Menno Meyjes (born 1954) is a Dutch screenwriter, film director, and producer. He is an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award nominee, and a Goya Award and Hugo Award winner.
Biography Meyjes was born in Bloemendaal, North Holland in 1954. He moved to the United States in 1972 and studied at San Francisco Art Institute, graduating with a master's degree in 1980. In 1984, he founded the graphic design magazine Emigre, with fellow Dutchmen Marc Susan and Rudy VanderLans.
Meyjes first gained attention for his spec script The Children's Crusade, which was later produced in 1987 by Francis Ford Coppola as Lionheart. His first produced screenplay was the 1985 film The Color Purple, directed by Steven Spielberg and based on Alice Walker's 1982 novel of the same name. He was nominated for an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Meyjes worked with Steven Spielberg again, when he was a script doctor for Empire of the Sun (1987), and then co-wrote the story for Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade in 1989. The same year, he won a Goya Award for writing the Spanish film Twisted Obsession.
In 2002, Meyjes wrote and directed the film Max.
In 2012, Meyjes adapted the Dutch novel The Dinner into a film.
Filmography +YearTitleDirectorWriterNotes1985Amazing StoriesTelevision series (Episode: "The Mission")The Color Purple1987Lionheart1989Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade1991Ricochet 1994Foreign Student Also co-producer1998The Siege2002MaxDirectorial Debut2007Martian Child2008Manolete2011Black Gold2013The Dinner2015De Reünie2016De HeldTBAClose Enough Uncredited written works:
Empire of the Sun (1987) El Sueño del mono loco (1989)
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External links
BBC interview on Max with Menno Meyjes