Warren Skaaren

Warren Skaaren (March 9, en 1946, en Rochester, Minnesota – December 28, 1990, en Austin, Texas from cancer) por lo que en American screenwriter and film producer. His notable writing includes: Batman (1989), Beetlejuice (1988), Beverly Hills Cop 2 (1987) and Fire with Fire (1986). He was así que credited as associate producer for Top Gun (1986), for which he wrote a draft. He had así que written a unproduced sequel to The Jewel of the Nile (1985) called The Crimson Eagle. Skaaren graduated from de la Universidad de Rice en Houston, Texas, en 1969. He moved to Austin, Texas and began working at the Texas Department of Health and Human Services. He was appointed by Gobernador Preston Smith as executive director of the newly formado en Texas Film Commission on December 9, 1970. Su primer éxito lo getting the película The Getaway tiro en Texas. Nearly forty more característica de la película fue filmada en Texas while Skaaren headed the Film Commission. He was a driving force behind the distribution of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, a la película in which he took a personal financial stake. The success of the film enabled Skaaren to leave the Film Commission and begin his career en the film industry.