Simon Kinberg is an American screenwriter. He was born August 2, 1973 in London, England, and his family moved later on to the United States. Kinberg went to the prestigious Brentwood School in Los Angeles, CA and graduated in 1991. He later graduated from Brown University, Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude, and received his MFA from Columbia University Film School.
While still in film school, Kinberg sold a pitch to Warner Brothers, then went on t...
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Simon Kinberg is an American screenwriter. He was born August 2, 1973 in London, England, and his family moved later on to the United States. Kinberg went to the prestigious Brentwood School in Los Angeles, CA and graduated in 1991. He later graduated from Brown University, Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude, and received his MFA from Columbia University Film School.
While still in film school, Kinberg sold a pitch to Warner Brothers, then went on to write scripts for Disney, Sony, and Dreamworks, working with Steven Spielberg, Jerry Bruckheimer, McG, and others. After finishing school, Kinberg moved to Hollywood, where his first screenwriting credit was a sequel to the smash hit action film xXx (2002), xXx: State of the Union. The film was a disappointment, but his next screenwriting venture was the screenplay for Mr. and Mrs. Smith.
Doug Liman's 2005 film Mr. & Mrs. Smith, starred Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. The script began as Kinberg's thesis project for film school. It went on to...
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