John Cork

John Cork is an author, screenwriter, and documentary film director and producer.

Biography

Career

An avid James Bond fan, Cork has produced, wrote and directed thirty documentaries along with Bruce Scivally for MGM's releases of the James Bond films on DVD (can be seen on the Ultimate Edition 2 Disc James Bond DVDs). As an author, he and Scivally have written the biographies of Ian Fleming, Cubby Broccoli, and Harry Saltzman. Collectively, they have conducted over one hundred and fifty interviews with the creative talents behind the 007 films. They also contributed to "The Ultimate James Bond: An Interactive Dossier", a CD-ROM for MGM Interactive.

In 2002, Cork and Bruce Scivally wrote the book "James Bond: The Legacy" which documents the history of the James Bond legacy as well as importance in popular culture, global affairs and current events from the time it started up until present time. In 2003, John Cork also co-wrote the book with actress Maryam d'Abo. [Stamos, Athena. (2005-11-14) [http://commanderbond.net/article/2992 The John Cork CBn Interview - James Bond 007] . [http://commanderbond.net CommanderBond.net] . Retrieved on 2008-1-28.] .

Cork is also a member of The Ian Fleming Foundation, a group dedicated to the study of Ian Fleming and his works. [cite web|url=http://www.ianflemingfoundation.org/main.htm|title=The Ian Fleming Foundation|publisher=ianflemingfoundation.org|accessdate=2008-09-27]

creenwriting

Cork, who is an award-winning screenwriter, has penned the civil rights drama, "The Long Walk Home", starring Sissy Spacek and Whoopi Goldberg, and has written screenplays for many major film studios. Bruce Scivally has worked for several motion picture proudction companies, co-edited "The Special Effects and Stunts Guide", and was the Production Coordinator for the 2001 Academy Awards Show. Both authors live in Los Angeles. [Cork, John & Scivally, Bruce (2002). "James Bond: The Legacy"; Harry N. Abrams, Inc. Cover [Inside-Back] .]

In addition, in 2007, for the release of the "Spider-Man 2.1" DVD, Cork and Bruce Scivally wrote and compiled the "Spidey Sense 2.1-trivia track", a closed captioning feature on Disc 1 of the DVD, which includes integrated pop-ups that provides information about the "Spider-Man" actors, directors, production, comic books and Spider-Man legacy. The feature is available via closed captioning that plays during the course of key scenes throughout the film.

References

External links

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* [http://commanderbond.net/article/2992 The John Cork CommanderBond.net Interview - James Bond 007]
* [http://www.universalexports.net/interviews/johncork.shtml An Interview With: John Cork @ Universal Exports]