Ehren Kruger

Ehren Kruger is a native of Alexandria, Virginia and a graduate of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. He received the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ prestigious Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting in 1996 for his original screenplay “Arlington Road,” which was subsequently produced as his first feature film, directed by Mark Pellington and starring Jeff Bridges and Tim Robbins.

His earlier credits include the blockbuster hit thriller “The Ring,” directed by Gore Verbinski and starring Naomi Watts; “The Skeleton Key,” directed by Iain Softley and starring Kate Hudson and Gena Rowlands; “The Brothers Grimm,” directed by Terry Gilliam and starring Matt Damon and Heath Ledger, and “Scream 3,” directed by Wes Craven.

In 2007 Kruger joined forces with the writing team of Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci to create the story for the second installment of the live-action “Transformers” franchise. The result, “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,” went on to earn box office receipts of over $836 million worldwide.

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