---
name: "Warren Skaaren"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/warren-skaaren"
fi1m_id: "warren-skaaren"
imdb_id: "nm0803730"
tmdb_id: 913
wikidata_id: "Q391266"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "9 March 1946"
died: "28 December 1990"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 69
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-04T19:56:08.808260+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."
---

# Warren Skaaren

## Identity

Warren Skaaren

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/warren-skaaren
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** warren-skaaren
- **IMDb ID:** nm0803730
- **TMDB ID:** 913
- **Wikidata ID:** Q391266
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Skaaren, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q391266, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0803730/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/913

Writer. Born 9 March 1946 in Rochester, Minnesota, USA. Died 28 December 1990.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 9 March 1946, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
- **Died:** 28 December 1990
- **Active:** 1986–1989
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 3 writing, 1 producing
- **Frequently works with:** [Tim Burton](https://film.one/person/tim-burton.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 69, as writer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 69 to 62 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 2, Comedy 2, Crime 2, Fantasy 2
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $796m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Skaaren, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q391266, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0803730/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/913

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Beetlejuice*](https://film.one/film/beetlejuice.md) (83), [*Batman*](https://film.one/film/batman.md) (77)

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

## Biography

Warren Skaaren (1946–1990) was an American screenwriter and film producer. He graduated from Rice University in 1969 and served as the first executive director of the Texas Film Commission from 1970 to 1974, where he helped attract numerous productions to the state, including *The Getaway* (1972).

Skaaren later worked as a script doctor in Hollywood. His credits include the screenplay for *Fire with Fire* (1986), a draft for *Top Gun* (1986, for which he was credited as associate producer), co-writing the screenplay for *Beverly Hills Cop II* (1987), sharing screenplay credit with Michael McDowell on *Beetlejuice* (1988), and sharing screenplay credit with Sam Hamm on *Batman* (1989). He died of cancer in Austin, Texas.

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

## On Fi1m (4)

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

- *Batman* (1989), Fi1m 77, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/batman.md)
- *Beetlejuice* (1988), Fi1m 83, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/beetlejuice.md)
- *Beverly Hills Cop II* (1987), Fi1m 48, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/beverly-hills-cop-ii.md)

### Produced (1)

- *Top Gun* (1986), Fi1m 71, Associate Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/top-gun.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

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

- *Batman* (1989), Screenplay — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/batman.md)
- *Beetlejuice* (1988), Screenplay — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/beetlejuice.md)
- *Beverly Hills Cop II* (1987), Screenplay — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/beverly-hills-cop-ii.md)
- *Top Gun* (1986), Associate Producer — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/top-gun.md)
- *Fire with Fire* (1986), Screenplay
- *The Getaway* (1972), Executive Producer

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