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name: "Menno Meyjes"
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roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1954"
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# Menno Meyjes

Writer. Born 1 January 1954 in Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1954, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
- **Active:** 1985–1989
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menno_Meyjes, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2420333, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0583675/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/736

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*The Color Purple*](https://film.one/film/the-color-purple.md) (64)

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## Biography

Menno Meyjes is a Dutch screenwriter, film director and producer. He moved to the United States in 1972 and studied at the San Francisco Art Institute.

His first produced screenplay was for *The Color Purple* (1985), directed by Steven Spielberg. He received Academy Award and BAFTA Award nominations for Best Adapted Screenplay. He co-wrote the story for *Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade* (1989) with George Lucas and won a Goya Award for the screenplay of the Spanish film *Twisted Obsession* (1989). He also contributed to *Empire of the Sun* (1987).

Meyjes made his directorial debut with *Max* (2002), which he also wrote. Subsequent directing credits include *Martian Child* (2007) and *A Matador's Mistress* (2008). He later returned to the Netherlands, where he directed adaptations such as *The Dinner* (2013).

*Sources: nl.wikipedia.org, en.wikipedia.org, talkingpicturespodcast.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade* (1989), Fi1m 83, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/indiana-jones-and-the-last-crusade.md)
- *The Color Purple* (1985), Fi1m 64, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-color-purple.md)

## Complete filmography (16)

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

- *The Color Purple* (2023), Original Film Writer
- *The Hero* (2016), Director, Scenario Writer
- *Silent Fear* (2015), Director, Writer
- *The Dinner* (2013), Director, Screenplay
- *Black Gold* (2011), Screenplay
- *A Matador's Mistress* (2008), Director, Writer
- *Martian Child* (2007), Director
- *Max* (2002), Director, Writer
- *The Siege* (1998), Screenplay
- *Foreign Student* (1994), Writer
- *Ricochet* (1991), Story
- *Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade* (1989), Story — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/indiana-jones-and-the-last-crusade.md)
- *Lionheart* (1987), Screenplay, Story
- *Amazing Stories* (1986), Teleplay
- *The Color Purple* (1985), Screenplay — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/the-color-purple.md)
- *Amazing Stories* (1985), series, Writer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1986: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *The Color Purple*

### Other awards — 1 won

- Hugo Awards 1990: Best Dramatic Presentation (won), for *Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade*

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

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