Jonathan Hensleigh

Jonathan Hensleigh

Jonathan Blair Hensleigh (born February 1959) is an American screenwriter and film director, working primarily in the action/adventure genre of films.

Hensleigh graduated from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1981 with a degree in history. [Carey, Mary. " [http://www.umass.edu/umassmag/archives/1999/winter_99/winter99_bol.html True to their school] ". "UMass Magazine", Winter 1999.] He attended the University of Virginia School of Law, received his J.D. from Tulane University Law School, and was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar in 1985. Before moving into writing, he worked as an attorney for several years.

Hensleigh's start in the entertainment industry came writing episodes of the television series "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles". He received his first film credit in 1993's "A Far Off Place", for which he wrote an early version of the script. [Marx, Andy. "Just Far Away: An Adventure in Adventureland". "Los Angeles Times", July 19, 1992, p. 24.] His next two projects were "" and "Jumanji", both of which were released in 1995. The "Die Hard" sequel was based on a spec script Hensleigh had originally conceived as a Brandon Lee action film before the actor's untimely death. With the working title "Simon Says", the script was also considered for use as the fourth installment of the "Lethal Weapon" series before being picked up for "Die Hard".

This was followed by Hensleigh's involvement in "The Rock", which became the subject of a dispute with the Writers Guild of America. In this case, the spec script (by David Weisberg and Douglas Cook) was reworked by several writers, but other than the original team, Mark Rosner was the only one granted official credit by guild arbitration. This was in part due to a rule that a credited writing team had to contribute 50% of the final script (effectively limiting credits to the screenplay's initial authors, plus one re-write team). Despite their work on the script, neither Hensleigh nor Aaron Sorkin were credited in the film. This prompted director Michael Bay to write an open letter castigating the arbitration procedure as a "sham" and a "travesty", saying Hensleigh had worked closely with him on the movie and should have received screen credit. [Welkos, Robert W. "'Cable,' 'Rock' in Disputes on Writing Credits". "Los Angeles Times", May 21, 1996, p. 1.]

Hensleigh worked with Bay again on the 1998 disaster film "Armageddon", this time officially receiving credit for the screenplay. He also helped rewrite scripts for two other Jerry Bruckheimer projects, "Con Air" (1997) and "Gone in Sixty Seconds" (2000), receiving executive producer credit for those (a method sometimes used to credit someone whose work on the film would otherwise go unacknowledged).

Hensleigh made his debut as a director with "The Punisher" in 2004, with the assistance of his wife, veteran Hollywood producer Gale Anne Hurd. He also co-wrote the script with Michael France, based on the Marvel Comics character The Punisher. Working on a tight schedule and with a relatively small budget, Hensleigh focused on making a "gritty", realistic, and violent action movie that would be true to the spirit of the character. [Olsen, Mark. "Just call him 'The Punisher'". "Los Angeles Times", April 11, 2004, p. E8.]

Other movie credits to Hensleigh's name include "The Saint" (1997 screenplay, co-written with Wesley Strick), "Next" (2007 screenplay), and "Welcome to the Jungle", a DVD movie he released in 2007 as writer/director. At one point he was set to write and direct "Hulk", working on preproduction of that film for a year before pulling out. Some additional unrealized projects Hensleigh has worked on include a "Gemini Man" film and sequels to "Jumanji" and "The Punisher".

Filmography

Writer:
*"The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Demons of Deception" (2007) (V) ("Verdun" segment)
*"The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Journey of Radiance" (2007) (V) (screenplay "Benares")
*"Welcome to the Jungle" (2007) (written by)
*"Next" (2007) (screenplay)
*"The Punisher" (2004) (written by)
*"The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Masks of Evil" (1999) (V) (writer)
*"The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Trenches of Hell" (1999) (V) (writer)
*"Armageddon" (1998) (screenplay & story)
*"The Saint" (1997) (screenplay & story)
*"Jumanji" (1995) (screenplay)
*"Die Hard with a Vengeance" (1995) (written by)
*"A Far Off Place" (1993) (screenplay)
*"The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles" (1992)

Producer:
*"Gone in Sixty Seconds" (2000) (executive producer)
*"Armageddon" (1998) (executive producer)
*"Con Air" (1997) (executive producer)

Director:
*"Welcome to the Jungle" (2007)
*"The Punisher" (2004)

References

External links

*imdb name|0378144
* [http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=92646 Newsarama interview with Jonathan Hensleigh]
* [http://movies.nytimes.com/person/530540/Jonathan-Hensleigh/filmography New York Times Filmography]
* [http://massbbo.org/bbolookup.php?sl=Hensleigh&sf=&sc=&soundex=&hit=2 Hensleigh's Massachusetts Bar record]


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