---
name: "Ross LaManna"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ross-lamanna"
fi1m_id: "ross-lamanna"
imdb_id: "nm0482780"
tmdb_id: 21634
wikidata_id: "Q7369459"
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 56
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-05T05:14:32.222810+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."
---

# Ross LaManna

## Identity

Ross LaManna

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ross-lamanna
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ross-lamanna
- **IMDb ID:** nm0482780
- **TMDB ID:** 21634
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7369459
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_LaManna, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7369459, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0482780/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/21634

Writer. Born in Jersey City, New Jersey.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Active:** 1998–2007
- **Average Fi1m score:** 56, as writer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 70 (1), 2000s 50 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 56 to 53 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 3, Comedy 3, Crime 3
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $850m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_LaManna, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7369459, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0482780/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/21634

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Rush Hour*](https://film.one/film/rush-hour.md) (70)

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

## Biography

Ross LaManna is an American screenwriter and author. He studied at the University of Southern California School of Film and Television, graduating cum laude with a degree in screenwriting, and holds a Master of Arts in dramatic writing from Arizona State University.

LaManna received story and screenplay credit on the 1998 film *Rush Hour*, and story credit on the 1996 television miniseries *Titanic*. He is also credited with creating the characters for *Rush Hour 2* (2001) and *Rush Hour 3* (2007). Earlier work includes uncredited script revisions on films such as *Cliffhanger* (1993) and *Universal Soldier* (1992), as well as the original screenplay for the 1993 television film *Arctic Blue*.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Rush Hour 3* (2007), Fi1m 38, Characters — [page](https://film.one/film/rush-hour-3.md)
- *Rush Hour 2* (2001), Fi1m 61, Characters — [page](https://film.one/film/rush-hour-2.md)
- *Rush Hour* (1998), Fi1m 70, Story, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/rush-hour.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

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

- *Carolco, un rêve hollywoodien* (2026), Actor
- *Maximum Impact* (2017), Screenplay
- *Literally, Right Before Aaron* (2017), Thanks
- *Rush Hour* (2016), series, Story, Teleplay
- *Dead Grandma!* (2011), series, Thanks
- *Rush Hour 3* (2007), Characters — Fi1m 38, [page](https://film.one/film/rush-hour-3.md)
- *Rush Hour 2* (2001), Characters — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/rush-hour-2.md)
- *Rush Hour* (1998), Screenplay, Story — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/rush-hour.md)
- *Titanic* (1996), series, Screenplay
- *Arctic Blue* (1993), Screenplay
- *Chrome Soldiers* (1992), Story
- *Rush Hour 4*, Characters

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