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Ehren Kruger

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  • Producer
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EHREN KRUGER wrote the screenplay for DreamWorks Pictures' horror thriller THE RING TWO.
An automobile mechanic and his daughter make a discovery that brings down the Autobots and Decepticons - and a paranoid government official - on them.
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Ehren Kruger is an American film producer and screenwriter who is known for writing The Ring starring Naomi Watts and Daveigh Chase. He also wrote a majority of the Transformers sequels, Scream 3 & 4, Reindeer Games, The Ring Two, Blood & Chocolate, Dumbo, The Skeleton Key, The Brothers Grimm and Ghost in the Shell.
BornOctober 5, 1972
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BornOctober 5, 1972
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 1 win & 11 nominations total

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    Known for

    The Ring (2002)
    The Ring
    7.1
    • Writer
    • 2002
    Tom Cruise in Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
    Top Gun: Maverick
    8.2
    • Writer
    • 2022
    Alan Arkin, Tim Burton, Danny DeVito, Danny Elfman, Michael Keaton, Helen Aberson, Nick Bartlett, Clive Brunt, Michael Buffer, Ben Crowe, Amerjit Deu, Colin Farrell, Katterli Frauenfelder, Derek Frey, Steve Healey, Rick Heinrichs, Bret Jones, Julian Kershaw, Ehren Kruger, Chris Lebenzon, Sandy Martin, Deobia Oparei, Ian Porter, Douglas Reith, Stephen Samson, Roshan Seth, Harry Taylor, Leah R. Powell, Mark Reader, Ben Davis, Nigel Lowe, Victor Pietraru, Lillia Langley, Peter Brookes, Richard James-Clarke, Marjo Nantel, Mehari 'Bibi' Tesfamarian, Binyam 'Bichu' Tesfamarian, Otgonchimeg Chuluunzorig, Jana Posna, Jewels Good, Max Gill, Peter Trevor, Nina Mangold, Philip Rosch, Eva Green, Ethan Keaton, Joseph Gatt, Lars Eidinger, Liam Bewley, Carol Been, Jo Osmond, Lucy DeVito, Frank Bourke, Heather Rome, Jason Shillingford, Kamil Lemie, Greg Canestrari, Scott Haney, Mark Shrimpton, Phil Zimmerman, Harold Pearl, Joseph Macnab, Vincent Andriano, Anatoli Akerman, Rob Heanley, Richard Leeming, Christian Wolf-La'Moy, Chris Rogers, Erick Hayden, Richard Price, Justin Springer, Zee Asha, Daniel Gonçalves, Keith Lomas, James Thomas Scott, Rosie Akerman, Edd Osmond, Hugh O'Brien, Georgie-May Tearle, Simon Connolly, Richard Garaghty, Sharon Rooney, Jaymes Sygrove, Charlotte Worwood, Alice Bonifacio, Jessie Vinning, Mickey Lewis, Venla Shalin, Zak Holland, Josef Davies, Angela Sant'Albano, Ragevan Vasan, Craig Thomas Lambert, Beth Willetts, Bernardo Santos, Anthony Rhodes, Jackson Kai, Emily Tebbutt, Lampros Kalfuntzos, Stuart Whelan, Jessica Barker-Wren, Tom Gaskin, Philips Nortey, Rashid Shadat, Matthew Castle, Finley Hobbins, Nico Parker, Miguel Muñoz Segura, Zenaida Alcalde, Paul Riddell, Sarah Sayuri Leung, John Southgate, Will Rowlands, Tom Seekings, and Matt Truman in Dumbo (2019)
    Dumbo
    6.2
    • Writer
    • 2019
    Tim Robbins, Jeff Bridges, and Joan Cusack in Arlington Road (1999)
    Arlington Road
    7.2
    • Writer
    • 1999

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    Writer

    • F1: The Movie
      • Writer
      • Completed
      • 2025
    • Tom Cruise in Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
      Top Gun: Maverick
      8.2
      • screenplay by
      • 2022
    • Alan Arkin, Tim Burton, Danny DeVito, Danny Elfman, Michael Keaton, Helen Aberson, Nick Bartlett, Clive Brunt, Michael Buffer, Ben Crowe, Amerjit Deu, Colin Farrell, Katterli Frauenfelder, Derek Frey, Steve Healey, Rick Heinrichs, Bret Jones, Julian Kershaw, Ehren Kruger, Chris Lebenzon, Sandy Martin, Deobia Oparei, Ian Porter, Douglas Reith, Stephen Samson, Roshan Seth, Harry Taylor, Leah R. Powell, Mark Reader, Ben Davis, Nigel Lowe, Victor Pietraru, Lillia Langley, Peter Brookes, Richard James-Clarke, Marjo Nantel, Mehari 'Bibi' Tesfamarian, Binyam 'Bichu' Tesfamarian, Otgonchimeg Chuluunzorig, Jana Posna, Jewels Good, Max Gill, Peter Trevor, Nina Mangold, Philip Rosch, Eva Green, Ethan Keaton, Joseph Gatt, Lars Eidinger, Liam Bewley, Carol Been, Jo Osmond, Lucy DeVito, Frank Bourke, Heather Rome, Jason Shillingford, Kamil Lemie, Greg Canestrari, Scott Haney, Mark Shrimpton, Phil Zimmerman, Harold Pearl, Joseph Macnab, Vincent Andriano, Anatoli Akerman, Rob Heanley, Richard Leeming, Christian Wolf-La'Moy, Chris Rogers, Erick Hayden, Richard Price, Justin Springer, Zee Asha, Daniel Gonçalves, Keith Lomas, James Thomas Scott, Rosie Akerman, Edd Osmond, Hugh O'Brien, Georgie-May Tearle, Simon Connolly, Richard Garaghty, Sharon Rooney, Jaymes Sygrove, Charlotte Worwood, Alice Bonifacio, Jessie Vinning, Mickey Lewis, Venla Shalin, Zak Holland, Josef Davies, Angela Sant'Albano, Ragevan Vasan, Craig Thomas Lambert, Beth Willetts, Bernardo Santos, Anthony Rhodes, Jackson Kai, Emily Tebbutt, Lampros Kalfuntzos, Stuart Whelan, Jessica Barker-Wren, Tom Gaskin, Philips Nortey, Rashid Shadat, Matthew Castle, Finley Hobbins, Nico Parker, Miguel Muñoz Segura, Zenaida Alcalde, Paul Riddell, Sarah Sayuri Leung, John Southgate, Will Rowlands, Tom Seekings, and Matt Truman in Dumbo (2019)
      Dumbo
      6.2
      • screenplay by
      • 2019
    • The Brothers Grimm
      TV Series
      • Writer
      • 2017
    • Scarlett Johansson in Ghost in the Shell (2017)
      Ghost in the Shell
      6.3
      • screenplay by
      • 2017
    • Tin Man
      6.3
      TV Movie
      • Writer
      • 2014
    • Mark Wahlberg, Peter Cullen, Nicola Peltz Beckham, and Jack Reynor in Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)
      Transformers: Age of Extinction
      5.6
      • written by
      • 2014
    • Peter Cullen, Shia LaBeouf, and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley in Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
      Transformers: Dark of the Moon
      6.2
      • written by
      • 2011
    • Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Burger King Commercial
      Video
      • Writer
      • 2009
    • Peter Cullen, Shia LaBeouf, and Megan Fox in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
      Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
      6.0
      • written by
      • 2009
    • Agnes Bruckner in Blood and Chocolate (2007)
      Blood and Chocolate
      5.3
      • screenplay
      • 2007
    • Matt Damon, Monica Bellucci, Heath Ledger, and Lena Headey in The Brothers Grimm (2005)
      The Brothers Grimm
      5.9
      • written by
      • 2005
    • The Skeleton Key (2005)
      The Skeleton Key
      6.5
      • written by
      • 2005
    • Kelly Stables in The Ring Two (2005)
      The Ring Two
      5.4
      • written by
      • 2005
    • Rings (2005)
      Rings
      6.6
      Video
      • written by
      • 2005
    • The Ring (2002)
      The Ring
      7.1
      • screenplay
      • 2002

    Producer

    • Alan Arkin, Tim Burton, Danny DeVito, Danny Elfman, Michael Keaton, Helen Aberson, Nick Bartlett, Clive Brunt, Michael Buffer, Ben Crowe, Amerjit Deu, Colin Farrell, Katterli Frauenfelder, Derek Frey, Steve Healey, Rick Heinrichs, Bret Jones, Julian Kershaw, Ehren Kruger, Chris Lebenzon, Sandy Martin, Deobia Oparei, Ian Porter, Douglas Reith, Stephen Samson, Roshan Seth, Harry Taylor, Leah R. Powell, Mark Reader, Ben Davis, Nigel Lowe, Victor Pietraru, Lillia Langley, Peter Brookes, Richard James-Clarke, Marjo Nantel, Mehari 'Bibi' Tesfamarian, Binyam 'Bichu' Tesfamarian, Otgonchimeg Chuluunzorig, Jana Posna, Jewels Good, Max Gill, Peter Trevor, Nina Mangold, Philip Rosch, Eva Green, Ethan Keaton, Joseph Gatt, Lars Eidinger, Liam Bewley, Carol Been, Jo Osmond, Lucy DeVito, Frank Bourke, Heather Rome, Jason Shillingford, Kamil Lemie, Greg Canestrari, Scott Haney, Mark Shrimpton, Phil Zimmerman, Harold Pearl, Joseph Macnab, Vincent Andriano, Anatoli Akerman, Rob Heanley, Richard Leeming, Christian Wolf-La'Moy, Chris Rogers, Erick Hayden, Richard Price, Justin Springer, Zee Asha, Daniel Gonçalves, Keith Lomas, James Thomas Scott, Rosie Akerman, Edd Osmond, Hugh O'Brien, Georgie-May Tearle, Simon Connolly, Richard Garaghty, Sharon Rooney, Jaymes Sygrove, Charlotte Worwood, Alice Bonifacio, Jessie Vinning, Mickey Lewis, Venla Shalin, Zak Holland, Josef Davies, Angela Sant'Albano, Ragevan Vasan, Craig Thomas Lambert, Beth Willetts, Bernardo Santos, Anthony Rhodes, Jackson Kai, Emily Tebbutt, Lampros Kalfuntzos, Stuart Whelan, Jessica Barker-Wren, Tom Gaskin, Philips Nortey, Rashid Shadat, Matthew Castle, Finley Hobbins, Nico Parker, Miguel Muñoz Segura, Zenaida Alcalde, Paul Riddell, Sarah Sayuri Leung, John Southgate, Will Rowlands, Tom Seekings, and Matt Truman in Dumbo (2019)
      Dumbo
      6.2
      • producer (produced by)
      • 2019
    • Daisy Ridley in Ophelia (2018)
      Ophelia
      6.5
      • producer
      • 2018
    • The Brothers Grimm
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2017
    • Bonnie Morgan in Rings (2017)
      Rings
      4.5
      • executive producer
      • 2017
    • Tin Man
      6.3
      TV Movie
      • executive producer
      • 2014
    • Dream House (2011)
      Dream House
      6.0
      • producer
      • 2011
    • Scream 4 (2011)
      Scream 4
      6.2
      • executive producer
      • 2011
    • Agnes Bruckner in Blood and Chocolate (2007)
      Blood and Chocolate
      5.3
      • executive producer
      • 2007

    Script and Continuity Department

    • Scream 4 (2011)
      Scream 4
      6.2
      • script revisions (uncredited)
      • 2011
    • Enn Reitel in Dead Silence (2007)
      Dead Silence
      6.1
      • script revisions (uncredited)
      • 2007
    • Val Kilmer, Christian Slater, Jonny Lee Miller, LL Cool J, Kathryn Morris, and Patricia Velasquez in Mindhunters (2004)
      Mindhunters
      6.3
      • script revisions (uncredited)
      • 2004
    • Texas Rangers (2001)
      Texas Rangers
      5.2
      • script revisions (uncredited)
      • 2001
    • Antonio Banderas, Alan Cumming, Carla Gugino, Daryl Sabara, and Alexa PenaVega in Spy Kids (2001)
      Spy Kids
      5.6
      • script revisions (uncredited)
      • 2001
    • Gerard Butler in Dracula 2000 (2000)
      Dracula 2000
      4.9
      • script revisions (uncredited)
      • 2000
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    • Born
      • October 5, 1972
      • Alexandria, Virginia, USA
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      Received the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' (AMPAS) Nicholl Fellowship (an international competition open to new screenwriters) for Arlington Road (1999) in 1996.
    • Trademark
        Known for his collaborations with Michael Bay.
    • Salary
      • The Ring
        (2002)
        $1,000,000

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