🎬John August

John August (born August 4, 1970) is an American screenwriter, director, producer, and novelist. He is known for writing the films Go (1999), Charlie's Angels (2000), Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003), Big Fish (2003), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Corpse Bride (2005), Frankenweenie (2012), the Disney live-action adaptation of Aladdin (2019), the novels Arlo Finch in the Valley of Fire (2018), Arlo Finch in the Lake of the Moon (2019) and Arlo Finch in the Kingdom of Shadows (2020).

He hosts the screenwriting podcast Scriptnotes with Craig Mazin, maintains an eponymous screenwriting blog, and develops screenwriter-targeted software through his company, Quote-Unquote Apps.

August is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, voting in the Writers branch. In 2016, he was awarded the WGAw's Valentine Davies Award for his dignified contributions to the entertainment industry and the community at large and has been nominated for a BAFTA and a Grammy.

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Recent movies

#	Name	Character	Rating
1	Attack of the Hollywood Clichés! (2021)	Self - Screenwriter		6
2	Aladdin (2019)	Director / Writer		7.4
3	Dark Shadows (2012)	Director / Writer		6.5
4	Frankenweenie (2012) Oscars 2013	Director / Writer		7
5	Tales from the Script (2009)	Self	-	-
6	The Nines (2007)	Director / Writer		6.9
7	Inside the Two Worlds of 'The Corpse Bride' (2006)	Self	-	-
8	Corpse Bride (2005) Oscars 2006	Director / Writer		7.4
9	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) Oscars 2006	Director / Writer		6.6
10	Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003)	Director / Writer		5.9
11	Big Fish (2003) Oscars 2004	Director / Writer		7.9
12	Charlie's Angels (2000)	Director / Writer		6.2
13	Titan A.E. (2000)	Director / Writer		6.9
14	Go (1999)	Director / Writer		7.5