Doug Richardson
American screenwriter and novelist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Doug Richardson is an American screenwriter and novelist who writes action movies and thrillers.[1][2] He is best known for writing movies like Die Hard 2, Bad Boys and Hostage and was the first Hollywood writer to sell a spec script for a million dollars.[3]
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Career
Richardson's first major Hollywood project was writing Die Hard 2, a commission he received from Larry Gordon just three weeks into the theatrical run of the original Die Hard film.[3] He went on to write Bad Boys, adapting it from an existing screenplay by George Gallo. The film was directed by Michael Bay, and became a first film starring Martin Lawrence and Will Smith.[3]
Filmography
- Die Hard 2 (1990) (Screenplay)[4]
- Money Train (1995) (Screenplay)[citation needed]
- Bad Boys (1995) (Screenplay)[5]
- Welcome to Mooseport (2004) (Story/Executive Producer)
- Hostage (2005) (Screenplay)[6]
- Live Free or Die Hard (2007) (Re-write).
- Black Water Transit (2009, unreleased) (Initial draft).
Novels
- Dark Horse (1997)
- True Believers (1999)
- The Safety Expert (2011)
- Blood Money (2013)
- 99 Percent Kill: A Lucky Dey Thriller (2015)
- Reaper: A Lucky Dey Thriller (2016)
- American Bang: A Lucky Dey Thriller (2017)
- The Night is Never Black: A Lucky Dey Thriller (2018)
Nonfiction
- The Smoking Gun: True Tales from Hollywood's Screenwriting Trenches (2015)
References
External links
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