Blake Snyder

Blake Snyder

writer, producer

Blake Snyder was born on Oct 03, 1957 in USA. Blake Snyder's big-screen debut came with Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot directed by Roger Spottiswoode in 1992.

Named "Hollywood's most successful spec screenwriter", Blake Snyder began his Hollywood career early in life. His father, Kenneth C.T. Snyder, was an Emmy-winning TV producer of many children's shows in the 1960s and 1970s. Among them were The Funny Company, Hot Wheels, animated segments on Sesame Street, Big Blue Marble and the cult classic Roger Ramjet.Snyder went on to earn a B.A. degree in English from Georgetown University, and returned to Los Angeles where he began his career writing for the Disney TV series Kids Incorporated. Snyder began writing full time as a screenwriter in 1987. He had been a member of the Writers Guild of America for over 20 years.Snyder's first spec screenplay sale was in 1989 for the script Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot, which sold for $500,000 in a bidding war. Following that first sale, he sold twelve more original screenplays including million dollar script sales of Blank Check, co-written with Colby Carr for Walt Disney Pictures, and Nuclear Family, co-written with James Haggin for Steven Spielberg/Amblin Entertainment.

  • Birthday

    Oct 03, 1957
  • Place of Birth

    Evanston, Illinois, USA

Awards

1 wins & 0 nominations

Razzie Awards
1993
Worst Screenplay
Winner - Razzie Award

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