Evan Daugherty

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Evan Daugherty
Born 1981
Alma mater New York University
Occupation Screenwriter, Director, Editor
Years active 2006-present

Evan Daugherty is an American screenwriter. He has written the movies Killing Season[1] and Snow White and the Huntsman, and has been named as the screenwriter for the upcoming film adaptation of Divergent.[2] Daugherty's original screenplay, Snow White and the Huntsman was sold to Universal Pictures for $3.2 million and was later altered by John Lee Hancock and Hossein Amini. Daugherty's idea for Snow White and the Huntsman came from a homework assignment by his professor at New York University to "take a new spin on a classic fairytale".[3] According to the Writer's Guild, he contributed 50%-60% of the screenplay, with Hancock and Amini each contributing 20%-25%.[4] He wrote his own screenplay Shrapnel in 2008, and is being produced under the name Killing Season, after receiving generally good praise. The screenplay also won first place in the 2008 Script Pipeline contest[5] and was featured in the 2008 Black List,[6] a list of screenplays deemed ready to produce by select individuals but have not been yet.[7] He also wrote, directed, and edited the short film Rusty Forkblade. In 2007 he won the Bronze Medal for Excellence at the Park City Film Music Festival for his work on Rusty Forkblade. Daugherty's next film writing are Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Untitled G.I. Joe Sequel.[8][9]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2006 Rusty Forkblade Screenwriter, Director, and Editor Bronze Medal for Excellence
2012 Snow White and the Huntsman Screenwriter Released
2013 Killing Season Screenwriter Released
2014 Divergent Screenwriter Post-production
2014 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Screenwriter Filming [8]
2015 [10] Untitled G.I. Joe Sequel Screenwriter Development [9]

References

  1. ↑ "Killing Season". CraveOnline Media, LLC. Retrieved 13 July 2012. 
  2. ↑ Barr, Jason (8 June 2012). "Evan Daugherty to Adapt Young Adult Novel DIVERGENT for Summit". Retrieved 14 July 2012. 
  3. ↑ Milly, Jenna. "Interview: $3.2 Million Screenwriter Evan Daugherty of SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN". ScreenWritingU. Retrieved 14 July 2012. 
  4. ↑ Berkshire, Geoff. "'Snow White and the Huntsman' writer Evan Daugherty on reviews, casting Kristen Stewart and getting 'fired'". Hitfix.com. Retrieved 13 July 2012. 
  5. ↑ Misetich, Matt. "Evan Daugherty". Script Pipeline. Retrieved 14 July 2012. 
  6. ↑ Finke, Nikki (10 December 2008). "THE BLACK LIST 2008: Top Screenplays". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 14 July 2012. 
  7. ↑ Satran, Joe (1 June 2012). "'Snow White And The Huntsman' Screenwriter Evan Daugherty Is Riding High At 30". Huffington Post. Retrieved 13 July 2012. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Release Pushed To June 6, 2014". Dealine Hollywood. Retrieved 27 February 2012. 
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 'Snow White and the Huntsman' Writer Tapped for 'G.I. Joe 3' (Exclusive)
  10. ↑ Simple Simon Episode 8 Featuring Evan Daugherty (1 minute 54 seconds in)

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