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Jonathan Gems
A brilliant but reclusive British screenwriter, Jonathan Gems must confront his past and creative demons to finish his most personal script yet—before his only chance at redemption disappears.
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In short · Writing since 1980, 5 decades active, 6 credits.
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Jonathan Gems is a British playwright and screenwriter known for his work on the 1996 film *Mars Attacks!*, directed by Tim Burton, for which he also wrote the novelization. He adapted George Orwell's novel *1984* into a screenplay. Gems also authored *Mars Attacks Memoirs*, a book containing interviews about the behind-the-scenes experience of working on *Mars Attacks!* with Burton.
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- La Guerre des mondes, quand Mars attaqueSelf · 2025
- Who Killed British Cinema?Self · 2018
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