Dan Gordon (screenwriter)
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Dan Gordon is an American writer noted for his film and television work. He graduated from UCLA as a film and television major, and went on to write screenplays including Passenger 57 (1992), Wyatt Earp (1994), Murder in the First (1995), The Assignment (1997) and The Hurricane (1999) (the story of boxer Rubin Carter), as well as several novels.
Gordon is also a co-founder of the Zaki Gordon Institute (ZGI), a film school in Sedona, Arizona. The institute is named for his eldest son, Zaki Gordon, who died in a traffic accident in 1998 at the age of 22 years. Gordon teaches part-time at the institute, which also offers courses online and on DVD. He also teaches at Columbia University School of the Arts, USC School of Cinematic Arts and UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television,[1] to which he donates an annual $5,000 prize to screenwriting students in honour of his son.[2]
A dual Israeli-American citizen, Gordon served in the Israeli Army as a young man, is a captain in the Israel Defense Forces Reserves, and served as an escort officer in the Military Spokesperson’s Unit during the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict.[3]
Gordon played the role of a homeless man in the independent film Waiting for Mo (1996), which he produced with his son, Zaki, who wrote and directed the film.
He has been a member of the Directors Guild of America since 1985.
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[edit] Filmography as screenwriter
- Train Ride to Hollywood (1975)
- Tank (1984)
- Highway to Heaven (1984) TV Series (also director)
- Gotcha! (1985)
- Gulag (1985) (TV) (also executive producer)
- Highlander: The Series (1992) TV Series
- Passenger 57 (1992)
- Taking the Heat (1993) (TV)
- Surf Ninjas (1993) (also executive producer)
- Wyatt Earp (1994) (also executive producer)
- Nowhere to Hide (1994) (TV)
- New Eden (1994) (TV)
- Murder in the First (1995)
- The Assignment (1997)
- Soldier of Fortune, Inc. (1997) TV Series (creator)
- Terror in the Mall (1998) (TV) (story)
- The Hurricane (1999)
- The Celestine Prophecy (2006)
[edit] Novels
- Wyatt Earp (1994)
- Murder in the First (1994)
- The Assignment (1997)
- Davin (with Zaki Gordon) (1997)
[edit] References
- ^ Dan Gordon. Biography on the Faculty page of the ZGI website. Retrieved on 2006-10-23.
- ^ Father honors son's memory with screenwriting award. Article by Jun Okada in the Daily Bruin. Retrieved on 2006-10-23.
- ^ Soldiers, Dogs and Mosques. Article by Dan Gordon on CaliforniaRepublic.org (September 1 2006). Retrieved on 2006-10-23.
