Doug Miro (born January 20, 1972) is an American screenwriter based in Los Angeles.USC School of Cinematic Arts Speakers Series Miro studied screenwriting at the USC School of Cinematic Arts and graduated with a degree in English from Stanford University.
Life and career Miro's screenplays include Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time,Jake Gyllenhaal Crowned Prince of Persia, Hollywood Reporter, May 20, 2008 and the Sorcerer's Apprentice, both which were written with his longtime collaborator, Carlo Bernard.
Their credits also include The UninvitedThe Uninvited, Variety, Jan. 29, 2009 for DreamWorks and producers Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald, and The Great RaidThe Great Raid, Variety, Aug. 3, 2005 for Miramax. While he was intended to work on National Treasure 3,National Treasure 3 Writers Hired, FilmShaft, April 6, 2010 it did not come to happen.
Miro and Bernard first made their mark with Motor City, an adaptation of the novel Edsel, (Loren Estleman) a film noir set in 1950s Detroit.Comics2Film, April 24, 2002 The team also adapted Dean King's Skeletons of the Zahara: A True Story of Survival,MovieWeb, April 13, 2004 which chronicles the wreck of a Connecticut merchant ship and the crew's subsequent adventures in the Sahara Desert in 1815. After reading their adaptation, Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy hired the writing team to work on the script for the 2011 Tintin film.The Adventures of Tintin Gets a December Release Date, FusedFilm.com, Dec.23, 2011
Miro is a creator and executive producer of the Netflix series Narcos and Narcos: Mexico.
Miro is the co-creator and co-writer (along with Ingrid Escajeda) of the Netflix series Griselda.
Filmography (2005) The Great Raid (2009) The Uninvited (2010) Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010) The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2015 - 2017) Narcos (2016) The Great Wall : co-written screenplay with Carlo Bernard and Tony Gilroy (2018 - 2021) Narcos: Mexico (2024) Griselda (miniseries)
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External links
Doug Miro Speaking at the USC School of Cinematic Arts. Doug Miro on Twitter