Philip LaZebnik

Philip LaZebnik, born in 1953 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, grew up in Columbia, Missouri, attending Hickman High School. He graduated from Harvard College in 1976, with a B.A. in Classics. He was a professional violinist for a short time, playing in the Boston Ballet Orchestra, the Boston Pops, and the Tanglewood Festival Orchestra. Philip LaZebnik has numerous film and TV writing credits, both in Los Angeles and Europe. His credits include the screenplays for the DreamWorks animated feature The Prince of Egypt and Disney’s animated features Pocahontas and Mulan. Since moving to Europe, his screen credits include the films The Three Investigators: the Mystery of Skeleton Island; The Three Investigators: the Secret of Terror Castle; The Treasure of the Templar Knights; The Treasure of the Templar Knights II: The Black Brotherhood; The Treasure of the Templar Knights III: The Snake Crown; Asterix and the Vikings; The Wild Bunch; Mikisoq; and Search for Planet X; as well as consulting on numerous other films. He has also co-founded a production company, Fiddlers Green, which currently has a slate of over a dozen projects in development. Co-author with Kingsley Day of the award-winning musical Summer Stock Murder, he most recently wrote the book for the musical My Fairy Tale with songs by Stephen Schwartz, produced in 2005 at Denmark’s Gladsaxe Theatre as part of the Hans Christian Andersen bicentennial celebration. LaZebnik’s series television credits as writer-producer include Wings, Day by Day, The Torkelsons, and Almost Home. He also wrote episodes for Star Trek: Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. LaZebnik has served on the Board of Directors of the Writers Guild of America, west (2001–02) and the Writers Branch Executive Committee of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (2001–03). The screenplay for Mulan won the 1998 Annie Award for best animation screenplay.

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