Wheat, Ken 1950– (Scott Pierce)

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WHEAT, Ken 1950
(Scott Pierce)

PERSONAL

Born 1950; brother of Jim 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 Jim Wheat), original screenplayfantasy/science/fiction/horror, 2000, Bram Stoker Award nomination (with Jim Wheat), Horror Writers Association, screenplay, 2001, both for Pitch Black.

CREDITS

Film Director; with Jim Wheat:

Lies, Key Video, 1983.

After Midnight, MetroGoldwynMayer, 1989.

Film Producer; with Jim Wheat:

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

Lies, Key Video, 1983.

After Midnight, MetroGoldwynMayer, 1989.

Silent Scream, American Cinema, 1989.

Television Director; Movies; with Jim Wheat:

Ewoks: The Battle for Endor, ABC, 1985.

WRITINGS

Screenplays; with Jim 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, MetroGoldwynMayer, 1989.

The Fly II, Twentieth CenturyFox, 1989.

Pitch Black, Universal, 2000.

The Chronicles of Riddick, Universal, 2004.

Teleplays; Movies; with Jim 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, SciFi Channel, 1996.

Rattled, USA Network, 1996.

The Stepford Husbands, CBS, 1996.

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

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