Jonathan Hensleigh
- Writer
- Director
- Producer
One of the most prolific screenwriters in the action/adventure genre,
Jonathan started his career writing episodes of
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992)
for George Lucas and ABC. He wrote
Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995),
re-conceived from his original spec script "Simon Says". He followed
that with Jumanji (1995). His script for
the The Saint (1997) was completely
re-written by others. After this frustration, he enjoyed a long working
friendship with producer
Jerry Bruckheimer with whom he
collaborated on many projects since 1996. He re-wrote the whole script
for The Rock (1996) without credit,
which he tried desperately to achieve via WGA arbitration.
He did uncredited re-writes on Con Air (1997) and the remake of Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000) and received executive producer credits on both. Armageddon (1998), from Jonathan's original idea, was the second time Jonathan had the highest grossing film, worldwide, at the box office. The other was Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995).
He did uncredited re-writes on Con Air (1997) and the remake of Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000) and received executive producer credits on both. Armageddon (1998), from Jonathan's original idea, was the second time Jonathan had the highest grossing film, worldwide, at the box office. The other was Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995).
