Karl Gajdusek

Quick Facts

Full Name	Karl Gajdusek
Occupation	Screenwriter
Date Of Birth	Jul 30, 1968(1968-07-30)
Age	56
Birthplace	San Francisco
Country	United States
Birth City	California
Horoscope	Cancer

Karl Gajdusek Biography

Karl Gajdusek is one of the most popular and richest Screenwriter who was born on July 30, 1968 in San Francisco, California, United States. Karl Gajdusek was born in 1968 in San Francisco, California, United States.

In the meantime, Gajdusek wrote a solo script for a feature film, Pandora and redefined himself as a more dramatic and darker writer. After working on uncredited scripts for The Mechanic and the Liam Neeson film Unknown, Gajdusek wrote Trespass for Irwin Winkler which was released in the year 2011. In the year the year 2011 Gajdusek began to work on two projects that will determine how his professional career would develop. The screenplay was inspired by his favorite Rick Remender and Greg Toocchini graphic novel The Last Days of American Crime. Gajdusek declares it to be one of his top works of writing. Film director Olivier Megaton came on board in the year 2018, and the film is scheduled to premiere on Netflix in 2019.

In June, 2013, Gajdusek began to develop a science fiction television epic, The Spark for HBO. In August 2013, Gajdusek re-teamed with the Last Resort team of Shawn Ryan, Sony Pictures Television, and ABC to announce a new show, Freedom, about the rise of a hacktivist collective on the campus of an elite university. While Freedom did not survive at ABC, in 2014 Gajdusek paired with novelist Gary Shteyngart to adapt his novel Super Sad True Love Story into a television series with the production company MRC. In early 2015 this project was announced along with the attachment of Ben Stiller to direct many of the episodes.

In 2015, Gajdusek came on to the Netflix series Stranger Things as showrunner of the first season. In early 2016 it was announced that Super Sad True Love Story had been purchased by Showtime with Gajdusek and Shteyngart both as creators and executive producers. In 2017, Gajdusek was hired as Showrunner for the second season of Amazon’s series about Zelda Fitzgerald: “Z: The Beginning of Everything.”

In the year 2011, Gajdusek began to work on a revision of his Joe Kosinski directed Oblivion. Gajdusek was able to work for over an entire year on the film and was able to cast Tom Cruise and the switch from Disney Pictures to Universal Studios. Oblivion was released in March of 2013, and was released in March. In the year 2016, Gajdusek sold an original science adventure, Courage, to 20th Century Fox and it caught the interest to Director Matthew Vaughan who became attached to the project as director. The partnership resulted in Gajdusek creating his script to direct a prequel film in Vaughn’s Kingsman franchise. The film was completed shooting in May, 2019.

Karl Gajdusek Net Worth

Karl Gajdusek is one of the richest Screenwriter from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Karl Gajdusek 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Gajdusek’s debut professional breakthrough came from an offer from independent producer Jeff Young for his screenplay Widow’s Walk. Even though the film could never be made, Young’s efforts to make the film resulted in Gajdusek in the hands of his very first agent. Gajdusek’s subsequent project, Higher was developed with director James Foley and later with director John McNaughton. Over a time, Gajdusek teamed with screenwriter Michael Finch. Together, they sold a range of pitches to buyers, including two in the case of WWE Films. The script, based on author, Bill Granger’s The November Man novel, There Are No Spies, called The November Man, first created in 2009, started filming the film in Belgrade in 2013, with Pierce Brosnan starring in the main role. The film was finally released in 2014.

Gajdusek was hired for his first position on television as a story editor for The second season Showtime program Dead Like Me. The show Dead Like Me Gajdusek wrote for the following four seasons: “Haunted”, “Death Defying”, “Rites of Passage” as well as “The Shallow End”. Following the demise of the show, Gajdusek returned to screenwriting until he joined forces and Shawn Ryan in 2011 to co-create the ABC television show Last Resort which ran on ABC for a season from 2012.

Karl Gajdusek is an American screenwriter, producer, and playwright. He was the showrunner for the first season of the Netflix series Stranger Things and the co-creator of the TV series Last Resort with Shawn Ryan. They were both also executive producers for the series. Gajdusek also wrote for the series Dead Like Me and wrote the film Trespass (2011). He co-wrote the screenplay for the 2013 Tom Cruise movie, Oblivion, and The November Man, which was released in 2014.

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Karl Ranked on the list of most popular Screenwriter. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Karl Gajdusek celebrates birthday on July 30 of every year.