James Greer (writer) explained

James Greer
Years Active:1991–present
Notable Works:Bad Eminence, Unsane, The Failure
Style:Post-modernism, experimental literature

James Greer is an American novelist, screenwriter, director, musician, and critic. As a screenwriter, he is known for writing the 2018 thriller Unsane directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring Claire Foy and Juno Temple, as well as the family comedies Max Keeble's Big Move, Just My Luck and The Spy Next Door. He lives in Los Angeles.[1]

Career

Musician/Critic

Greer was senior editor and senior writer at Spin[2] magazine in New York City in the early 1990s, during which time he helped define the generational cohort that became later widely-known as Generation X.[3]

He wrote and performed all instruments/vocals on the song "Trendspotter Acrobat" on the EP Sunfish Holy Breakfast by Guided By Voices. He was the bassist in the band from 1994 to 1996.[4] [5]

Greer started a band in 2012 with musician Lola G. called DTCV.[6] Pronounced "detective", it was an indie rock duo from Joshua Tree, California. The band released a double album called Hilarious Heaven in 2013 on Xemu Records, followed by a compilation of their early singles and EPs, The Early Year. The duo released their second studio album, Uptime!, in 2015.[7] In April 2016 the band released its third and final studio album, entitled Confusion Moderne, on Xemu Records.[8]

Novelist/Author

Greer has published three novels: Artificial Light (Little House on the Bowery/Akashic, 2006),[9] The Failure (Akashic, 2010).[10] Artificial Light won a California Book Award Silver Medal for First Fiction.[11] and Bad Eminence (And Other Stories, 2022), which Andrew Gallix in The Irish Times called "this year's cult classic," writing that the novel was "hilarious, exhilarating and mind-blowing".[12]

In 2013 Greer released his first book of short fiction, titled Everything Flows, via Curbside Splendor. Publishers Weekly said of the book "Halfway between the mind of God and a vivid dream, Everything Flows is proof that there remain new places to go, both on paper and in the known universe."[13]

FICTION

NON-FICTION

Screenwriter

Greer has written or co-written several movies, including Max Keeble's Big Move[14] (Disney, 2001), Just My Luck[15] (20th Century Fox, 2006) starring Lindsay Lohan, the Jackie Chan vehicle The Spy Next Door[16] (Lions Gate, 2010) and Unsane,[17] directed by Steven Soderbergh, and starring Claire Foy and Juno Temple (Fingerprint Releasing, Bleecker Street, Regency, 2018). In February 2018, Deadline Hollywood reported that Greer was set to write a script called Planet Kill for Soderbergh to produce.[18] He also has adapted the John Barth novel The Sot-Weed Factor (novel) for a projected series from Soderbergh.[19]

Discography

Guided By Voices

DTCV

Filmography

Writer

FILM

TV

Director

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: James Greer is comfy under the magnifying glass in new band Détective. Denverpost.com. 2015-10-14.
  2. Web site: Adrienne . Crew . Interview in LAist discussing Greer's "influence on a generation of music journalists" . Laist.com . August 8, 2006 . January 16, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160131105430/http://laist.com/2006/08/08/laist_interview_james_greer.php . January 31, 2016 . mdy-all .
  3. Web site: March 20, 2018 . July 20, 2023 . Unsane writer James Greer on the death of Kurt Cobain and birth of Generation X.
  4. Web site: James Greer: Making the World His Bitch (and Elephants). 2020-12-09. www.vice.com. en.
  5. Web site: 2013-04-02. Steven Soderbergh's 12-hour John Barth adaptation, via James Greer. 2020-12-09. Los Angeles Times. en-US.
  6. Web site: DTCV AllMusic Biography . AllMusic.com . July 10, 2016 . July 10, 2016.
  7. Web site: DTCV Biography & History. 2020-12-09. AllMusic. en-us.
  8. Web site: Consequence of Sound Advance Stream of Confusion Moderne . consequence.net . April 1, 2016 . July 10, 2016.
  9. News: Los Angeles Times review of Artificial Light . Articles.latimes.com . October 8, 2006 . January 16, 2012 . Michael . Jaime-Becerra.
  10. Web site: Zach. Baron . Review of The Failure in the Village Voice . Villagevoice.com . March 24, 2010 . January 16, 2012.
  11. http://www.commonwealthclub.org/bookawards/76/ Official California Book Awards Site
  12. Web site: James Greer's Bad Eminence: A wicked thrill opened at your peril.
  13. News: Fiction Book Review: Everything Flows by James Greer.
  14. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0273799/combined Max Keeble's Big Move IMDB page
  15. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0397078/combined Just My Luck IMDB page
  16. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1273678/combined The Spy Next Door IMDB page
  17. Web site: Juno Temple to Co-Star With Claire Foy in Steven Soderbergh's Next Movie (EXCLUSIVE). Variety. Justin. Kroll. July 18, 2017. July 18, 2017.
  18. Web site: Studio 8 Acquires 'Planet Kill' For Steven Soderbergh To Produce, May Direct. Deadline Hollywood. Anita. Busch. February 1, 2018. February 20, 2018.
  19. Web site: 2013-04-02. Steven Soderbergh's 12-hour John Barth adaptation, via James Greer. 2020-12-09. Los Angeles Times. en-US.

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