About

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Ross Klavan is currently working on the film Tan N Naked for MCM Films. His most recent screenplays include The Colony, based on a book by John Bowers, and Baghdad Blog for InterMedia/BBC4. His other recently completed screenplay is Heaven’s Brides for A & E. Klavan’s screenplay for the film Tigerland (2000) was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award. The film was directed by Joel Schumacher, released by New Regency/20th Century Fox in 2000 and starred Colin Farrell. Some of his other screenwriting work includes Abyssinia for director Roger Donaldson, an adaptation of Tom Clancy’s novel Without Remorse for Paramount, War Party for Walden Media and Within Range for Miramax. He was also a script consultant for Marconi Brothers, and for television, he’s written Deathwork, which will be directed by Robert Greenwald for TNT.

Ross is a mentor in the low-residency MFA creative program at Wilkes University.