Jane Goldman : biography
Jane Loretta Anne GoldmanBirths, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1916–2005.; at ancestry.com (born 11 June 1970) is an English screenwriter, author and producer. She is mostly known for co-writing with Matthew Vaughn the screenplays of Stardust (2007), Kick-Ass (2010) and X-Men: First Class (2011). Both met high critical praise for their partnership works. The Woman in Black (2012) is the first solo screenplay by Goldman. She is also known for writing the books The X-Files Book of the Unexplained and Dreamworld, and presenting her own paranormal TV series, Jane Goldman Investigates, on the channel Living, between 2003 and 2004.
At this moment, Jane Goldman is linked to many projects. X-Men: Days of Future Past (the sequel to First Class and X-Men: The Last Stand) and The Secret Servicefast and the furious 7 (adaptation of the homonymous comic book by Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons) are two of them. Both films are partnerships with Matthew Vaughn and are set to be released in 2014.
Works
Filmography
Year | Film | Credit | Notes | Ref. |
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2007 | Stardust | Screenplay (with Matthew Vaughn) | Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form (shared with Vaughn, Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess)Glamour Magazine Women of the Year Award for Best Filmmaker | url=http://www.aitkenalexander.co.uk/index.php?option=com_k2&view=itemlist&task=user&id=525%3Ajanegoldman&Itemid=151 |title=Author’s A to Z |publisher=Aitkenalexander.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2013-01-11}} |
2010 | Kick-Ass | Screenplay (with Matthew Vaughn), co-producer | Glamour Magazine Women of the Year Award for Best FilmmakerTotal Film Magazine Award for Best WriterWomen in Film and TV (The UK Film Council Writing Award)Nominated – British Independent Film Award for Best ScreenplayNominated – Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Screenplay | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1250777/awards |
2011 | James Bond Supports International Women’s Day | Screenplay | 2 min. short in praise of the International Women’s Day. Directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson, with Daniel Craig and Judi Dench. | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1858469/ |
2011 | X-Men: First Class | Screenplay (with Matthew Vaughn and Zack Stentz & Ashley Miller) | ||
2011 | The Debt | Screenplay (with Matthew Vaughn and Peter Straughan) | ||
2012 | The Woman in Black | Screenplay | ||
2014 | X-Men: Days of Future Past | Screenplay (with Matthew Vaughn and Simon Kinberg) | ||
2014 | The Secret Service | Screenplay (with Matthew Vaughn) | ||
TBA | Nonplayer | Screenplay (adaptation of the homonymous comic book by Nate Simpson and published by Image Comics. Warner Bros. is producing) | ||
TBA | Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children | Screenplay (Based on the homonymous novel by Ransom Riggs; will be directed by Tim Burton and produced by 20th Century Fox) | ||
TBA | Pinocchio | Screenplay (with Bryan Fuller; a Warner Bros. project to be directed by Tim Burton and starred by Robert Downey Jr. as "Geppetto") | ||
TBA | Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem | Screenplay (adaptation of the homonymous novel by Peter Ackroyd. Number 9 Films, Film4 and UK Film Council are producing) | ||
TBA | Anubis | Screenplay (based on the short story by Paul Murray. It will be a science fiction-comedy produced by Origin Pictures and Film4) |