---
name: "John August"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-august"
fi1m_id: "john-august"
imdb_id: "nm0041864"
tmdb_id: 1300
wikidata_id: "Q543697"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "4 April 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 9
average_fi1m_score: 65
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 8
updated: "2026-10-05T11:51:38.589680+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."
---

# John August

## Identity

John August

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-august
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-august
- **IMDb ID:** nm0041864
- **TMDB ID:** 1300
- **Wikidata ID:** Q543697
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_August, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q543697, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0041864/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1300

Writer. Born 4 April 1970 in Boulder, Colorado, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 4 April 1970, Boulder, Colorado, USA
- **Active:** 2000–2019
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 9: 8 writing, 1 producing
- **Frequently works with:** [Tim Burton](https://film.one/person/tim-burton.md), [Helena Bonham Carter](https://film.one/person/helena-bonham-carter.md), [Allison Abbate](https://film.one/person/allison-abbate.md), [Cameron Diaz](https://film.one/person/cameron-diaz.md), [Drew Barrymore](https://film.one/person/drew-barrymore.md), [Johnny Depp](https://film.one/person/johnny-depp.md), [Leonard Goldberg](https://film.one/person/leonard-goldberg.md), [Lucy Liu](https://film.one/person/lucy-liu.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 65, as writer, over 8 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 66 (5), 2010s 60 (4)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 65 to 58 across 8 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 5 at 60–79, 3 under 60
- **Genres:** Adventure 5, Comedy 5, Fantasy 5, Family 3, Action 2, Animation 2
- **Screen time:** 14 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $2,621m across 8 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_August, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q543697, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0041864/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1300

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Big Fish*](https://film.one/film/big-fish.md) (78), [*Charlie's Angels*](https://film.one/film/charlies-angels.md) (68), [*Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle*](https://film.one/film/charlies-angels-full-throttle.md) (50)
- **Disney+:** [*Frankenweenie*](https://film.one/film/frankenweenie.md) (79), [*Aladdin*](https://film.one/film/aladdin-2019.md) (57)
- **Apple TV:** [*Charlie and the Chocolate Factory*](https://film.one/film/charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory.md) (64)

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

## Biography

John August is an American screenwriter. His credits include the films *Go* (1999), *Charlie's Angels* (2000), *Big Fish* (2003), *Charlie and the Chocolate Factory* (2005), *Corpse Bride* (2005), *Frankenweenie* (2012) and *Aladdin* (2019).

Born in Boulder, Colorado, in 1970, August studied journalism at Drake University and film at the University of Southern California's Peter Stark Producing Program. He has also written the *Arlo Finch* series of novels and hosts the screenwriting podcast *Scriptnotes* with Craig Mazin. In 2016 he received the Writers Guild of America West's Valentine Davies Award.

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

## On Fi1m (9)

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

- *Aladdin* (2019), Fi1m 57, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/aladdin-2019.md)
- *Dark Shadows* (2012), Fi1m 50, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/dark-shadows.md)
- *Frankenweenie* (2012), Fi1m 79, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/frankenweenie.md)
- *Charlie and the Chocolate Factory* (2005), Fi1m 64, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory.md)
- *Corpse Bride* (2005), Fi1m 72, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/corpse-bride.md)
- *Big Fish* (2003), Fi1m 78, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/big-fish.md)
- *Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle* (2003), Fi1m 50, Screenplay, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/charlies-angels-full-throttle.md)
- *Charlie's Angels* (2000), Fi1m 68, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/charlies-angels.md)

### Produced (1)

- *Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time* (2010), Fi1m 56, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/prince-of-persia-the-sands-of-time.md)

## Complete filmography (16)

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

- *Aladdin* (2019), Screenplay — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/aladdin-2019.md)
- *Frankenweenie* (2012), Screenplay — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/frankenweenie.md)
- *Dark Shadows* (2012), Story — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/dark-shadows.md)
- *Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time* (2010), Executive Producer — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/prince-of-persia-the-sands-of-time.md)
- *The Nines* (2007), Director, Writer
- *Corpse Bride* (2005), Screenplay — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/corpse-bride.md)
- *Charlie and the Chocolate Factory* (2005), Screenplay — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory.md)
- *Big Fish* (2003), Screenplay — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/big-fish.md)
- *Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle* (2003), Screenplay, Story — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/charlies-angels-full-throttle.md)
- *Charlie's Angels* (2000), Writer — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/charlies-angels.md)
- *Titan A.E.* (2000), Screenplay
- *Go* (1999), Screenplay, Second Unit Director, Writer, Co-Producer
- *God* (1998), Director, Writer
- *Toto: The Dog-Gone Amazing Story of Wizard of Oz*, Screenplay
- *Untitled Teen Missing Mother Film*, Writer
- *Wolf's Belly*, Screenplay, Graphic Novel

## Gallery

- ![De Vuur Vallei (boek) (2022)](https://film.one/media/person/98208/gallery-cdb497b654a4.png) De Vuur Vallei (boek) (2022) — Mararaves, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/De_Vuur_Valei.png/1280px-De_Vuur_Valei.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![John August](https://film.one/media/person/98208/gallery-e0e074c71ecb.jpg) John August — Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/John_August_2018.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Photo of John August in 2017 by Dustin Bocks](https://film.one/media/person/98208/gallery-4495a5dfbbab.jpg) Photo of John August in 2017 by Dustin Bocks — Dustin Bocks, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/John_August_2019.jpg/1280px-John_August_2019.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![John August](https://film.one/media/person/98208/gallery-8ee611ea9cef.jpg) John August — Image via TMDB

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