John August
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- 4 Apr 1970 (age 56)
- Birthplace
- Boulder, Colorado, USA
John August (born August 4, 1970) is an American screenwriter, director, producer, and novelist. He is known for writing the films Go (1999), Charlie's Angels (2000), Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003), Big Fish (2003), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Corpse Bride (2005), Frankenweenie (2012), the Disney live-action adaptation of Aladdin (2019), the novels Arlo Finch in the Valley of Fire (2018), Arlo Finch in the Lake of the Moon (2019) and Arlo Finch in the Kingdom of Shadows (2020).
He hosts the screenwriting podcast Scriptnotes with Craig Mazin, maintains an eponymous screenwriting blog, and develops screenwriter-targeted software through his company, Quote-Unquote Apps.
August is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, voting in the Writers branch. In 2016, he was awarded the WGAw's Valentine Davies Award for his dignified contributions to the entertainment industry and the community at large and has been nominated for a BAFTA and a Grammy.
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Known for
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory200571Pop Score out of 100
Aladdin201963Pop Score out of 100
Corpse Bride200579Pop Score out of 100
Big Fish200374Pop Score out of 100
Dark Shadows201254Pop Score out of 100
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time201053Pop Score out of 100
Charlie's Angels200056Pop Score out of 100
Frankenweenie201275Pop Score out of 100
Filmography
- TBAToto: The Dog-Gone Amazing Story of Wizard of OzScreenplay
- TBAUntitled Teen Missing Mother FilmWriter
- TBAWolf's BellyScreenplay · Graphic Novel
- 2021Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!as Self - Screenwriter
- 2019AladdinScreenplay
- 2012Frankenweenie