John Brancato and Michael Ferris
American Screenwriting Duo
John Brancato | |
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Born | John Dominic Brancato United States |
Alma mater | Harvard University |
Occupation | Screenwriter |
Years active | 1990–2017 |
Michael Ferris | |
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Born | United States |
Alma mater | Harvard University |
Occupation | Screenwriter |
Years active | 1990–2017 |
John Brancato and Michael Ferris are a former American screenwriting duo, whose notable works include The Game, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Terminator Salvation, Surrogates and The Hunter's Prayer. Brancato and Ferris met while at college, where both were editors of The Harvard Lampoon.[1] The two have also been credited pseudonymously under the names Henry Dominic and Henry Dominick. Their partnership ended in 2015. Ferris has since separately written two episodes of The Simpsons, "Paths of Glory" and "From Russia Without Love",[2] and the video game adaptation Dead Rising: Endgame.
Filmography
Film writers
- Watchers II (1990)
- Bloodfist II (1990) (John Brancato's uncredited story role)
- Femme Fatale (1991)
- Into the Sun (1992)
- Interceptor (1992)
- The Net (1995)
- The Game (1997)
- Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)
- Catwoman (2004)
- Primeval (2007)
- Terminator Salvation (2009)
- Surrogates (2009)
- The Hunter's Prayer (2017)
- Trigger Warning (2024)
Credited as Henry Dominic
- The Unborn (1991)
- Severed Ties (1992)
- Mindwarp (1992)
Television
Year | Title | Writers | Executive Producers | Notes |
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1991 | Flight of Black Angel | Yes | No | TV movie |
Married... with Children | Yes | No | Episode "You Better Shop Around: Part 1 | |
1995 | Æon Flux | Yes | No | Episode The Demiurge |
2000 | The Others | Yes | Yes | Also creators |
References
External links
- Delusional Films (their production company)
- John Brancato at IMDb
- Michael Ferris at IMDb
- John Brancato at AllMovie
- Michael Ferris at AllMovie
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- Bronte Woodard and Allan Carr – Can't Stop the Music (1980)
- Frank Yablans, Frank Perry, Tracy Hotchner, and Robert Getchell – Mommie Dearest (1981)
- Robin Moore and Laird Koenig – Inchon (1982)
- John Kershaw, Shawn Randall, and Ellen Shephard – The Lonely Lady (1983)
- John Derek – Bolero (1984)
- Sylvester Stallone, James Cameron, and Kevin Jarre – Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
- Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz – Howard the Duck (1986)
- Jonathan Reynolds and Bill Cosby – Leonard Part 6 (1987)
- Heywood Gould – Cocktail (1988)
- Eddie Murphy – Harlem Nights (1989)
- Daniel Waters, James Cappe, and David Arnott – The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990)
- Steven E. de Souza, Daniel Waters, Bruce Willis, and Robert Kraft – Hudson Hawk (1991)
- Blake Snyder, William Osborne, and William Davies – Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992)
- Amy Holden Jones – Indecent Proposal (1993)
- Tom S. Parker, Jim Jennewein, Steven E. de Souza, and various others – The Flintstones (1994)
- Joe Eszterhas – Showgirls (1995)
- Andrew Bergman – Striptease (1996)
- Eric Roth and Brian Helgeland – The Postman (1997)
- Joe Eszterhas – An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn (1998)
- Jim Thomas, John Thomas, S. S. Wilson, Brent Maddock, Jeffrey Price, and Peter S. Seaman – Wild Wild West (1999)
- Corey Mandell and J. David Shapiro – Battlefield Earth (2000)
- Tom Green and Derek Harvie – Freddy Got Fingered (2001)
- George Lucas and Jonathan Hales – Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002)
- Martin Brest – Gigli (2003)
- Theresa Rebeck, John Brancato, Michael Ferris, and John Rogers – Catwoman (2004)
- Jenny McCarthy – Dirty Love (2005)
- Leora Barish and Henry Bean – Basic Instinct 2 (2006)
- Jeffrey Hammond – I Know Who Killed Me (2007)
- Mike Myers and Graham Gordy – The Love Guru (2008)
- Ehren Kruger, Alex Kurtzman, and Roberto Orci – Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
- M. Night Shyamalan – The Last Airbender (2010)
- Steve Koren, Adam Sandler, and Ben Zook – Jack and Jill (2011)
- David Caspe – That's My Boy (2012)
- Steve Baker, Ricky Blitt, Will Carlough, Tobias Carlson, Jacob Fleisher, Patrik Forsberg, Will Graham, James Gunn, Claes Kjellstrom, Jack Kukoda, Bob Odenkirk, Bill O'Malley, Matthew Alec Portenoy, Greg Pritikin, Rocky Russo, Olle Sarri, Elizabeth Wright Shapiro, Jeremy Sosenko, Jonathan van Tulleken, and Jonas Wittenmark – Movie 43 (2013)
- Darren Doane and Cheston Hervey – Saving Christmas (2014)
- Kelly Marcel – Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)
- Chris Terrio and David S. Goyer – Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
- Tony Leondis, Eric Siegel, and Mike White – The Emoji Movie (2017)
- Niall Leonard – Fifty Shades Freed (2018)
- Lee Hall and Tom Hooper – Cats (2019)
- Tomasz Klimala, Barbara Białowąs, Tomasz Mandes, and Blanka Lipińska – 365 Days (2020/21)
- Joe DiPietro and David Bryan – Diana: The Musical (2021)
- Andrew Dominik – Blonde (2022)
- Rhys Frake-Waterfield – Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey (2023)