Craig Mazin (born April 8, 1971) is an American
screenwriter and
director.
Mazin was born in
Brooklyn,
New York, and graduated
magna cum laude with a degree in
psychology from
Princeton University in 1992. He began his entertainment career in
marketing; he was an executive with the
Walt Disney Company in the mid-90s, responsible for writing and producing campaigns for studio films.
As a screenwriter, his credited work includes
Senseless, RocketMan, Scary Movie 3, and
Scary Movie 4. Other projects in development include the upcoming movie
Opus, an animated collaboration with cartoonist
Berkeley Breathed. He has worked almost exclusively for
Dimension Films and
Miramax Films since 2000. He produced and directed (but did not write) the low-budget superhero film
The Specials. Mazin wrote and directed another superhero film spoof
Superhero Movie.
In 2004, Mazin was elected to the board of directors of the
Writers Guild of America, west. He did not seek re-election, and his term expired in September 2006.
Along with fellow former WGA board member
Ted Elliott, Mazin runs a website called
The Artful Writer, which focuses on issues relevant to working screenwriters.
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