Craig Mazin
| Craig Mazin | |
|---|---|
| Born |
April 8, 1971 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Director, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1997–present |
Craig Mazin (born April 8, 1971) is an American screenwriter and director.
Life and career
Mazin was born in Brooklyn, New York, and moved to Marlboro Township, New Jersey when he was a teen and attended Freehold High School which inducted him into its Hall of Fame in 2010.[1] He graduated magna cum laude with a degree in psychology from Princeton University in 1992. Mazin's freshman roommate at Princeton was Ted Cruz, now the junior U.S. Senator from Texas.[2]
He began his entertainment career in marketing; he was an executive with the Walt Disney Company in the mid-1990s, responsible for writing and producing campaigns for studio films.
As a screenwriter, his credited work includes Senseless, RocketMan, Scary Movie 3, Scary Movie 4 and Identity Thief. Other projects in development include the upcoming movie Opus, an animated collaboration with cartoonist Berkeley Breathed. He produced and directed (but did not write) the low-budget superhero film The Specials. Mazin wrote and directed another superhero film spoof Superhero Movie. He also co-wrote the script for Hangover films, parts II and III.
In 2004, Mazin was elected to the board of directors of the Writers Guild of America, west. He did not seek re-election, and his term expired in September 2006.
Along with fellow former WGA board member Ted Elliott, Mazin runs a website called The Artful Writer, which focuses on issues relevant to working screenwriters.
In 2011, Mazin and fellow screenwriter John August began Scriptnotes, a weekly podcast on the craft of screenwriting and the film industry.[3]
References
- ↑ Celano, Clare Marie. "Freehold Hall of Fame inductees to be feted", News Transcript, March 3, 2010. Accessed February 5, 2011. "Screenwriter and author Craig Mazin, a native of Staten Island, N.Y., was 13 when he moved to Marlboro."
- ↑ Patricia Murphy. "Ted Cruz at Princeton: Creepy, Sometimes Well Liked, and Exactly the Same"
- ↑ Scriptnotes on iTunes
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