
| Christopher & Kathleen Riley Screenwriter Los Angeles, CA Film and television writers
Christopher & Kathleen Riley are screenwriters whose first film, After The Truth, an award-winning courtroom thriller, sparked international controversy in 1999 when it was released in Germany. Other credits include 25 To Life, a dramatic thriller for Junction Entertainment and Touchstone Pictures; The Other White House, a political thriller for Sean Connery’s Fountainbridge Films and Intermedia; Aces, an action-adventure romance for Paramount Pictures; and a screen adaptation of the book Actual Innocence for Mandalay Television Pictures and the Fox television network. A veteran of the Warner Bros. script department, Christopher is the author of The Hollywood Standard: The Complete and Authoritative Guide to Script Format and Style. He directs the acclaimed Act One Writing Program. Kathleen is co-founder of the highly regarded organization We Can, Pediatric Brain Tumor Network, which provides information and emotional support to families whose children have been diagnosed with brain tumors.
PROFESSIONAL INFO
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Credits:
| Aces
(Action Adventure for Paramount Pictures)
2005 The Hollywood Standard: The Complete and Authoritative Guide to Script Format and Style
(Script Format Guide)
2005 Actual Innocence
(Fact-based drama for Fox TV and Mandalay Television Pictures)
2000 The Other White House
(Actioner for Sean Connery's Fountainbridge Films)
2000 After the Truth
(Award-winning German-language courtroom thriller)
1999 25 to Life
(Action Thriller for Touchstone Pictures)
1999
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Other talents:
| Literature, Writing Coach / Instructor Literature, Non-fiction writer | |
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Client list: | Helkon Media, Touchstone Pictures, Junction Entertainment, Bedlam Entertainment, Intermedia, Fountainbridge Films, Paramount Pictures, Cort/Madden Productions, Robert Cort Productions, Fox Television Network, Mandalay Television Pictures, Michael Wiese Productions | |
Experience:
| Over 10 years
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Professional |
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PERSONAL INFO
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Interests:
| Writing, Running, Hiking, Children's Cancer (an interest, not a hobby)
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Favorite Music:
| U2, Ben Harper, Javier Navarrete
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Favorite Books:
| A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Wild at Heart, Searching for God Knows What, the Bible
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Favorite Movies:
| Ordinary People, In America, It's a Wonderful Life, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Elephant Man, Dan in Real Life, Kite Runner
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Favorite Actors:
| Russell Crowe, Steve Carrell, Denzel Washington
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Favorite TV shows:
| ER (the early years), NYPD Blue, Alias, The Office, Life
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People I'd like to meet:
| Jimmy Stewart, Mother Teresa, David Milch, John Wells, Steven Zaillian
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Hometown:
| Chris: Prairie Village, Kansas; Kathy: Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Eye Color:
| Blue | |
Languages Spoken:
| English | |
Ethnicity:
| White/Caucasian | |
Religion:
| Christian/Other | |
Marital Status:
| Married | |
Sexual Orientation:
| Straight | |
Education:
| College graduate | |
Children:
| Proud parent |
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