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John Byrum
14 March 1947
John Byrum created 1 movies in the Comedy, Romance, Music genres.
John Byrum got succeed with average imdb rating 5.3.
John Williams Byrum was born and raised in Winnetka, Illinois. While attending NYU Film School, he worked as an intern for Jim Henson and the Muppets, eventually working as a writer on the new "Sesame Street" show. Byrum moved to Los Angeles to pursue film work after writing several screenplays, including "Inserts". On the basis of that writing sample, he worked with producers Tony Bill, Don Devlin, and Harry Gittes to write the script "Harry and Walter Go To New York" which was bought by Columb... ia Pictures for a record-breaking amount. Byrum then worked with Tony Richardson and Berry Gordy, writing the script for the Diana Ross vehicle, "Mahogany". Byrum directed his film "Inserts" with Richard Dreyfuss and Jessica Harper, then wrote and directed "Heart Beat" - based upon the lives of Jack Kerouac, Neal Cassady, and Carolyn Cassady, starring Nick Nolte, Sissy Spacek, and John Heard, and followed with "The Razor's Edge" - co-written with Bill Murray, and starring Murray, Catherine Hicks, Theresa Russell, James Keach and Denholm Elliot. With the box office failure of "The Razor's Edge", Byrum directed the goof-ball comedy "The Whoopee Boys" starring Michael O'Keefe and Paul Rodriguez and various stand-up comedians of the time, along with Denholm Elliot and Carol Shelley. Byrum turned to television, creating, writing and producing the critically-praised series "Middle Ages" starring Peter Riegert and writing, directing and producing the TV film/pilot "Murder in High Places" loosely based on a fictional Hunter Thompson-type character. Other series created, written and produced by Byrum include "Winnetka Road" and "South of Sunset" a television show that starred rock legend Glenn Frey of The Eagles. Byrum's original screenplay "Duets" was due to begin production starring Brad Pitt and Gwyneth Paltrow when the couple's broken engagement derailed the project temporarily. "Duets" was eventually made with Gwyneth Paltrow, her father Bruce Paltrow directing, with Scott Speedman in the role originally pegged for Brad Pitt. John Byrum has two children and resides in Connecticut with his wife and dogs.Read more Less
