Douglas J. Eboch
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Douglas J. Eboch is an American
screenwriter
. He wrote the original screenplay for the 2002 film Sweet Home Alabama
as his Masters thesis at the University of Southern California
film school. He also wrote the children's Christmas play Sleepover at the Stable.... He was awarded the Carl Sautter Award as Best New Voice, Features.
Eboch is a 1986 graduate of Juneau-Douglas High School
in Juneau
, Alaska
; while attending JDHS he was very active in the drama department, appearing in plays such as Helen Keller.
His sister, Chris Eboch
, is a children's author.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
screenwriter
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
. He wrote the original screenplay for the 2002 film Sweet Home Alabama
Sweet Home Alabama (film)
Sweet Home Alabama is a 2002 American romantic comedy film directed by Andy Tennant and stars Reese Witherspoon, Josh Lucas, and Patrick Dempsey. The film was released on September 27, 2002.-Plot:...
as his Masters thesis at the University of Southern California
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
film school. He also wrote the children's Christmas play Sleepover at the Stable.... He was awarded the Carl Sautter Award as Best New Voice, Features.
Eboch is a 1986 graduate of Juneau-Douglas High School
Juneau-Douglas High School
Juneau-Douglas High School is one of two high schools in Juneau, Alaska. It is the primary high school for the Juneau School District. The other high school, Thunder Mountain High School, is smaller, and most of its students are from the Mendenhall Valley...
in Juneau
Juneau, Alaska
The City and Borough of Juneau is a unified municipality located on the Gastineau Channel in the panhandle of the U.S. state of Alaska. It has been the capital of Alaska since 1906, when the government of the then-District of Alaska was moved from Sitka as dictated by the U.S. Congress in 1900...
, Alaska
Alaska
Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
; while attending JDHS he was very active in the drama department, appearing in plays such as Helen Keller.
His sister, Chris Eboch
Chris Eboch
Chris Eboch is a children's book author currently living in New Mexico. She is the New Mexico Regional Advisor for the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators and a teacher for the Institute of Children's Literature. She also writes novels for adults under the name "Kris Bok".She is the...
, is a children's author.