Rex Pickett

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Rex Pickett (July 9, 1952) is an American screenwriter and director, and has also published one novel, Sideways.

Contents 1 Filmography 1.1 Director 1.2 Screenplays 1.3 Editor 2 Novel 3 Trivia

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Director

• California Without End (1984)
• From Hollywood to Deadwood (1989)

[edit] Screenplays

• California Without End (1984)
• From Hollywood to Deadwood (1989)
• My Mother Dreams the Satan's Disciples in New York (1998)

[edit] Editor

• California Without End (1984)

[edit] Novel

• Sideways (2004)

[edit] Trivia

• According to the imdb his novel Sideways was rejected by 15 different publishers.
• In the scene in the film version of Sideways in which Miles (played by Paul Giamatti) hits the ball at the other golfers, it was Pickett who actually performed the shot due to Giamatti's poor golf abilities.
• Worked with David Fincher on the screenplay for Alien 3, but his script was rejected by producers David Giler and Walter Hill.