Allison Burnett | |
Birth Place: | Ithaca, New York, U.S. |
Education: | Northwestern University Juilliard School |
Spouse: | Chloe King (divorced) |
Children: | 2 |
Allison Burnett (born December 16, 1958) is an American screenwriter, film director, and novelist.
Allison Burnett was born in Ithaca, New York. He graduated from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois[1] before attending Juilliard where he studied playwriting.[2]
Burnett's first screenplay to be produced was the kick-boxing prison drama, (1992),[3] which he co-wrote with Charles Mattera. He also wrote Gregory Hines' directorial debut, Bleeding Hearts (1994),[4] and the film Red Meat (1997), which he directed, starring John Slattery, Jennifer Grey, and Lara Flynn Boyle.[5]
Burnett's next film was Autumn in New York (2000), starring Richard Gere and Winona Ryder.[6] This was followed by the Lifetime Original Movie Perfect Romance (2004),[7] Feast of Love (2007) based on the book by Charles Baxter and starring Morgan Freeman and Greg Kinnear,[8] and Resurrecting the Champ (2007), written with Michael Bortman and starring Samuel L. Jackson and Josh Hartnett.[9] In 2008, Burnett wrote, with Robert Fyvolent and Mark Brinker, the crime thriller Untraceable (2008) starring Diane Lane.[10] The following year, Burnett wrote the remake of Fame.[11]
Burnett had two films released in 2012. The first was Underworld Awakening (2012), co-written with Len Wiseman, John Hlavin, and J. Michael Straczynski, the fourth film in the Underworld series starring Kate Beckinsale. The following month, Gone (2012) was released, starring Amanda Seyfried.[12]
In 2013, Burnett directed his second film, Ask Me Anything (2013) based on his novel Undiscovered Gyrl.[13] The film stars Britt Robertson, Justin Long, Christian Slater, Robert Patrick, and Martin Sheen.[14]
In 2019, Burnett directed the sequel to Ask Me Anything, Another Girl, starring Sammi Hanratty and Peter Gadiot, based on his 2015 novella of the same name.[15]
Burnett's first novel, Christopher: A Tale of Seduction was published in 2003 by Broadway Books. It was a finalist for the 2004 Pen Center Literary Award.
In 2006, Burnett wrote a sequel to Christopher titled The House Beautiful, published by Carroll & Graf, followed in 2009 by the novel Undiscovered Gyrl, published by Vintage Books.[16]
In 2011, Burnett wrote the second sequel to his novel Christopher, titled Death By Sunshine, published by Writers Tribe Books.[17]
Burnett released his fifth novel, The Escape of Malcolm Poe, in 2014.[18] He released a sequel novella to Undiscovered Gyrl, titled Another Girl, in 2015.
Year | Title | Notes |
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1992 | With Charles Mattera | |
1994 | Bleeding Hearts | Directorial debut of Gregory Hines |
1997 | Red Meat | Also director |
2000 | Autumn in New York | |
2004 | Perfect Romance | TV movie |
2007 | Feast of Love | Based on the novel by Charles Baxter |
2007 | Resurrecting the Champ | With Michael Bortman Based on the LA Times article by J.R. Moehringer |
2008 | Untraceable | With Robert Fyvolent and Mark Brinker |
2009 | Fame | Remake of Fame (1980) |
2012 | Underworld Awakening | With Len Wiseman, John Hlavin, and J. Michael Straczynski Fourth installment in Underworld series |
2012 | Gone | |
2012 | Step One | Short film[19] |
2013 | Ask Me Anything | Also director, based on his novel Undiscovered Gyrl |
2019 | Off the Record | With Claude Hurwicz and James Quill |
2020 | Another Girl | Also director, based his novella of the same name, sequel to Ask Me Anything |
2023 | Bezos | With Tashena Ebanks and R.V. Romero |
Year | Title | Publisher | Notes | |
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2003 | Christopher: A Tale of Seduction | Broadway Books | Finalist in Fiction, 2004 Pen Center USA Award | |
2006 | The House Beautiful | Carroll & Graf | Sequel to Christopher: A Tale of Seduction | |
2009 | Undiscovered Gyrl | Vintage Books | Adapted into film, directed by the author | |
2011 | Death by Sunshine | Writers Tribe Books | Second sequel to Christopher: A Tale of Seduction | |
2014 | The Escape of Malcolm Poe | Writers Tribe Books | ||
2015 | Another Girl | Allison Burnett | Sequel novella to Undiscovered Gyrl | |
2020 | The Ghosts of Normal | Allison Burnett | ||
2023 | The Last Girl Podcast | Allison Burnett | Second sequel to Undiscovered Gyrl |