Photo: Scott Holleran

Born in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Writer who entered American film with LITTLE MONSTERS (1989). Other story and screenwriting credits (alone or in collaboration) include ALADDIN (1992), THE PUPPET MASTERS (1994), GODZILLA, SMALL SOLDIERS and THE MASK OF ZORRO (all 1998), THE ROAD TO EL DORADO (2000), SHREK (2001, also co-producer), TREASURE PLANET (2002), PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL and TUSKER (both 2003), THE LEGEND OF ZORRO (2005), PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST and DEJA VU (both 2006), and PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD'S END and NATIONAL TREASURE: BOOK OF SECRETS (both 2007).  Nominated for Achievement in Writing (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published) 2001: SHREK (Written w. Ted Elliott and Joe Stillman & Roger S. H. Schulman) 1 nomination