Director

Jon Spaihts

Writing

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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 12

TMDB ID: 564940

IMDb ID: nm3123612

Known for: Writing

Born: February 4, 1970

Age: 56

Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2011 - 2027

Years active: 17

Average TMDB rating: 6.7

Wikidata: Q6271612

Also known as

Jonathan Spaihts

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Executive Producer (6)Writer (3)Screenplay (1)Screenstory (1)Story (1)

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Biography

Jon Spaihts (/speɪts/) (born February 4, 1970) is an American screenwriter and author. He is best known for co-writing Denis Villeneuve's Dune (2021) and its sequel Dune: Part Two (2024), both films based on the novel of the same name by Frank Herbert. He also wrote the screenplays for the films Prometheus (2012), Passengers (2016) and Doctor Strange (2016). For his work on Dune, Spaihts was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jon Spaihts, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.