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Allison Burnett

Allison Burnett (born December 16, 1958^{[citation needed]}) is an American screenwriter, film director, and novelist.

Early life and education[edit]

Allison Burnett was born in Ithaca, New York.^{[citation needed]} He graduated from Northwestern UniversityinEvanston, Illinois^[1] before attending Juilliard where he studied playwriting.^[2]

Film[edit]

1990s[edit]

Burnett's first screenplay to be produced was the kick-boxing prison drama, Bloodfist III: Forced to Fight (1992),^[3] which he co-wrote with Charles Mattera. He also wrote Gregory Hines' directorial debut, Bleeding Hearts (1994),^[4] and the film Red Meat (1997), which he directed, starring John Slattery, Jennifer Grey, and Lara Flynn Boyle.^[5]

2000s[edit]

Burnett's next film was Autumn in New York (2000), starring Richard Gere and Winona Ryder.^[6] This was followed by the Lifetime Original Movie Perfect Romance (2004),^[7] Feast of Love (2007) based on the book by Charles Baxter and starring Morgan Freeman and Greg Kinnear,^[8] and Resurrecting the Champ (2007), written with Michael Bortman and starring Samuel L. Jackson and Josh Hartnett.^[9] In 2008, Burnett wrote, with Robert Fyvolent and Mark Brinker, the crime thriller Untraceable (2008) starring Diane Lane.^[10] The following year, Burnett wrote the remake of Fame.^[11]

2010s[edit]

Burnett had two films released in 2012. The first was Underworld Awakening (2012), co-written with Len Wiseman, John Hlavin, and J. Michael Straczynski, the fourth film in the Underworld series starring Kate Beckinsale. The following month, Gone (2012) was released, starring Amanda Seyfried.^[12]

In 2013, Burnett directed his second film, Ask Me Anything (2013) based on his novel Undiscovered Gyrl.^[13] The film stars Britt Robertson, Justin Long, Christian Slater, Robert Patrick, and Martin Sheen.^[14]

In 2019, Burnett directed the sequel to Ask Me Anything, Another Girl, starring Sammi Hanratty and Peter Gadiot, based on his 2015 novella of the same name.^[15]

Fiction[edit]

Burnett's first novel, Christopher: A Tale of Seduction was published in 2003 by Broadway Books. It was a finalist for the 2004 Pen Center Literary Award.^[1]

In 2006, Burnett wrote a sequel to Christopher titled The House Beautiful, published by Carroll & Graf, followed in 2009 by the novel Undiscovered Gyrl, published by Vintage Books.^[16]

In 2011, Burnett wrote the second sequel to his novel Christopher, titled Death By Sunshine, published by Writers Tribe Books.^[17]

Burnett released his fifth novel, The Escape of Malcolm Poe, in 2014.^[18] He released a sequel novella to Undiscovered Gyrl, titled Another Girl, in 2015.

Filmography[edit]

Novels[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Allison Burnett at Official Site
• Allison BurnettatIMDb