Zoë Green

Zoë Green is an English born screenwriter living and working in Hollywood, California.

Education

She was educated for eight years at the girls' boarding school Roedean School and then spent a year volunteering at an orphanage in Morocco before attending Cambridge University (Robinson College).[1] At Cambridge she studied English Literature and produced and directed plays at the Cambridge University Amateur Dramatic Club.

Journalism

After graduation, Zoë moved to London and wrote book reviews for The Guardian and The Observer before relocating to Los Angeles where she continued to occasionally contribute to both papers.

Screenwriting

Zoë's first assignment was as a TV writer on Marvel Studios Wolverine and the X-Men followed by a sci-fi pilot sale, "Dreamsolver" to ABC Television. She was then hired by The Walt Disney Company to write the feature film Tigress for comic book legend and producer Stan Lee, and subsequently sold a movie pitch The Book Of Shadows to director Rob Reiner under his banner Castle Rock Entertainment, which she scripted.[2]

Soon after this she was hired by producers George Clooney and Grant Heslov at Smoke House Productions to adapt Neal Stephenson's 1996 Hugo Award winning post-cyberpunk novel The Diamond Age into a 3 part special event miniseries for the SyFy Channel.[3]

Filmography

References

  1. Lent 2011 - Robinson College
  2. Michael Schneider (June 4, 2009). "'Diamond' sparkes for Zoë Green". Variety. Retrieved 2010-05-02.
  3. Brad Miska (July 14, 2010). "Disney Turns to Stone With Untitled 'Gargoyles' Project". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved 2010-07-14.

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