---
name: "Ehren Kruger"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ehren-kruger"
fi1m_id: "ehren-kruger"
imdb_id: "nm0472567"
tmdb_id: 15244
wikidata_id: "Q534224"
roles: ["Writer","Producer"]
born: "5 October 1972"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 9
average_fi1m_score: 55
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 8
updated: "2026-10-05T15:11:48.969555+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Ehren Kruger

## Identity

Ehren Kruger

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ehren-kruger
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ehren-kruger
- **IMDb ID:** nm0472567
- **TMDB ID:** 15244
- **Wikidata ID:** Q534224
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ehren_Kruger, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q534224, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0472567/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15244

Writer and producer. Born 5 October 1972 in Alexandria, Virginia, U.S..

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Producer
- **Born:** 5 October 1972, Alexandria, Virginia, U.S.
- **Active:** 2000–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 9: 8 writing, 1 producing
- **Frequently works with:** [Lorenzo di Bonaventura](https://film.one/person/lorenzo-di-bonaventura.md), [Michael Bay](https://film.one/person/michael-bay.md), [Peter Cullen](https://film.one/person/peter-cullen.md), [Don Murphy](https://film.one/person/don-murphy.md), [Ian Bryce](https://film.one/person/ian-bryce.md), [Joseph Kosinski](https://film.one/person/joseph-kosinski.md), [Shia LaBeouf](https://film.one/person/shia-labeouf.md), [Tom DeSanto](https://film.one/person/tom-desanto.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 55, as writer, over 8 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 52 (3), 2010s 49 (4), 2020s 73 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 55 to 55 across 8 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 5 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 5, Adventure 4, Science Fiction 3, Drama 2, Horror 2, Mystery 2
- **Screen time:** 18 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $5,953m across 8 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ehren_Kruger, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q534224, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0472567/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15244

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Top Gun: Maverick*](https://film.one/film/top-gun-maverick.md) (80), [*The Ring*](https://film.one/film/the-ring.md) (70), [*F1*](https://film.one/film/f1.md) (66), [*Scream 3*](https://film.one/film/scream-3.md) (52), [*Transformers: Dark of the Moon*](https://film.one/film/transformers-dark-of-the-moon.md) (46), [*Transformers: Age of Extinction*](https://film.one/film/transformers-age-of-extinction.md) (38)
- **Disney+:** [*Dumbo*](https://film.one/film/dumbo-2019.md) (51)
- **Paramount+:** [*Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen*](https://film.one/film/transformers-revenge-of-the-fallen.md) (34)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Ehren Kruger is an American screenwriter and producer. Born on 5 October 1972 in Alexandria, Virginia, he attended Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology and graduated from New York University Tisch School of the Arts in 1993 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.

His screenwriting credits include *Arlington Road* (1999), *Scream 3* (2000), *The Ring* (2002), *The Ring Two* (2005), *The Brothers Grimm* (2005), *Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen* (2009), *Transformers: Dark of the Moon* (2011), *Transformers: Age of Extinction* (2014), *Ghost in the Shell* (2017), *Dumbo* (2019), *Top Gun: Maverick* (2022) and *F1* (2025), on which he also received a story credit. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for *Top Gun: Maverick*.

Kruger received the Nicholl Fellowship from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1996. He has also worked as a producer on several films, including *Dumbo*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (9)

### Wrote (8) — the average rests on these

- *F1* (2025), Fi1m 66, Story, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/f1.md)
- *Top Gun: Maverick* (2022), Fi1m 80, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/top-gun-maverick.md)
- *Dumbo* (2019), Fi1m 51, Screenplay, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/dumbo-2019.md)
- *Transformers: Age of Extinction* (2014), Fi1m 38, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/transformers-age-of-extinction.md)
- *Transformers: Dark of the Moon* (2011), Fi1m 46, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/transformers-dark-of-the-moon.md)
- *Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen* (2009), Fi1m 34, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/transformers-revenge-of-the-fallen.md)
- *The Ring* (2002), Fi1m 70, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-ring.md)
- *Scream 3* (2000), Fi1m 52, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/scream-3.md)

### Produced (1)

- *Scream 4* (2011), Fi1m 60, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/scream-4.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *F1* (2025), Screenplay, Story — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/f1.md)
- *Top Gun: Maverick* (2022), Screenplay — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/top-gun-maverick.md)
- *Ophelia* (2019), Producer
- *Dumbo* (2019), Screenplay, Producer — Fi1m 51, [page](https://film.one/film/dumbo-2019.md)
- *Ghost in the Shell* (2017), Screenplay
- *Rings* (2017), Executive Producer
- *Transformers: Age of Extinction* (2014), Writer — Fi1m 38, [page](https://film.one/film/transformers-age-of-extinction.md)
- *Dream House* (2011), Producer
- *Transformers: Dark of the Moon* (2011), Writer — Fi1m 46, [page](https://film.one/film/transformers-dark-of-the-moon.md)
- *Scream 4* (2011), Executive Producer — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/scream-4.md)
- *Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen* (2009), Writer — Fi1m 34, [page](https://film.one/film/transformers-revenge-of-the-fallen.md)
- *Blood and Chocolate* (2007), Executive Producer, Screenplay
- *The Brothers Grimm* (2005), Writer
- *The Skeleton Key* (2005), Writer
- *The Ring Two* (2005), Screenplay
- *Rings* (2005), Writer
- *The Ring* (2002), Screenplay — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/the-ring.md)
- *Impostor* (2001), Screenplay
- *Reindeer Games* (2000), Writer
- *Scream 3* (2000), Screenplay — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/film/scream-3.md)
- *New World Disorder* (1999), Writer
- *Hidden Vulnerability: A Look Into the Making of 'Arlington Road'* (1999), Actor
- *Arlington Road* (1999), Screenplay
- *Top Gun 3*, Writer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2023: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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