Stuart Beattie
Stuart Beattie (born 1972) is an Australian screenwriter, film director, and film producer. His screenplay for Collateral (2004) earned him nominations for the BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay, Satellite Award for Best Original Screenplay and Saturn Award for Best Writing.
Beattie was born in Melbourne and raised in Sydney. He attended Knox Grammar School in Sydney, where his mother, Sandra, was a languages teacher; and later Charles Sturt University in Bathurst.
Contents
- 1 Collaborations
- 2 Filmography
- 2.1 Film
- 2.2 Television
- 3 References
- 4 External links
Collaborations
In 2017, author Matthew Reilly began to write a story that could be filmed on a moderate budget of around $15m. This became the screenplay for Interceptor, whereby a female US Army captain at a US missile interceptor facility has to stop sixteen nuclear missiles aimed at sixteen American cities. The film uses one large set. Reilly collaborated with fellow Australian and screenwriter Beattie whose efforts included partially rewriting but also introducing Reilly’s work to several producers and other film people in Los Angeles. This led, eventually, to Netflix funding the series with Reilly as first-time director, with filming being done in Sydney in early 2021 featuring Elsa Pataky in the lead role, with Australian Luke Bracey playing the villain; Pataky’s husband, actor Chris Hemsworth, is one of the movie's executive producers. The film is expected to be released in early 2022, on Netflix.
Filmography
Film
Uncredited rewrites
- The Messengers (2007)
- Punisher: War Zone (2008)
Television
References
External links
- Stuart Beattie at IMDb
- Stuart Beattie judged The Film of the Month compe*ion in March 2009 on the independent filmmakers networking site Shooting People.
- Interview With Stuart Beattie | The Rip It Up Music Website