After a degree in Novel Writing from the University of Southern California under PEN/Faulkner winner T.C. Boyle, Michael Frost Beckner began in the entertainment industry as the writing assistant to Academy Award winner Barry Levinson on the films "Good Morning, Vietnam" and "Rain Man."
Beckner launched his screenwriting career in the early 1990’s with his first film "Sniper" (currently in production with its tenth franchise film). He followed this with the spec script "Texas Lead & Gold" to break the record for the highest selling screenplay to that time. He beat his own record a year later and "Cutthroat Island," and again a year after that with "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" (Disney).
At the same time, Beckner has written originals, assignments and adaptions for major directors (John Hughes, Paul Verhoeven, Wolfgang Petersen), actors (Eddie Murphy, Geena Davis, Harrison Ford, Dennis Quaid), Academy Award producers (Mark Johnson, Doug Wick, Gale Anne Hurd), and novelists (John Le Carre, Tom Clancy, Ken Follett).
