Biography
Don Jakoby is an American screenwriter and producer. He received a co-writing credit on the screenplay for the 1983 action film Blue Thunder, directed by John Badham and starring Roy Scheider.
Jakoby frequently collaborated with screenwriter Dan O'Bannon, sharing credits on Lifeforce (1985), Invaders from Mars (1986) and other projects. His other screenplay credits include Arachnophobia (1990), Double Team (1997), Vampires (1998) and Evolution (2001). He has also worked as a producer on several of these films and is credited under the pseudonym Michael Edmonds on Death Wish 3 (1985). He received two award nominations, including a Fangoria Chainsaw Award nomination for Vampires.
