Dan Gordon (screenwriter)

Dan Gordon
Born (1947-05-05) May 5, 1947 (age 77)
Southern California, U.S.
NationalityIsraeli, American
Occupations
  • Screenwriter
  • television writer
  • television producer
  • television director
  • film producer
  • novelist
  • playwright
  • film director
  • soldier

Dan Gordon (Hebrew: דן גורדון; born (1947-05-05)May 5, 1947) is an Israeli-American screenwriter, television writer, television producer, television director, film producer, novelist, playwright, film director, and reserve duty captain in the Israel Defense Forces.

As a screenwriter, he has written films including Wyatt Earp, Passenger 57, Murder in the First, and The Hurricane, and developed the story for Rambo: Last Blood.[1] He has been the producer, screenwriter and story editor for over 200 hours of television, including Highway to Heaven, Highlander, and Soldier of Fortune, Inc.[2] He has also written stage adaptations of Terms of Endearment and Rain Man,[3][4] and novels based on his screenplays as well as his own experiences fighting in the Gaza War.[5]

  1. ^ "Main Title Draft 1z9.pdf" (PDF). Dropbox. Retrieved 2019-09-14.
  2. ^ "Dan Gordon". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-09-14.
  3. ^ "Theatre Review (London): Rain Man (Adapted for the Stage by Dan Gordon)". Blogcritics. Retrieved 2017-03-27.
  4. ^ "Dan Gordon". Simon & Schuster. Retrieved 2017-03-27.
  5. ^ A Hollywood Screenwriter Experiences the Real Gaza War, The Hollywood Reporter, October 3, 2014.