Menno Meyjes

• Name — Menno Meyjes • Born — 1954 • Birthplace — Bloemendaal, North Holland, Netherlands • Education — San Francisco Art Institute (1980, MFA) • Occupation — Screenwriter, director, producer • Website — https: mennomeyjes.com/

Meyjes was born in Bloemendaal, North Holland in 1954. He moved to the United States in 1972 and studied at San Francisco Art Institute, graduating with a master's degree in 1980. In 1984, he founded the graphic design magazine Emigre, with fellow Dutchmen Marc Susan and Rudy VanderLans. Meyjes first gained attention for his spec script The Children's Crusade, which was later produced in 1987 by Francis Ford Coppola as Lionheart. His first produced screenplay was the 1985 film The Color Purple, directed by Steven Spielberg and based on Alice Walker's 1982 novel of the same name. He was nominated for an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Meyjes worked with Steven Spielberg again, when he was a script doctor for Empire of the Sun (1987), and then co-wrote the story for Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade in 1989. The same year, he won a Goya Award for writing the Spanish film Twisted Obsession. In 2002, Meyjes wrote and directed the film Max. In 2012, Meyjes adapted the Dutch novel The Dinner into a film.

• Year — Title — Director — Writer — Notes • 1985 — Amazing Stories — Television series (Episode: "The Mission") • The Color Purple • 1987 — Lionheart • 1989 — Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade — Story • 1991 — Ricochet — Story • 1994 — Foreign Student — Also co-producer • 1998 — The Siege • 2002 — Max — Directorial Debut • 2007 — Martian Child • 2008 — Manolete • 2011 — Black Gold • 2013 — The Dinner • 2015 — De Reünie • 2016 — De Held • TBA — Close Enough Uncredited written works: • Empire of the Sun (1987) • El Sueño del mono loco (1989)

Menno Meyjes is recorded as having received Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation.