Jonathan Gems
Jonathan Gems (born 1952, in London) is a British playwright and screenwriter mostly known for his work on Mars Attacks! (1996), directed by Tim Burton. He also wrote the film's novelization.
Jonathan Gems
- Name
- Jonathan Gems
- Born
- 1952
- Birthplace
- United Kingdom
- Occupation
- Playwright, screenwriter
- Languages
- English
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Jonathan Gems (born 1952, in London) is a British playwright and screenwriter mostly known for his work on Mars Attacks! (1996), directed by Tim Burton. He also wrote the film's novelization.
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His well known work includes a screenplay for an adaptation of George Orwell's novel 1984 and Mars Attacks Memoirs, a book of interviews about working with Tim Burton behind the scenes of Mars Attacks!. The son of the playwright Pam Gems, Gems wrote a number of plays for theatres on the London fringe before gradually turning to screenwriting. Gems has written unproduced scripts for Burton, including a Beetlejuice (1988) sequel titled Beetlejuice Goes Hawaiian; an updating of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher" set in Burbank, California; The Hawkline Monster, a cowboy/monster movie that was to star Clint Eastwood and Jack Nicholson; and Go Baby Go, a beach movie in the style of films by Russ Meyer.
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• Name — Jonathan Gems • Born — 1952 • Birthplace — United Kingdom • Occupation — Playwright, screenwriter • Genre — Theatre, film • Language — English • Relatives — Pam Gems (mother) Keith Gems (father) Milla Gems (former spouse m. 2000–2009)
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• The Tax Exile (produced 1979) • Naked Robots (produced 1980) • The Paranormalist (produced 1982) • Susan's Breasts (produced 1985)
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1952
Jonathan Gems born at London.
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Jonathan Gems is recorded as screenwriter, journalist, playwright, writer and musician.
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