Film Industry Role: Scriptwriter
Nationality: American
Major Works: "Beetlejuice" (1988) and "The Adams Family" (1991)
Larry Wilson has been successfully writing and selling screenplays for 30 years. He is a working writer, with iconic hits like Beetlejuice and The Addams Family on his resume. The animated version of The Little Vampire, from his screenplay, is in worldwide release. He wrote a new animated movie called Anibo that is currently in its filming phase.
Wilson was a Creative Executive at Paramount Pictures, working directly with Jeff Katzenberg, the former president of Disney Pictures and founder of DreamWorks. His collaborations present a variety of work with great writers/directors like James Cameron, Kathryn Bigelow and of course, Tim Burton. He was also a story analyst for every major studio in Hollywood, reading hundreds of scripts.
Larry Wilson has taught scriptwriting, script analysis and, his specialty, Horror & Fantasy for 30 years at the University of California Los Angeles Extension Program besides dozens of private workshops.