---
name: "Laeta Kalogridis"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/laeta-kalogridis"
fi1m_id: "laeta-kalogridis"
imdb_id: "nm0436164"
tmdb_id: 20294
wikidata_id: "Q276278"
roles: ["Writer","Producer"]
born: "30 August 1965"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 66
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-05T15:09:22.141066+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."
---

# Laeta Kalogridis

## Identity

Laeta Kalogridis

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/laeta-kalogridis
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** laeta-kalogridis
- **IMDb ID:** nm0436164
- **TMDB ID:** 20294
- **Wikidata ID:** Q276278
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laeta_Kalogridis, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q276278, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0436164/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20294

Writer and producer. Born 30 August 1965 in Winter Haven.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Producer
- **Born:** 30 August 1965, Winter Haven
- **Active:** 2009–2019
- **Also known as:** Лаэта Калогридис
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 3 writing, 1 producing
- **Average Fi1m score:** 66, as writer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 70 (1), 2010s 66 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 66 to 55 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 2, Science Fiction 2, Thriller 2, Adventure 1, Drama 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,140m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laeta_Kalogridis, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q276278, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0436164/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20294

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Shutter Island*](https://film.one/film/shutter-island.md) (80), [*Terminator Genisys*](https://film.one/film/terminator-genisys.md) (45)

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## Biography

Laeta Kalogridis is an American screenwriter and producer. She was born on 30 August 1965 in Winter Haven, Florida.

She graduated from Davidson College and the University of Texas at Austin, and received an MFA in screenwriting from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. She wrote the screenplays for *Alexander* (2004), *Night Watch* (2004), *Pathfinder* (2007) and *Shutter Island* (2010). She co-wrote the screenplays for *Terminator Genisys* (2015) and *Alita: Battle Angel* (2019), and created the Netflix series *Altered Carbon* (2018). She has served as executive producer on the film *Avatar* (2009) and the television series *Birds of Prey* and *Bionic Woman*.

Kalogridis founded the pro-union website Hollywood United and was involved as a peacemaker during the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike.

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

## On Fi1m (4)

### Wrote (3) — the average rests on these

- *Alita: Battle Angel* (2019), Fi1m 72, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/alita-battle-angel.md)
- *Terminator Genisys* (2015), Fi1m 45, Screenplay, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/terminator-genisys.md)
- *Shutter Island* (2010), Fi1m 80, Screenplay, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/shutter-island.md)

### Produced (1)

- *Avatar* (2009), Fi1m 70, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/avatar.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

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

- *Another Simple Favor* (2025), Writer
- *Ambulance* (2022), Executive Producer
- *Altered Carbon: Resleeved* (2020), Characters
- *Alita: Battle Angel* (2019), Screenplay — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/alita-battle-angel.md)
- *American Dream/American Knightmare* (2018), Executive Producer
- *The House with a Clock in Its Walls* (2018), Executive Producer
- *Altered Carbon* (2018), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
- *Terminator Genisys* (2015), Screenplay, Executive Producer — Fi1m 45, [page](https://film.one/film/terminator-genisys.md)
- *White House Down* (2013), Producer
- *Shutter Island* (2010), Screenplay, Executive Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/shutter-island.md)
- *Avatar* (2009), Executive Producer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/avatar.md)
- *Bionic Woman* (2007), series, Writer
- *Pathfinder* (2007), Screenplay
- *Alexander* (2004), Screenplay
- *Night Watch* (2004), Screenplay
- *Birds of Prey* (2002), series, Executive Producer, Creator
- *Dracula 2000* (2000), Thanks

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