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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1950-01-01 (75 years old)

Place of Birth

Fort Worth, Texas, USA

James V. Hart

Biography:

James V. "Jim" Hart (born 1960 in Fort Worth, Texas) is an American screenwriter and author.He wrote the 2005 children's novel Capt. Hook: The Adventures of a Notorious Youth, a prequel depicting J. M. Barrie's villain Captain Hook, the nemesis of Peter Pan, when Hook was a youngster. Earlier, Hart wrote the screenplay to the Steven Spielberg feature film Hook which functioned as a sequel to Barrie's original story. Hart also wrote the screenplay adaptation for Crisis in the Hot Zone, but the movie never materialized. He recently did the first draft screenplay of Atlas Shrugged, which is now being fully developed by director Randall Wallace. Recently it has been announced that screenwriter James V. Hart wrote an adaptation of Sirens of Titan, which Vonnegut approved of before he died.

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Known For

Writing

2019

The Hot Zone as Writer
The Hot Zone as Teleplay
The Hot Zone as Story

2014

Crossbones as Writer

2013

Epic as Screenplay

2007

August Rush as Screenplay
The Last Mimzy as Screenstory

2005

Sahara as Screenplay

2002

Tuck Everlasting as Screenplay

1997

Contact as Screenplay

1996

1992

Bram Stoker's Dracula as Screenplay

1991

Hook as Author
Hook as Screenstory
Hook as Screenplay

1984

Gimme an 'F' as Writer

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Chinese Odyssey as Screenplay

Production

2019

The Hot Zone as Executive Producer

2013

Epic as Executive Producer

2001

1992

Bram Stoker's Dracula as Co-Producer

1991

Hook as Executive Producer

1977

The Ransom as Producer

1974

Summer Run as Producer
Dirty O'Neil as Associate Producer

Creator

2019

The Hot Zone as Creator