Craig Mazin
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Craig Mazin is an American screenwriter and director.
Mazin was born in Brooklyn, New York, and moved to Marlboro Township, New Jersey
when he was a teen and attended Freehold High School
which inducted him into its Hall of Fame in 2010. He graduated magna cum laude with a degree in psychology from Princeton University
in 1992. He began his entertainment career in marketing; he was an executive with the Walt Disney Company in the mid-1990s, responsible for writing and producing campaigns for studio films.
As a screenwriter, his credited work includes Senseless
, RocketMan
, Scary Movie 3
, and Scary Movie 4
. Other projects in development include the upcoming movie Opus, an animated collaboration with cartoonist Berkeley Breathed
. He has worked almost exclusively for Dimension Films
and Miramax Films
since 2000. He produced and directed (but did not write) the low-budget superhero film The Specials
. Mazin wrote and directed another superhero film spoof Superhero Movie
. He also co-wrote the script for the film The Hangover: Part II.
In 2004, Mazin was elected to the board of directors of the Writers Guild of America, west
. He did not seek re-election, and his term expired in September 2006.
Along with fellow former WGA board member Ted Elliott
, Mazin runs a website called The Artful Writer, which focuses on issues relevant to working screenwriters.
Mazin was born in Brooklyn, New York, and moved to Marlboro Township, New Jersey
Marlboro Township, New Jersey
-Weather:Marlboro is located close to the Atlantic Ocean. Due to the location Marlboro Township has on the Eastern Seaboard, the following weather features are noted:*On average, the warmest month is July where the average high is and the average low is ....
when he was a teen and attended Freehold High School
Freehold High School
Freehold High School is a four-year public high school located within Freehold Borough, New Jersey, operating as part of the Freehold Regional High School District. The school serves students from all of Freehold Borough and from portions of Freehold Township...
which inducted him into its Hall of Fame in 2010. He graduated magna cum laude with a degree in psychology from Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
in 1992. He began his entertainment career in marketing; he was an executive with the Walt Disney Company in the mid-1990s, responsible for writing and producing campaigns for studio films.
As a screenwriter, his credited work includes Senseless
Senseless
Senseless is a 1998 American comedy film directed by Penelope Spheeris and written by Greg Erb and Craig Mazin. The film stars Marlon Wayans, David Spade, and Matthew Lillard as college students.-Plot:...
, RocketMan
RocketMan
RocketMan is a 1997 science fiction comedy film that was produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Caravan Pictures and released on October 10, 1997. The film was shot on location at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas and in Moab, Utah for the scenes on the surface on Mars.The film was a...
, Scary Movie 3
Scary Movie 3
Scary Movie 3 is a 2003 American science fiction comedy film, which parodies the horror, sci-fi, and mystery genres, directed by David Zucker. It is the third film of the Scary Movie franchise, as well as the first to have no involvement from the Wayans family...
, and Scary Movie 4
Scary Movie 4
Scary Movie 4 is the fourth film of the Scary Movie franchise, directed by David Zucker, written by Jim Abrahams, Craig Mazin and Pat Proft, and produced by Craig Mazin and Robert K. Weiss. It is distributed by The Weinstein Company via its Dimension Films unit in the U.S. and Television, and...
. Other projects in development include the upcoming movie Opus, an animated collaboration with cartoonist Berkeley Breathed
Berkeley Breathed
Guy Berkeley "Berke" Breathed is an American cartoonist, children's book author/illustrator, director and screenwriter, best known for Bloom County, a 1980s cartoon-comic strip that dealt with sociopolitical issues as understood by fanciful characters and through humorous analogies...
. He has worked almost exclusively for Dimension Films
Dimension Films
Dimension Films is a motion picture unit currently a part of The Weinstein Company. It was formerly used as Bob Weinstein's label within Miramax Films, to produce and release genre films...
and Miramax Films
Miramax Films
Miramax Films is an American entertainment company known for distributing independent and foreign films. For its first 14 years the company was privately owned by its founders, Bob and Harvey Weinstein...
since 2000. He produced and directed (but did not write) the low-budget superhero film The Specials
The Specials (film)
The Specials is a 2000 American comedy film about a group of ordinary superheroes on their day off. According to the film, the Specials are the sixth or seventh most popular group of superheroes in the world...
. Mazin wrote and directed another superhero film spoof Superhero Movie
Superhero Movie
Superhero Movie is a 2008 American spoof film written and directed by Craig Mazin, produced by David Zucker and Robert K. Weiss, and starring Drake Bell, Sara Paxton, Christopher McDonald, and Leslie Nielsen...
. He also co-wrote the script for the film The Hangover: Part II.
In 2004, Mazin was elected to the board of directors of the Writers Guild of America, west
Writers Guild of America, west
Writers Guild of America, West is a labor union representing film, television, radio, and new media writers. The Guild was formed in 1954 from five organizations representing writers, which include the Screen Writers Guild...
. He did not seek re-election, and his term expired in September 2006.
Along with fellow former WGA board member Ted Elliott
Ted Elliott
Ted Elliott is an American screenwriter. Along with his writing partner Terry Rossio, Elliott has written some of the most successful American films of the past 15 years, including Aladdin, Shrek and Pirates of the Caribbean. In 2004, he was elected to the Board of Directors of the Writers Guild...
, Mazin runs a website called The Artful Writer, which focuses on issues relevant to working screenwriters.