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Ehren Kruger

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  • Producer
  • Script and Continuity Department
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EHREN KRUGER wrote the screenplay for DreamWorks Pictures' horror thriller THE RING TWO.
An automobile mechanic and his daughter make a discovery that brings down the Autobots and Decepticons - and a paranoid government official - on them.
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Ehren Kruger is an American film producer and screenwriter who is known for writing The Ring starring Naomi Watts and Daveigh Chase. He also wrote a majority of the Transformers sequels, Scream 3 & 4, Reindeer Games, The Ring Two, Blood & Chocolate, Dumbo, The Skeleton Key, The Brothers Grimm and Ghost in the Shell.
BornOctober 5, 1972
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BornOctober 5, 1972
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 1 win & 11 nominations total

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    Known for

    The Ring (2002)
    The Ring
    7.1
    • Writer
    • 2002
    Tom Cruise in Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
    Top Gun: Maverick
    8.2
    • Writer
    • 2022
    Danny DeVito, Danny Elfman, Michael Keaton, Colin Farrell, Derek Frey, Rick Heinrichs, Ehren Kruger, Deobia Oparei, Roshan Seth, Ben Davis, Eva Green, Joseph Gatt, Frank Bourke, Sharon Rooney, Ragevan Vasan, Finley Hobbins, Nico Parker, and Zenaida Alcalde in Dumbo (2019)
    Dumbo
    6.3
    • Writer
    • 2019
    Tim Robbins, Jeff Bridges, and Joan Cusack in Arlington Road (1999)
    Arlington Road
    7.2
    • Writer
    • 1999

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    Writer

    • F1
      • Writer
      • Post-production
      • 2025
    • Tom Cruise in Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
      Top Gun: Maverick
      8.2
      • screenplay by
      • 2022
    • Danny DeVito, Danny Elfman, Michael Keaton, Colin Farrell, Derek Frey, Rick Heinrichs, Ehren Kruger, Deobia Oparei, Roshan Seth, Ben Davis, Eva Green, Joseph Gatt, Frank Bourke, Sharon Rooney, Ragevan Vasan, Finley Hobbins, Nico Parker, and Zenaida Alcalde in Dumbo (2019)
      Dumbo
      6.3
      • screenplay by
      • 2019
    • The Brothers Grimm
      TV Series
      • Writer
      • 2017
    • Scarlett Johansson in Ghost in the Shell (2017)
      Ghost in the Shell
      6.3
      • screenplay by
      • 2017
    • Tin Man
      6.7
      TV Movie
      • Writer
      • 2014
    • Mark Wahlberg, Peter Cullen, Nicola Peltz Beckham, and Jack Reynor in Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)
      Transformers: Age of Extinction
      5.6
      • written by
      • 2014
    • Peter Cullen, Shia LaBeouf, and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley in Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
      Transformers: Dark of the Moon
      6.2
      • written by
      • 2011
    • Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Burger King Commercial
      Video
      • Writer
      • 2009
    • Peter Cullen, Shia LaBeouf, and Megan Fox in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
      Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
      6.0
      • written by
      • 2009
    • Agnes Bruckner in Blood and Chocolate (2007)
      Blood and Chocolate
      5.3
      • screenplay
      • 2007
    • Matt Damon, Monica Bellucci, Heath Ledger, and Lena Headey in The Brothers Grimm (2005)
      The Brothers Grimm
      5.9
      • written by
      • 2005
    • The Skeleton Key (2005)
      The Skeleton Key
      6.5
      • written by
      • 2005
    • Kelly Stables in The Ring Two (2005)
      The Ring Two
      5.4
      • written by
      • 2005
    • Rings (2005)
      Rings
      6.6
      Video
      • written by
      • 2005
    • The Ring (2002)
      The Ring
      7.1
      • screenplay
      • 2002

    Producer

    • Danny DeVito, Danny Elfman, Michael Keaton, Colin Farrell, Derek Frey, Rick Heinrichs, Ehren Kruger, Deobia Oparei, Roshan Seth, Ben Davis, Eva Green, Joseph Gatt, Frank Bourke, Sharon Rooney, Ragevan Vasan, Finley Hobbins, Nico Parker, and Zenaida Alcalde in Dumbo (2019)
      Dumbo
      6.3
      • producer (produced by)
      • 2019
    • Daisy Ridley in Ophelia (2018)
      Ophelia
      6.5
      • producer
      • 2018
    • The Brothers Grimm
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2017
    • Bonnie Morgan in Rings (2017)
      Rings
      4.5
      • executive producer
      • 2017
    • Tin Man
      6.7
      TV Movie
      • executive producer
      • 2014
    • Dream House (2011)
      Dream House
      6.0
      • producer
      • 2011
    • Scream 4 (2011)
      Scream 4
      6.2
      • executive producer
      • 2011
    • Agnes Bruckner in Blood and Chocolate (2007)
      Blood and Chocolate
      5.3
      • executive producer
      • 2007

    Script and Continuity Department

    • Scream 4 (2011)
      Scream 4
      6.2
      • script revisions (uncredited)
      • 2011
    • Val Kilmer, Christian Slater, Jonny Lee Miller, LL Cool J, Kathryn Morris, and Patricia Velasquez in Mindhunters (2004)
      Mindhunters
      6.3
      • script revisions (uncredited)
      • 2004
    • Texas Rangers (2001)
      Texas Rangers
      5.2
      • script revisions (uncredited)
      • 2001
    • Antonio Banderas, Alan Cumming, Carla Gugino, Daryl Sabara, and Alexa PenaVega in Spy Kids (2001)
      Spy Kids
      5.6
      • script revisions (uncredited)
      • 2001
    • Gerard Butler in Dracula 2000 (2000)
      Dracula 2000
      4.9
      • script revisions (uncredited)
      • 2000
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    • Born
      • October 5, 1972
      • Alexandria, Virginia, USA
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    • Trivia
      Received the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' (AMPAS) Nicholl Fellowship (an international competition open to new screenwriters) for Arlington Road (1999) in 1996.
    • Trademark
        Known for his collaborations with Michael Bay.
    • Salary
      • The Ring
        (2002)
        $1,000,000

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