WHEAT, Jim 1952–
(Scott Pierce)

PERSONAL

Born 1952; brother of Ken Wheat (a writer, director, and producer).

Addresses: Agent— The Gersh Agency, 232 North Canon Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90210. Manager— MBST Entertainment, 345 North Maple Dr., Suite 200, Beverly Hills, CA 90210.

Career: Writer, director, and producer.

Awards, Honors: Apex Award nomination (with Ken Wheat), original screenplay—fantasy/science/fiction/horror, 2000, Bram Stoker Award nomination (with Ken Wheat), Horror Writers Association, screenplay, 2001, both for Pitch Black.

CREDITS

Film Director; with Ken Wheat:

Lies, Key Video, 1983.

After Midnight, Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer, 1989.

Film Producer; with Ken Wheat:

Executive producer, American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince (also known as American Boy ), 1978.

Lies, Key Video, 1983.

After Midnight, Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer, 1989.

Silent Scream, American Cinema, 1989.

Television Director; Movies; with Ken Wheat:

Ewoks: The Battle for Endor, ABC, 1985.

WRITINGS

Screenplays; with Ken Wheat:

The Return (also known as The Alien's Return and Earthright ), Everest Video, 1980.

Silent Scream, American Cinema, 1980.

Lies, Key Video, 1983.

(As Scott Pierce, a joint pseudonym) A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, New Line Cinema, 1988.

After Midnight, Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer, 1989.

The Fly II, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1989.

Pitch Black, Universal, 2000.

The Chronicles of Riddick, Universal, 2004.

Teleplays; Movies; with Ken Wheat:

Ewoks: The Battle for Endor, ABC, 1985.

The Birds II: Land's End, Showtime, 1994.

Trick of the Eye (also known as Primal Secrets ), CBS, 1994.

It Came from Outer Space II, Sci–Fi Channel, 1996.

Rattled, USA Network, 1996.

The Stepford Husbands, CBS, 1996.

Free Fall (also known as Angst uber den Wolken ), Fox Family, 1999.