Zoë Green
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Zoë Green is an English born screenwriter living and working in Hollywood, California.
and then spent a year volunteering at an orphanage in Morocco before attending Cambridge University. At Cambridge she studied English Literature and produced and directed plays at the Cambridge University Amateur Dramatic Club
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and The Observer
before relocating to Los Angeles where she continued to occasionally contribute to both papers.
Wolverine and the X-Men followed by a sci-fi pilot sale, "Dreamsolver" to ABC Television
. She was then hired by The Walt Disney Company
to write the feature film Tigress for comic book legend and producer Stan Lee
, and subsequently sold a movie pitch The Book Of Shadows to director Rob Reiner
under his banner Castle Rock Entertainment
, which she scripted.
Soon after this she was hired by producers George Clooney
and Grant Heslov
at Smoke House Productions to adapt Neal Stephenson's 1996 Hugo Award winning post-cyberpunk novel The Diamond Age
into a 3 part special event miniseries for the SyFy Channel.
Education
She was educated for eight years at the girls' boarding school Roedean SchoolRoedean School
-Roedeanians in fiction:* Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward * Dawn Drummond-Clayton * Emily James...
and then spent a year volunteering at an orphanage in Morocco before attending Cambridge University. At Cambridge she studied English Literature and produced and directed plays at the Cambridge University Amateur Dramatic Club
Cambridge University Amateur Dramatic Club
Founded in 1855, the Amateur Dramatic Club is the oldest University dramatic society in England - and the largest dramatic society in Cambridge....
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Journalism
After graduation, Zoë moved to London and wrote book reviews for The GuardianThe Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
and The Observer
The Observer
The Observer is a British newspaper, published on Sundays. In the same place on the political spectrum as its daily sister paper The Guardian, which acquired it in 1993, it takes a liberal or social democratic line on most issues. It is the world's oldest Sunday newspaper.-Origins:The first issue,...
before relocating to Los Angeles where she continued to occasionally contribute to both papers.
Screenwriting
Zoë's first assignment was as a TV writer on Marvel StudiosMarvel Studios
Marvel Studios, originally Marvel Films, is an American television and motion picture studio based in Manhattan Beach, California. Marvel Studios is a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, a self-contained part of the The Walt Disney Company conglomerate....
Wolverine and the X-Men followed by a sci-fi pilot sale, "Dreamsolver" to ABC Television
ABC Television
ABC Television is a service of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation launched in 1956. As a public broadcasting broadcaster, the ABC provides four non-commercial channels within Australia, and a partially advertising-funded satellite channel overseas....
. She was then hired by The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company is the largest media conglomerate in the world in terms of revenue. Founded on October 16, 1923, by Walt and Roy Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, Walt Disney Productions established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into...
to write the feature film Tigress for comic book legend and producer Stan Lee
Stan Lee
Stan Lee is an American comic book writer, editor, actor, producer, publisher, television personality, and the former president and chairman of Marvel Comics....
, and subsequently sold a movie pitch The Book Of Shadows to director Rob Reiner
Rob Reiner
Robert "Rob" Reiner is an American actor, director, producer, writer, and political activist.As an actor, Reiner first came to national prominence as Archie and Edith Bunker's son-in-law, Michael "Meathead" Stivic, on All in the Family. That role earned him two Emmy Awards during the 1970s...
under his banner Castle Rock Entertainment
Castle Rock Entertainment
Castle Rock Entertainment is a film and television production company founded in 1987 by Martin Shafer, director Rob Reiner, Andrew Scheinman, Glenn Padnick and Alan Horn. It is a subsidiary of Warner Bros...
, which she scripted.
Soon after this she was hired by producers George Clooney
George Clooney
George Timothy Clooney is an American actor, film director, producer, and screenwriter. For his work as an actor, he has received two Golden Globe Awards and an Academy Award...
and Grant Heslov
Grant Heslov
Grant Heslov is an American actor, film producer, screenwriter and director.-Early life:Heslov was born in Los Angeles, into a Jewish family and was raised in the Palos Verdes area of Los Angeles. He attended Palos Verdes High School, the University of Southern California along with friend Tate...
at Smoke House Productions to adapt Neal Stephenson's 1996 Hugo Award winning post-cyberpunk novel The Diamond Age
The Diamond Age
The Diamond Age: Or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer is a postcyberpunk novel by Neal Stephenson. It is to some extent a science fiction bildungsroman, focused on a young girl named Nell, and set in a future world in which nanotechnology affects all aspects of life. The novel deals with themes of...
into a 3 part special event miniseries for the SyFy Channel.