Wayne Kramer (filmmaker)

Wayne Kramer (filmmaker)

Wayne Kramer (born 1965, Johannesburg-Kew South Africa) is a screenwriter and film director.

Kramer has written and directed films such as "The Cooler", "Crossing Over", "Blazeland", and "Running Scared", which starred Paul Walker. He also wrote the screenplay for the film "Mindhunters", but the final script was heavily rewritten by others and bore little resemblance to Kramer's original work. He was also one of the featured filmmakers interviewed for the Kirby Dick documentary This film is not yet rated, in which he discusses the apparent absurdity of the fact his film The Cooler was given an NC-17 certificate by the MPAA simply due to a few seconds long shot of its lead actress' pubic hair.

In 2007, Kramer directed the film "Crossing Over." The film is a "Traffic" like ensemble drama about immigration in Los Angeles and stars Harrison Ford, Sean Penn, Ray Liotta, Ashley Judd, Cliff Curtis, Summer Bishil, Jim Sturgess, Alice Eve, Alice Braga and Lizzy Caplan. "Crossing Over" was financed and will be distributed by the Weinstein Company in 2008. Kramer incorporated the storyline from his 1995 short film, also titled "Crossing Over," into his new feature. The subject matter holds a lot of meaning to Kramer since he is a naturalized American citizen. He received his citizenship in 2000.

Kramer is married to Jodi Kramer, and has a son named Ethan Kramer (born in 2001).

Kramer's first feature "The Cooler" was selected for Competition in the 2003 Sundance Film Festival. "The Cooler" also played at the following film festivals: 2003 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival; 2003 Valladolid International Film Festival; 2003 Deauville Film Festival and 2004 Cognac Festival du Film Policier (winner of the Special Jury Prize).

Kramer was nominated for a 2004 Golden Satellite Award and a 2004 Edgar Allan Poe Award (along with Frank Hannah) for his screenplay to "The Cooler." "The Cooler" also received a 2003 Special Mention For Excellence in Filmmaking from the National Board of Review.

External links

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* [http://www.nowplayingmag.com/content/view/3911/58/ Interview - What went wrong with "Running Scared"?] - "Now Playing magazine"
* [http://www.dga.org/news/dgaq_1105/end_opinion-1105.php3] - "DGA Quarterly"
* [http://www.ugo.com/channels/filmTv/features/runningscared/kramer.asp] - "UGO Underground Interview"
* [http://movies.about.com/od/runningscared/a/runningwk021406.htm] - "About.com Interview"
* [http://www.spike.com/video/2701527?cmpnid=800&lkdes=VID_2701527] - "Spike.com Interview"
* [http://www.freetimes.com/stories/11/34/interview-loving-las-vegas-wayne-kramer-improves-his-odds-with-the-cooler] - "Free Times.com Interview"
* [http://chud.com/articles/articles/6008/1/EXCLUSIVE-INTERVIEW-WAYNE-KRAMER-RUNNING-SCARED/Page1.html] - "Chud.com Interview"
* [http://www.filmstew.com/ShowArticle.aspx?ContentID=13467] - "Film Stew.com Interview"
* [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2004/06/28/bfmof26.xml] - "Filmmakers on Film: Wayne Kramer"
* [http://www.moviemaker.com/directing/article/batman_and_kramer_2516/] - "Movie Maker Interview"
* [http://www.ingenue.com/issue-one/showbiz-life/wayne-kramer.php] - "ingenue Magazine Interview"
* [http://www.wga.org/subpage.aspx?id=1642] - "WGA - The Craft Interview"
* [http://suicidegirls.com/interviews/Running+Scared+director+Wayne+Kramer/] - "Suicide Girls Interview"
* [http://www.landmarktheatres.com/mn/cooler.html] - "Hard Luck Legacy - Wayne Kramer"


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