Bonnie MacBird
Bonnie MacBird is an American writer, actress and producer of screen, stage and prose. She co-wrote the science fiction film Tron. MacBird is a native of San Francisco, California and graduated from Stanford University with a bachelor's degree in music and a master's degree in film.
Bonnie MacBird
- Name
- Bonnie MacBird
- Birthplace
- San Francisco, California, U.S.
- Occupation
- * Writer
- Born
- 1951
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Bonnie MacBird is an American writer, actress and producer of screen, stage and prose. She co-wrote the science fiction film Tron. MacBird is a native of San Francisco, California and graduated from Stanford University with a bachelor's degree in music and a master's degree in film.
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Biography
She is married to computer scientist Alan Kay.
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• Name — Bonnie MacBird • Birthplace — San Francisco, California, U.S. • Occupation — * Writer • actor • theatre director • voice artist • Website — http: macbird.com
Film career
Film career
MacBird has spent most of her career in Hollywood as a screenwriter and producer. She wrote the original drafts of Tron and received a "story by" credit. She worked in feature film development for Universal Studios in the 1970s, won two Emmy Awards as a producer in the 1980s, and was, for ten years, the head of a firm called Creative License/SkyBird Productions. She has a number of acting and writing credits in Los Angeles theatre. She continues to write, direct and act in theatre in Los Angeles and is a voice actor for SkyBoat Media.
Novels
Novels
MacBird's recent career has focused on her Sherlock Holmes Adventure series for HarperCollins. Her first Sherlock Holmes novel, Art in The Blood, (2015) was followed by Unquiet Spirits (2017). A third, The Devil's Due, was released in 2019, followed by The Three Locks in 2021. Her fifth novel, What Child is This?: A Sherlock Holmes Christmas Adventure, appeared in 2022 and was illustrated by Frank Cho.
Teaching
She lectures regularly on writing, the creative process, and Sherlock Holmes. She also teaches screenwriting at UCLA extension.
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