Warren Skaaren was an American screenwriter and film producer.
14 Facts About Warren Skaaren
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Warren Skaaren handled location shooting for the television series Dallas and worked on the film Tender Mercies.
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The success of the film enabled Warren Skaaren to leave the Film Commission and begin his career in the film industry.
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In 1983, Warren Skaaren was approached by a Texas businessman to write a script about the Gurkhas, who were Nepalese soldiers serving in the British Army.
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Warren Skaaren spent one year writing the spec script titled Of East and West.
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Warren Skaaren was later hired to rewrite Top Gun and credited as an associate producer, having compiled the last ten drafts.
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In 1986, Warren Skaaren was hired to revise Larry Ferguson's script for Beverly Hills Cop II.
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Posthumously, Warren Skaaren's credit was retained when a California appeals court upheld the WGA's writing credits.
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Warren Skaaren then co-wrote the script for Tim Burton's Beetlejuice, sharing credit with Michael McDowell.
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In 1988, Warren Skaaren did preliminary research for Days of Thunder, but was approached to rewrite the script for Batman.
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Warren Skaaren graduated from Rice University in Houston, Texas in 1969.
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Warren Skaaren moved to Austin, Texas and began working at the Texas Department of Health and Human Services.
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Warren Skaaren served on the board of directors of the Deborah Hay Dance Company.
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Warren Skaaren died of bone cancer on December 28,1990.