Menno Meyjes

Menno Meyjes
Born	1954 (age 69–70) Eindhoven, Netherlands
Occupation	Screenwriter, director, producer

Menno Meyjes (born 1954, Eindhoven) is a Dutch-born screenwriter, film director and producer.

Meyjes moved to the United States in 1972 and studied at San Francisco Art Institute. He was nominated for several awards for his screenplay to the 1985 film The Color Purple, adapted from the novel by Alice Walker. In 1989 he gained recognition for cowriting Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade with George Lucas and winning a Goya Award for El Sueño del mono loco.

In 2002 Meyjes wrote and directed the film Max.

He attended San Francisco Art Institute; there he studied with George Kuchar, James Broughton, and Larry Jordan.

Filmography

• The Color Purple (1985) (screenplay)
• Lionheart (1987) (screenplay, story)
• Empire of the Sun (1987) (uncredited)
• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) (story)
• El Sueño del mono loco (1989) (writer)
• Ricochet (1991) (story)
• The Siege (1998) (screenplay)
• Max (2002) (writer and director)
• Manolete (2007) (writer and director)
• Martian Child (2007) (director)
• The Dinner (2013)

External links

• Menno Meyjes at the Internet Movie Database
• BBC interview on Max with Menno Meyjes