Edward Neumeier

Edward Neumeier (often credited as just Ed Neumeier) (born 1957) is a screenwriter best known for his work on the science fiction movies RoboCop and Starship Troopers. He wrote the latter's sequel, and most recently wrote and directed Starship Troopers 3: Marauder. Neumeier studied journalism at the University of California, Santa Cruz before attending the School of Motion Picture and Television at UCLA. After graduation, he quickly found work in... more

Edward Neumeier (often credited as just Ed Neumeier) (born 1957) is a screenwriter best known for his work on the science fiction movies RoboCop and Starship Troopers. He wrote the latter's sequel, and most recently wrote and directed Starship Troopers 3: Marauder. Neumeier studied journalism at the University of California, Santa Cruz before attending the School of Motion Picture and Television at UCLA. After graduation, he quickly found work in Hollywood: first as a production assistant on the television series Taxi; then as a reader for Paramount and Columbia; and finally as a junior executive at Universal Pictures. At this time, Neumeier wrote his first outlines and treatments of RoboCop, as well as a number of "spec" scripts. Declining an offer of vice-presidency at Universal, he instead elected to further develop RoboCop with his writing partner Michael Miner. The screenplay, a violent corporate satire whose pop culture forebears seemed to include comic book icons Iron Man and... less