Ehren Kruger (born October 5, 1972) is an American film screenwriter and producer. He is best known for writing three of the five installments in the original ''Transformers'' film series: '' Revenge of the Fallen'', '' Dark of the Moon'', and '' Age of Extinction'', in addition to the American version of '' The Ring'' and its sequel ''

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'' and the American adaptation of ''

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''. For his work on '' Top Gun: Maverick'', Kruger was nominated for the

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Life and career

Kruger was raised in

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, and attended the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, graduating in 1990. He graduated from the

New York University Tisch School of the Arts The New York University Tisch School of the Arts (commonly referred to as Tisch) is the performing, cinematic, and media arts school of New York University. Founded on August 17, 1965, as the School of the Arts at New York University, Tisch ...

in 1993 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. His produced screenplays include '' Arlington Road'', '' Scream 3'' and '' Reindeer Games''. He was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award for Best Screenplay for '' The Ring''. He also did uncredited rewrites to '' Scream 4'', when Kevin Williamson had to leave production. Early on in his career after writing the screenplay ''Arlington Road'', he received the Nicholl Fellowship from the

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in 1996. Kruger wrote the script of the television series adaptation of

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Filmography

Uncredited rewrites * '' Dracula 2000'' (2000) * '' Texas Rangers'' (2001) * '' Mindhunters'' (2004) * '' Scream 4'' (2011) Producer only * '' Scream 4'' (2011) (Executive producer) * '' Dream House'' (2011) * '' Rings'' (2017) (Executive producer) * ''

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'' (2018)

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* 1972 births Living people 20th-century American screenwriters 21st-century American screenwriters Film producers from Virginia American male screenwriters Screenwriters from Virginia Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology alumni Tisch School of the Arts alumni Writers from Alexandria, Virginia 20th-century American male writers 21st-century American male writers {{US-film-producer-stub