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Jonathan Hensleigh is one of the most prolific screenwriters in the action/adventure genre of films, he is noted for being an old school action screenwriter and director. Before he began his career in film, Hensleigh was an attorney in Manhattan [1]. Jonathan started his career writing episodes of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles for George Lucas on ABC. He wrote Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995), reconceived from his original spec script Simon Says. He followed that with Jumanji (1995) then The Saint (1997) (although his script for the Saint was heavily re-written by Wesley Strick). After that, he enjoyed a long working friendship with producer Jerry Bruckheimer with whom he collaborated on many projects since 1996. Even though he re-wrote the entire script for The Rock (1996), the WGA refused to grant him a credit.

He did uncredited re-writes on both Con Air (1997) and the remake of Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000) and received executive producer credits on both. Armageddon (1998), written from his original idea, was the second time Jonathan had the highest grossing film worldwide at the box office. The other was Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995). He made his directorial debut in 2004 with the Marvel character The Punisher, which he also wrote. His next film, Welcome To The Jungle will hopefully be released in 2007. Once his and Thomas Jane's schedule both become available, he plans to start shooting The Punisher 2.[2]

At one point Hensleigh was also set to write and direct Hulk. He worked on preproduction of that film for a year before pulling out. Hensleigh also wrote drafts of Gemini Man and write a sequel to Jumanji, both have yet to go into production.[3]

[edit] Filmography

Writer:

• The Punisher 2 (2008) (written by)
• Welcome to the Jungle (2007) (written by)
• The Punisher (2004) (written by)
• The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Masks of Evil (1999) (V)
• The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Trenches of Hell (1999) (V)
• Armageddon (1998) (screenplay) (story)
• The Saint (1997) (screenplay) (story)
• Jumanji (1995) (screenplay)
• Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995) (written by)

... aka Die Hard 3

• A Far Off Place (1993) (screenplay)
• "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles" (1992)

Producer:

• Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000) (executive producer)
• Armageddon (1998) (executive producer)
• Con Air (1997) (executive producer)

Director:

• The Punisher 2 (2008)
• Welcome to the Jungle (2007)
• The Punisher (2004)

[edit] External links

• The Internet Movie Database.