Fraser Clarke Heston (born February 12, 1955) is an American film director, film producer, screenwriter and actor. He is the son of actors

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and

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, and has a sister, Holly Ann Heston. As a baby, he made his film debut as the infant

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(his father played the grown Moses) in the

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epic '' The Ten Commandments''.

Work with his father

While in the process of writing ''Wind River'', a romantic adventure novel about 19th-century fur trappers, Heston was convinced by producer Martin Shafer to turn the story into a film script. Discovering that film-writing came naturally for him, 22-year-old Heston wrote his first screenplay, '' The Mountain Men'', for

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, which became the feature film. Fraser Heston produced his father's TV adaptation of '' A Man For All Seasons'' (1988). He directed his father as

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in a 1990 adaptation of ''

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'' for TNT and helmed ''

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'' starring his father as

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the following year.

Other work

After directing 2nd unit work on ''

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'' in Spain, Heston directed '' Needful Things'' (1993) and ''

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''.

Credits

Acting credit

*'' The Ten Commandments'' (1956) - The Infant Moses *'' The Search for Michael Rockefeller'' (2010, documentary) - Narrator

Director credits

*''

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'' (1982) (uncredited) *''

'' (1990, TV movie) *''

'' (1991, TV movie) *''

'' (1991,

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, Spain crew, 2nd unit director) *'' Needful Things'' (1993) *''

'' (1996) *'' The Search for Michael Rockefeller'' (2010, documentary)

Producer credits

*''

'' (1982) *'' A Man for All Seasons'' (1988, TV movie) *''

'' (1990, TV movie) *''

'' (1991, TV movie) *''Charlton Heston Presents the Bible'' (1997, video documentary, executive producer) *'' Ben Hur'' (2003, video, executive producer) *'' The Search for Michael Rockefeller'' (2010, documentary)

Screenplay credits

*'' The Mountain Men'' (1980) *''

'' (1982) *''

'' (1990, TV movie) *''

'' (1991, TV movie) *'' The Search for Michael Rockefeller'' (2010, documentary)

Personal life

Fraser and his wife Marilyn Heston have been married since 1980. The couple has one son, John Alexander Clarke (Jack) Heston (born 1991).

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Heston, Fraser Clarke American male screenwriters Film directors from California Film producers from California Screenwriters from California Mass media people from Greater Los Angeles Living people 1955 births