Alex Tse

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Alex Tse is an American screenwriter who grew up in San Francisco and went to Emerson College in Boston. His first script to be produced was "Sucker Free City", a Showtime television movie directed by Spike Lee and released in 2004. Tse has also written the script for "Watchmen", a film directed by Zack Snyder to be released in 2009. The screenwriter is currently scripting film adaptations of the thriller novel "The Winter of Frankie Machine" and the sci-fi short story collection "The Illustrated Man".

Early years

Alex Tse grew up in Richmond District in San Francisco. He went to Alamo Elementary School, Presidio Middle School, and Lowell High School in the area. He attended Emerson College in Boston.

creenwriting career

After Tse graduated from college, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue a writing career. After working for under three years producing rap videos and working part-time jobs for Miramax Films and Walt Disney Pictures, he sold a script called "87 Fleer", about four middle-class kids from the Richmond District, to television-based Showtime. The company was impressed with his script and encouraged him to write a pilot about gangs.cite news | first=Peter | last=Hartlaub | url=http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/07/08/DD179055.DTL | title=A young scriptwriter raised in San Francisco hooks up with Spike Lee to give Showtime a new show -- 'Sucker Free City.' Cable-car free, too. | work=San Francisco Chronicle | publisher=Hearst Communications | date=2003-07-08 | accessdate=2007-06-26 ] By June 2002, Tse submitted a first-story outline titled "The Game" for a potential television series. By the following September, the outline was developed into a full script that eventually became the Showtime television movie "Sucker Free City" (2004), directed by Spike Lee. [cite news | first=Tim | last=Goodman | title= Sucker Free City | work=San Francisco Chronicle | publisher=Hearst Communications | date=2003-07-09 ] Following the release of "Sucker Free City", Tse and Lee discussed the possibility of producing a feature film based on Tse's first script "87 Fleer".cite journal | first=David | last=Rooney | url=http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117924915.html?categoryid=31&cs=1 | title=Sucker Free City Review | journal=Variety | publisher=Reed Business Information | date=2004-09-16 | accessdate=2008-01-05 ] Tse also began development of a script for an untitled project for the singer Ashanti, [cite news | first=Peter | last=Hartlaub | url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article/article?f=/c/a/2005/02/11/DDG1FB8D7T1.DTL | title=Rapper's role in Showtime movie is for real | work=San Francisco Chronicle | publisher=Hearst Communications | date=2005-02-11 | accessdate=2008-01-05 ] and a remake of "Superfly" (1972) for the studio Warner Bros. and producer Joel Silver.

In June 2006, Warner Bros. hired Tse to write a script for the film "Watchmen" based on the 1980s comic book limited series of the same name, which was directed by Zack Snyder. [cite journal | first=Gregory | last=Ellwood | url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117947044.html?categoryid=1350&cs=1 | title=World awaits 'Watchmen' | journal=Variety | publisher=Reed Business Information | date=2006-07-18 | accessdate=2007-12-31 ] In August 2007, Tse was assigned to write the script for a film adaptation of the 1951 collection of science fiction short stories "The Illustrated Man", which would be directed and produced by Zack Snyder. [cite journal | first=Diane | last=Garrett | url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117971025.html?categoryid=13&cs=1 | title=Zack Snyder to direct 'Illustrated' | journal=Variety | publisher=Reed Business Information | date=2007-08-28 | accessdate=2007-12-31 ] In October 2007, director Michael Mann hired Tse to revise the concept of a film adaptation of the 2005 American thriller novel "The Winter of Frankie Machine". [cite journal | first=Michael | last=Fleming | url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117974684.html?categoryid=13&cs=1 | title=Michael Mann reteams with De Niro | journal=Variety | publisher=Reed Business Information | date=2007-10-24 | accessdate=2007-12-31 ]

Credits

*"Sucker Free City" (2004)
*"Watchmen" (2009)

Awards

Alex Tse was nominated for best screenplay (original or adapted) for the 2006 Black Reel Awards for "Sucker Free City".

References

External links

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