John August

John August (born August 4, 1970) is an American screenwriter, director, producer, and novelist. He is known for writing the films ''Go'' (1999), ''Charlie's Angels'' (2000), ''Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle'' (2003), ''Big Fish'' (2003), ''Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'' (2005), ''Corpse Bride'' (2005), ''Frankenweenie'' (2012), the Disney live-action adaptation of ''Aladdin'' (2019), the novels ''Arlo Finch in the Valley of Fire'' (2018), ''Arlo Finch in the Lake of the Moon'' (2019) and ''Arlo Finch in the Kingdom of Shadows'' (2020).

He hosts the screenwriting podcast ''Scriptnotes'' with Craig Mazin, maintains an eponymous screenwriting blog and develops screenwriter-targeted software through his company, Quote-Unquote Apps.

August is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, voting in the Writers branch. In 2016, he was awarded the WGAw's Valentine Davies Award for his dignified contributions to the entertainment industry and the community-at-large, and has been nominated for a BAFTA and a Grammy. Provided by Wikipedia