Name Jim Cash Role Film writer | ||
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Books The Secret of My Success, Dick Tracy, The Secret of My Succe$s: The Screenplay Movies Top Gun, Anaconda, Dick Tracy, Anacondas: The Hunt for the Bl, The Secret of My Success Similar People Jack Epps - Jr, Don Simpson, Luis Llosa, Michael Blodgett, Daniel Petrie | ||
Jim Cash (January 17, 1941 – March 25, 2000) was a film writer, noted for writing such 1980s films such as Top Gun and The Secret of My Success.
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Early life
On Jan 17, 1941, Cash was born in Boyne City, Michigan.
Education
In 1970, Cash received a B.A. in English from Michigan State University (MSU). In 1972, Cash received an M.A. in Television and Radio from Michigan State University.
Career
As a professor, Cash taught writing and film history at Michigan State University. Cash met a student named Jack Epps, Jr., who would later become his writing partner. Epps was from the Detroit area.
Cash and Epps began their writing relationship while at Michigan State University. In 1975, they wrote their first story together in the MSU Union Grill. Soon afterwards Epps moved to Hollywood, California. Cash continued to live in East Lansing, Michigan, while Epps lived in Santa Monica, California. They collaborated by computer across country.
In 1986, Cash and Epps co-wrote Top Gun.
Personal life
Cash and his wife Cynthia Cash have 4 children.