Jason Isaac Fuchs (born March 5, 1986) is an American actor and screenwriter, best known for writing Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012), Pan (2015) and Wonder Woman (2017). He is also known for his role as Lawrence Grey on the Fox dramatic thriller The Passage. In January 2015, Fuchs was included on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list.[1]
Jason Fuchs | |
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.jpg) Fuchs at the Pan premiere in September 2015 | |
| Born | Jason Isaac Fuchs March 5, 1986 New York City, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Columbia University |
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| Years active | 1996–present |
As a writer, his films have grossed over $1.9 billion at the global box office, making him one of the 100 highest grossing screenwriters of all time, one of only two writers under age 40 on that list.[2]
Early life
editFuchs was born in New York City, to a Jewish family (of Hasidic background on his father's side).[3][4] He went on to enroll and graduate from Columbia University in 2009 as a film studies major.[5]
Career
editFuchs has been acting since he was seven years old, making his debut at Lincoln Center in the play Abe Lincoln in Illinois with Sam Waterston. Fuchs has also guest-starred on Cosby, The Sopranos, The Beat, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Ed, and All My Children. His first feature film role was as Marvin in the 1996 movie Flipper, co-starring Elijah Wood. In 1998 he appeared in two movies, Louis & Frank and Jane Austen's Mafia!. Fuchs also starred in 2003 film The Hebrew Hammer, co-starring Adam Goldberg.
In 2004, Fuchs took the role in Winter Solstice. Fuchs wrote, produced and starred in the 2006 short film Pitch, which made its premiere at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. He next appeared in Holy Rollers, a movie inspired by actual events in the late nineties when Hasidic Jews were recruited as mules to smuggle ecstasy from Europe into the United States. He played a brother of Justin Bartha's character, alongside Jesse Eisenberg and Ari Graynor.
In 2012, Fuchs' original TV movie musical, Rags, was broadcast on Nickelodeon. The film, which Fuchs co-wrote with Hillary Galanoy & Elizabeth Hackett with Billie Woodruff directing, was a revisionist take on the Cinderella tale, starring Keke Palmer and Max Schneider.[6] The film received 3.5 million live viewers.[7]
Later that year, Fuchs made his feature screenwriting debut with the animated sequel Ice Age: Continental Drift. Despite receiving generally mixed reviews from critics,[8] the film grossed $877 million at the box office, making it the fifth highest-grossing film of 2012,[9] and the highest-grossing animated film internationally to that point.[10]
His script Pan was listed on Hollywood's 2013 Black List,[11] and was made into a 2015 film, which was a critical and box office failure.[12]
Fuchs co-wrote the 2017 film Wonder Woman with Zack Snyder and Allan Heinberg.[13] In 2016, Warner Bros. hired Fuchs to write the script for a Lobo feature film,[14] and a film adaptation of the video game Minecraft.[15] Fuchs stopped working on the script for the Minecraft film in August 2018.[16]
In 2019, Fuchs was featured in a major recurring role as Lawrence Grey on the Fox series The Passage.[17]
In November 2022, it was announced that Fuchs was one of the showrunners of It: Welcome to Derry, an upcoming prequel series to the horror films It and It Chapter Two.[18]
Awards and nominations
edit- 2018: Satellite Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Wonder Woman (Nominated)
- 2018: USC Scripter Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Wonder Woman (Nominated)
- 2018: Saturn Award for Best Film Screenplay for Wonder Woman (Nominated)
- 2018: Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form for Wonder Woman (Won)
- 2019/2020: Saturn Award for Best Horror Film for It Chapter Two (Nominated)
Filmography
editFilm
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Flipper | Marvin | |
| 1998 | Louis & Frank | Louis Jr. | |
| Mafia! | Vincenzo | ||
| 2000 | Spooky House | Yuri | |
| 2003 | The Hebrew Hammer | Adolescent Hasidic Boy | |
| 2004 | Winter Solstice | Bob | |
| 2006 | Pitch | Jason | Short film |
| 2010 | Holy Rollers | Leon Zimmerman | |
| 2010 | The Firefly and the Bride | Brat | |
| 2016 | La La Land | Carlo | |
| 2019 | It Chapter Two | Richie's Manager | |
| 2024 | Argylle | Moderator |
As screenwriter/producer
edit| Year | Title | Writer | Producer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Pitch | Yes | Yes | Short film |
| 2012 | Ice Age: Continental Drift | Yes | No | |
| Rags | Yes | No | Television film | |
| 2015 | Pan | Yes | No | |
| 2017 | Wonder Woman | Story | No | |
| 2018 | I Still See You | Yes | Executive | |
| 2019 | It Chapter Two | No | Co | |
| 2024 | Argylle | Yes | Yes |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Cosby | David | |
| 2000 | The Sopranos | Junior Sontag | Episode: "Commendatori" |
| The Beat | Joshua Meyerwitz | ||
| 2002 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Ricky Feldman | |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Nick Radsen | ||
| 2003 | Fillmore! | Johnny Nevada (voice) | |
| Ed | Wesley Stout | ||
| 2005 | All My Children | Young Ryan | 2 episodes |
| 2019 | The Passage | Lawrence Grey | 6 episodes |
| 2025 | It – Welcome to Derry | None | Co-Showrunner and Co-creator |
Video games
edit| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Red Dead Revolver | Billy Cougar / Jody / Young Red Harlow |
| 2006 | Bully | Bo |
| 2008 | Grand Theft Auto IV | The Crowd of Liberty City |
References
edit- ^ Pomerantz, Dorothy. "Jason Fuchs - pg.9". Forbes. Archived from the original on January 8, 2015. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
- ^ "Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office".
- ^ Wieselman, Jarett (May 21, 2010). "Jason Fuchs: 'Holy Rollers' hopes to be the 'Avatar' of Hasidic drug dealing films". New York Post. Archived from the original on May 26, 2010. Retrieved May 30, 2010.
I come from a Hasidic background, I am only one generation removed.
- ^ Mester, Ilan (June 4, 2010). "Holy Rolling with Jason Fuchs". Shalom Life. Archived from the original on July 5, 2011. Retrieved June 26, 2010.
I come from a Hasidic Jewish family on my dad's side.
- ^ "Jason Fuchs '09 Writes His Hollywood Tale". Columbia College Today. Winter 2016. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
- ^ Fries, Laura (May 24, 2012). "Review: 'Rags'". Variety. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
- ^ "Monday's Cable Ratings: "Hatfields & McCoys," Heat/Celtics Big for History, ESPN". The Futon Critic. May 30, 2012. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
- ^ "Ice Age: Continental Drift". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved June 7, 2017.
- ^ Lowe, Kinsey (August 8, 2015). "'Ice Age 5' Gets Title, Date Change; Weinstein Co. Adjusts 'About Ray'". Deadline. Retrieved December 16, 2022.
- ^ Barnes, Brooks (July 24, 2016). "'Star Trek Beyond' Wins the Domestic Box Office". The New York Times. Retrieved June 7, 2016.
- ^ Kroll, Justin (December 16, 2013). "The Black List Announces 2013 Screenplays (Complete List)". Variety. Retrieved November 25, 2014.
- ^ McClintock, Pamela (October 11, 2015). "Box Office: How 'Pan' Turned Into an Epic Flop". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 14, 2016.
- ^ Barker, Andrew (May 29, 2017). "Film Review: 'Wonder Woman'". Variety. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
- ^ Sneider, Jeff (March 16, 2016). "Warner Bros.' 'Lobo' Lands 'Wonder Woman' Writer Jason Fuchs (Exclusive)". TheWrap. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
- ^ Kroll, Justin (October 13, 2016). "'Wonder Woman' Scribe Jason Fuchs to Write Latest Draft of 'Minecraft' (Exclusive)". Variety. Retrieved June 7, 2017.
- ^ Gonzalez, Umberto; Maglio, Tony (August 3, 2018). "'Minecraft' Movie Delayed: Rob McElhenney Out as Director, Nee Brothers Tapped to Write (Exclusive)". TheWrap. Retrieved August 4, 2018.
- ^ "The Passage Adds Jennifer Ferrin and James le Gros, Casts Sister Lacey". TVLine.com. October 19, 2018. Retrieved October 19, 2018.
- ^ Otterson, Joe (November 9, 2022). "'It' Prequel Series at HBO Max Taps Jason Fuchs, Brad Caleb Kane to Serve as Co-Showrunners (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
External links
edit- Jason Fuchs at IMDb