Hans Bauer (writer)
Hans Bauer is an Austrian screenwriter, author, and photographer, working in the United States, who is best known for his writing for the films Anaconda (1997) and Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004).[1] Bauer is also the co-author (with Catherine Masciola) of the children's adventure novel Fishtale, and the author of Anaconda: The Writer's Cut.[2][3]
Bauer was born in Austria, and lives and works in Texas and Los Angeles.[4]
Screenwriting
[edit]Bauer wrote the original screenplay for the film Anaconda,[5][6][7] which received mainly negative reviews from film critics.[8][9] Bauer was one of several writers who are credited with screenwriting the 2004 sequel, Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid,[10] which also failed to garner critical acclaim.[11]
The horror film Komodo, based on Bauer's screenplay, was also panned by critics,[12] while his next film, Titan A. E., in which he was also an associate producer, received praise for its animated effects.[13][14]
Filmography
[edit]- Anaconda (1997)[15][16]
- Milo (1998; producer)
- Komodo (1999)[17]
- Titan A.E. (2000; story, producer)[14]
- Highwaymen (2004)
- Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004; story and elements from the original Anaconda script)
- The Flock (2007)
Published works
[edit]- Fishtale (2012)[18][19][20]
- Anaconda: The Writer's Cut
- In the Beginning (1991, 2013; editor; non-fiction)[21]
Photography
[edit]Bauer is a photographer,[22] and his photo-based art has been the subject of several group and one-man shows in Los Angeles,[23] San Francisco,[24] Austin, and the Texas Hill Country.[25]
References
[edit]- ^ John Wilson (3 September 2007). The Official Razzie Movie Guide: Enjoying the Best of Hollywoods Worst. Grand Central Publishing. pp. 15–. ISBN 978-0-446-51008-0.
- ^ Wilson, Amile (May 24, 2013). "Required Summer Reading". The Clarion Ledger.
- ^ "Kerrville resident Hans Bauer is triple threat in art world." (photo and caption) Daily Times, Kerrville, TX
- ^ "Hans Bauer"[usurped]. Home paradox ethereal magazine.
- ^ The New Yorker. F-R Publishing Corporation. 1997.
- ^ Holden, Stephen (April 11, 1997). "Scared of Snakes, and Rightly So". The New York Times.
- ^ "A Hollywood Segue: Fashion to Screen". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ "`Anaconda' Filmmaker Can't Squeeze Out Enough Scares" The Morning Call.
- ^ "`Anaconda' Audience Should Hiss". April 11, 1997|By Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune Movie Critic.
- ^ "Anacondas: The Hunt For The Blood Orchid". Variety.
- ^ "Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004". By Bill Clark. From the Balcony, August 27, 2004.
- ^ "Komodo". Stomp Tokyo.
- ^ "Review: ‘Titan A.E.’" Variety.
- ^ a b New York Times Theater Reviews (December 2001). The New York Times Film Reviews 1999-2000. Taylor & Francis. pp. 333–. ISBN 978-0-415-93696-5.
- ^ "Anaconda (1997)". Combustible Celluloid.
- ^ Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook, 1999. Andrews McMeel Publishing. 1998. ISBN 978-0-8362-6831-7.
- ^ "Review: ‘Komodo’". Variety
- ^ Bauer, Hans; Masciola, Catherine. Fishtale (1st ed.). New York: Marshall Cavendish Children. ISBN 978-0761462231.
- ^ "Fishtale". Publishers Weekly.
- ^ "FISHTALE". Kirkus Reviews.
- ^ Bauer, Hans (2013). In the Beginning. Balloon Foot. ASIN B00AJVN6FQ.
- ^ "Kerrville resident Hans Bauer is triple threat in art world". Daily Times, Kerrville, Texas, (text - subscription required)
- ^ "Exhibits: Hans Bauer". Los Angeles Center for Digital Art. December 9–31, 2004.
- ^ "San Francisco Art Openings: Sacred Prostitute Exhibit". ArtBusiness.com. February 3, 2006.
- ^ "Exhibit Features Unique Perspective of the Hill Country". Bandera County Courier. January 28, 2010.