
7.2%

Batman

Jun 21, 1989

Beetlejuice
7.4%

Beetlejuice

Mar 30, 1988

Beverly Hills Cop II
6.5%

Beverly Hills Cop II

May 18, 1987

The Getaway
7.1%

The Getaway

Sep 20, 1972

Fire with Fire
6.4%

Fire with Fire

May 9, 1986

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1986
Top Gun as Associate Producer
1972
The Getaway as Executive Producer

Writing

1989
Batman as Screenplay
1988
Beetlejuice as Screenplay
1987
Beverly Hills Cop II as Screenplay
1986
Fire with Fire as Screenplay
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