Hollywood screenwriter Guy Thomas died Friday at his home in Ventura County, Calif., of a suspected heart attack, his friend Gerri Malcolm confirmed to Variety. He was 66.
Thomas was best known for his screenplay of “The Magic of Belle Isle,” directed by Rob Reiner and starring Morgan Freeman as a struggling alcoholic writer and Virginia Madsen as his neighbor. His other screenplay credits include 1980’s “Wholly Moses!” and 2001’s “Chasing Destiny.”
Before his death, Thomas was working on an alt-history science fiction Western series, “Billy Stars,” with Oscar-nominated producer David Valdes.
Born in Bay Shore, N.Y., Thomas grew up in Georgia, where he first wrote for live theater and eventually for the screen. He sold his first screenplay, “Jungle Boy,” when he was 22. Columbia Pictures head David Begelman hired Thomas as a staff writer of the ABC Series “Carter Country” as an incentive to get him to move to Los Angeles,...
Thomas was best known for his screenplay of “The Magic of Belle Isle,” directed by Rob Reiner and starring Morgan Freeman as a struggling alcoholic writer and Virginia Madsen as his neighbor. His other screenplay credits include 1980’s “Wholly Moses!” and 2001’s “Chasing Destiny.”
Before his death, Thomas was working on an alt-history science fiction Western series, “Billy Stars,” with Oscar-nominated producer David Valdes.
Born in Bay Shore, N.Y., Thomas grew up in Georgia, where he first wrote for live theater and eventually for the screen. He sold his first screenplay, “Jungle Boy,” when he was 22. Columbia Pictures head David Begelman hired Thomas as a staff writer of the ABC Series “Carter Country” as an incentive to get him to move to Los Angeles,...
- 7/14/2020
- by Janet Lee
- Variety Film + TV
Guy Thomas, who wrote the screenplays for the Dudley Moore-starring Wholly Moses! and the Rob Reiner-directed The Magic of Belle Isle, has died. He was 66.
Thomas died Friday of a suspected heart attack at his home in Newbury Park, California, friend and writing partner Gerri Malcolm told The Hollywood Reporter.
Born in the town of Bay Shore on Long Island, Thomas and his family moved to Georgia when he was a youngster, and he sold his first screenplay, Jungle Boy, when he was 22.
Columbia Pictures head David Begelman placed Thomas on the writing staff of the ABC series Carter Country ...
Thomas died Friday of a suspected heart attack at his home in Newbury Park, California, friend and writing partner Gerri Malcolm told The Hollywood Reporter.
Born in the town of Bay Shore on Long Island, Thomas and his family moved to Georgia when he was a youngster, and he sold his first screenplay, Jungle Boy, when he was 22.
Columbia Pictures head David Begelman placed Thomas on the writing staff of the ABC series Carter Country ...
- 7/13/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
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