Erin Cressida Wilson
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Born | San Francisco, California, U.S. | February 12, 1964
Occupation | Playwright, screenwriter, author |
Years active | 2002–present |
Spouse | J. C. MacKenzie |
Children | 1 |
Erin Cressida Wilson (born February 12, 1964) is an American playwright, screenwriter, professor, and author.[1]
Wilson is known for the 2002 film Secretary, which she adapted from a Mary Gaitskill short story. It won her the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay and received critical acclaim.[2] She also wrote the screenplays for the 2006 film Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus, starring Nicole Kidman; for the 2009 erotic thriller Chloe, directed by Atom Egoyan (remake of the 2003 French film Nathalie...); for the 2014 drama Men, Women & Children, co-written with its director Jason Reitman (from the novel by Chad Kultgen); and the 2016 mystery thriller The Girl on the Train, from the Paula Hawkins novel of the same name. The latter is her highest-grossing film to date.[3][4][5][6] She was also a writer-producer on the HBO series Vinyl.[7]
Wilson has also authored dozens of plays and short works. She has taught at Duke University,[8] Brown University,[9] and the University of California, Santa Barbara.[10]
Early life
Education
Wilson attended San Francisco University High School and studied Theatre at Smith College, a women's college in Northampton, Massachusetts.
Credits as screenwriter
- Secretary (2002)
- Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (2006)
- Chloe (2009)
- Call Me Crazy: A Five Film (2013)
- Men, Women & Children (2014)
- The Girl on the Train (2016)
- Snow White (2025)
Plays
- When the Girls Come Out to Play (1985)
- Dakota's Belly, Wyoming (1986)
- Flying Hormones (1989)
- Rio Esmerelda (1989)
- Soiled Eyes of a Ghost (1989)
- Cross-Dressing in the Depression (1993)
- My Girl is in Front (1996)
- Hurricane (1998)
- The Erotica Project (1999)
- The Trail of Her Inner Thigh (1999)
- Stop All the Clocks (2002)
- Wilder (2003)
- Hands (2013)[11]
References
- ^ Andrea LeVasseur (2016). "Erin Cressida Wilson". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2016-03-24.
- ^ "Secretary". Rotten Tomatoes.
- ^ "Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus". Metacritic.
- ^ "Chloe". Rotten Tomatoes.
- ^ "Men, Women & Children". Rotten Tomatoes.
- ^ "The Girl on the Train". Rotten Tomatoes.
- ^ "Erin Cressida Wilson". IMDb. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
- ^ "The Art of Adaptation". Duke Magazine.
- ^ "New Humanities Faculty 2003". Brown University Administration.
- ^ "Script to Screen: Secretary". Carsey-Wolf Center UCSB.
- ^ "Erin Cressida Wilson". Doollee. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
External links
- Erin Cressida Wilson at IMDb