Ben Ripley

American screenwriter

Ben Ripley
Ben Ripley at the Source Code premier in 2011
Born	Lawrenceville, New Jersey^[1]
Occupation	Screenwriter
Known for	Source Code

Ben Ripley is an American screenwriter best known for writing the science-fiction thriller Source Code^[2] directed by Duncan Jones.^[3]^[4] Ripley is a graduate of Stanford University and the University of Southern California's USC School of Cinema-Television.

History

Ripley sold his spec script for Source Code in 2007 to Universal Studios. It was ranked as one of the top unproduced screenplays in the annual Hollywood black list.^[5] In an interview with the Writers Guild of America, Ripley talked about his script and the uncertainty over its production:

Yeah, it was agony. And I wrote it on spec. I wasn't certain it would ever see the light of day. One thing that kept me going though was that I had a suspicion that if I got this right, it could really open a new level for my writing career. At that point, I'd spent about four years doing studio rewrites on horror movies that were never getting made. I knew that if I showed up with another spec script, I'd have to show up with something very different that took chances. That motivated me to keep going until it seemed right.^[6]

Personal Life

As of 2014, Ben Ripley lived in Lawrenceville, New Jersey.^[7]

Screenplays

Species III^[8] (2004)
Species: The Awakening (2007)
The Watch (2008)
Source Code (2011)
Boychoir (2014)
Flatliners (2017)

References

^ http://www.movieslug.com/actors/1024/ben-ripley.html^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Fernandez, Jay A. (16 December 2010). "Moon' Director Duncan Jones Returns to SXSW With 'Source Code". The Hollywood Reporter.
^ "Ben Ripley | Underwire | Wired.com". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2011-06-15. Parallel Universes and Corpse Brains: Source Code Takes Science on a Trip
^ https://www.empireonline.com/news/feed.asp?NID=30413 Ben Ripley Writing The Seventh Day
^ Sciretta, Peter. "The Hottest Unproduced Screenplays of 2007". Slash film. Archived from the original on 23 June 2011. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
^ Faye, Denis. "Practice Makes Perfect". Writers Guild of America. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
^ Telin, Mike. "American Boychoir to sing at St. Paul's, Cleveland Heights on October 29" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-03-31. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
^ The New York Times Movies The New York Times - Ben Ripley Biography