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Erin Cressida Wilson

American dramatist

Erin Cressida Wilson
Born	(1964-02-12) February 12, 1964 (age 60) San Francisco, California, U.S.
Occupation	Playwright, screenwriter, author
Years active	2002–present
Spouse	J. C. MacKenzie
Children	1

Erin Cressida Wilson (born February 12, 1964) is an American playwright, screenwriter, professor, and author.^[1]

Wilson is known for the 2002 film Secretary, which she adapted from a Mary Gaitskill short story. It won her the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay and received critical acclaim.^[2] She also wrote the screenplays for the 2006 film Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus, starring Nicole Kidman; for the 2009 erotic thriller Chloe, directed by Atom Egoyan (remake of the 2003 French film Nathalie...); for the 2014 drama Men, Women & Children, co-written with its director Jason Reitman (from the novel by Chad Kultgen); and the 2016 mystery thriller The Girl on the Train, from the Paula Hawkins novel of the same name. The latter is her highest-grossing film to date.^[3][4][5][6] She was also a writer-producer on the HBO series Vinyl.^[7]

Wilson has also authored dozens of plays and short works. She has taught at Duke University,^[8] Brown University,^[9] and the University of California, Santa Barbara.^[10]

Wilson attended San Francisco University High School and studied Theatre at Smith College, a women's college in Northampton, Massachusetts.

• Secretary (2002)
• Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (2006)
• Chloe (2009)
• Call Me Crazy: A Five Film (2013)
• Men, Women & Children (2014)
• The Girl on the Train (2016)
• Snow White (2025)
• Cheshire Crossing (TBA)
• Maestra (TBA)
• Indecent Proposal (TBA)^[11]
• Untitled Madonna biopic ^[12][13][14]

• When the Girls Come Out to Play (1985)
• Dakota's Belly, Wyoming (1986)
• Flying Hormones (1989)
• Rio Esmerelda (1989)
• Soiled Eyes of a Ghost (1989)
• Cross-Dressing in the Depression (1993)
• My Girl is in Front (1996)
• Hurricane (1998)
• The Erotica Project (1999)
• The Trail of Her Inner Thigh (1999)
• Stop All the Clocks (2002)
• Wilder (2003)
• Hands (2013)^[15]

• Erin Cressida WilsonatIMDb