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Jonathan Hensleigh is one of the most prolific screenwriters in the action/adventure genre of films, he is noted for being an old school action screenwriter and director. Jonathan started his career writing episodes of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles for George Lucas on ABC. He wrote Die Hard: With a Vengeance
(1995), reconceived from his original spec script Simon Says. He followed that with Jumanji
(1995) then the The Saint
(1997) (His script for the Saint was completely re-written by others). After that he enjoyed a long working friendship with producer Jerry Bruckheimer with whom he collaborated on many projects since 1996. He re-wrote the whole script for The Rock
(1996) without credit, which he tried to achieve via WGA arbitration.

He did uncredited re-writes on both Con Air
(1997) and the remake of Gone in Sixty Seconds
(2000) and received executive producer credits on both. Armageddon (1998), from Jonathan's original idea. That was the second time Jonathan had the highest grossing film worldwide at the box office. The other was Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995). He made his direcorial debut in 2004 with the Marvel character The Punisher, which he wrote with Michael France. He's got two upcoming movies slated for a 2006 release, The Punisher 2
and Darksiders both written by him.

Filmography

Writer:

Darksiders (2006?) (announced) (screenplay)
The Punisher 2
(2006?) (pre-production)
The Punisher (2004) (written by)
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Masks of Evil (1999) (V)
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Trenches of Hell (1999) (V)
Armageddon (1998) (screenplay) (story)
The Saint (1997) (screenplay) (story)
Jumanji
(1995) (screenplay)
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
(1995) (written by)

... aka Die Hard 3

A Far Off Place (1993) (screenplay)
"The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles" (1992)

Producer:

Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000) (executive producer)
Armageddon (1998) (executive producer)
Con Air
(1997) (executive producer)

Director:

Darksiders (2006?) (announced)
The Punisher (2004)

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