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Jason Keller (playwright)

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Occupation
  
Playwright

Spouse
  
Kristin Dattilo (m. 2005)

Years active
  
2002–present

Education
  
Ball State University

Name
  
Jason Keller

Parents
  
Susan Keller, Ron Keller

Role
  
Playwright


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Born
  
December 12, 1968 (age 55) (
1968-12-12
)
Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.

Children
  
Quinn Loving Keller, Eve Valentine Keller

Movies
  
Escape Plan, Mirror Mirror, Machine Gun Preacher

Similar People
  
Mikael Hafstrom, Melisa Wallack, Miles Chapman, Sam Childers, Tarsem Singh

Jason Keller (born December 12, 1968, Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American playwright and screenwriter. He has also been credited under the anagram pen name of Arnell Jesko.

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Career

Keller began his screenwriting career by writing Marc Forster's film Machine Gun Preacher, which was released by Relativity Media in 2011. Keller has gone on to write Tarsem Singh's film Mirror Mirror, starring Julia Roberts, as well as Mikael Håfström's 2013 action film Escape Plan, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone. He is also the executive producer of the fifth sequel in the Die Hard franchise, A Good Day to Die Hard, starring Bruce Willis.

In 2011, it was announced that Keller would collaborate with director Matt Reeves on the adaptation of the Justin Cronin novel The Passage with Ridley Scott producing. According to Variety, Keller is also developing Go Like Hell with Michael Mann attached to direct, which is based on the book by A.J. Baime about Le Mans auto racing in the 1960s.

Filmography

  • Machine Gun Preacher (2011)
  • Mirror Mirror (2012)
  • Escape Plan (2013) [using the pen name Arnell Jesko]
  • References

    Jason Keller (playwright) Wikipedia