Menno Meyjes Filmography

Occupation:: Director, Screen Story, Screenwriter

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Last Battle Dreamer

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Ryan Phillippe, Sean Bean, Abbie Cornish

Synopsis: Ryan Phillippe and Sean Bean star as Viking brothers whose travels take them into Britain in this costume adventure from writer/director Menno Meyjes (Martian Child). ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide Read More

1/1/08
Martian Child

Crew: Director

Actors: John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Sophie Okonedo, Oliver Platt, Bobby Coleman

Synopsis: Adapted from a Hugo and Nebula Award-winning novelette by author David Gerrold, Menno Meyjes's Martian Child stars John Cusack as a widowed science fiction writer who adopts a boy (Bobby Coleman) who claims to be from the Red Planet. The writer believes the child acts strangely in order to process Read More

11/2/07
Manolete

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Adrien Brody, Penélope Cruz

Synopsis: Adrien Brody and Penélope Cruz star as legendary Spanish matador Manolete and his tempestuous girlfriend Lupe Sino, respectively, in director/screenwriter Menno Meyjes' tale of love and bullfighting. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide Read More

2007
Max

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Synopsis: In the wake of his rise to power, Adolf Hitler became known as perhaps the most villainous and destructive political leader of the 20th century. But what was he like before he formed the Nazi party? Screenwriter and director Menno Meyjes explores that question in this drama, a work of fiction Read More

12/27/02
The Siege

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Denzel Washington, Annette Bening, Bruce Willis, Tony Shalhoub

Synopsis: Edward Zwick directed this action thriller about Islamic militants unleashing terrorism in New York City. As FBI Terrorism Task Force-chief Anthony Hubbard (Denzel Washington) investigates, a false-alarm bomb threat is followed by a legit bomb, with many killed when a Brooklyn bus explodes. Agents Read More

11/6/98
Foreign Student

Crew: Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Marco Hofschneider, Robin Givens, Rick Johnson, Charlotte Ross, Edward Herrmann

Synopsis: A French boy goes to Virginia and finds love with an intelligent black girl in this nostalgic French drama set in 1955, and based on the popular 1986 novel by Philippe Labro. The movie was filmed in both Paris and Virginia. The film contains many references to blues and jazz, Faulkner, Chandler Read More

1994
The Secret Garden

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Kate Maberly, Heydon Prowse, Andrew Knott, Maggie Smith, Laura Crossley

Synopsis: The 1993 remake of The Secret Garden is a beautifully produced rendition of the classic Frances Hodgon Burnett novel about a young girl (Kate Maberly) who discovers an abandoned garden on her uncle's large Victorian country estate, as well as an invalid cousin she didn't realize she had. With the Read More

1993
Ricochet

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Denzel Washington, John Lithgow, Ice-T, Kevin Pollak, Lindsay Wagner

Synopsis: Ricochet, a suspenseful, exciting police thriller that loses its way at the end, is the story of a good cop whose life is destroyed by an obsessed psychotic criminal whom he sent to prison years before. Nick (Denzel Washington) is a successful happily married police officer with a distinguished Read More

10/4/91
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Crew: Screen Story, Screenwriter

Actors: Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Denholm Elliott, Alison Doody, John Rhys-Davies, River Phoenix

Synopsis: The third installment in the widely beloved Spielberg/Lucas Indiana Jones saga begins with an introduction to a younger Indy (played by the late River Phoenix), who, through a fast-paced prologue, gives the audience insight into the roots of his taste for adventure, fear of snakes, and dogged Read More

5/24/89
Twisted Obsession

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Jeff Goldblum, Miranda Richardson, Anémone, Daniel Ceccaldi, Dexter Fletcher

Synopsis: When a screenwriter gets involved on a film project with his producer friend, he is seduced by the director's adolescent sister--even though his agent has repeatedly warned him to try to keep a distance from the two. Soon he finds that the girl has been manipulating everyone around her and when Read More

1989
Empire of the Sun

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson, Nigel Havers, Joe Pantoliano

Synopsis: Based on J.G. Ballard's autobiographical novel, Empire of the Sun stars Christian Bale as a spoiled young British boy, living with his wealthy family in pre-World War II Shanghai. During the Japanese invasion, Bale is separated from his parents. With the help of soldier-of-fortune John Malkovich Read More

12/9/87
Lionheart

Crew: Screen Story, Screenwriter

Actors: Eric Stoltz, Gabriel Byrne, Nicola Cowper, Dexter Fletcher, Deborah Barrymore

Synopsis: A novice knight and his unlikely allies lead a crusade against evil in this adventure set in 12th century France. Robert Nerra (Eric Stoltz) is a young knight who, after the death of his older brother, abandons the struggle to defend his father's property in a skirmish over land rights and instead Read More

8/7/87
The Color Purple

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Danny Glover, Whoopi Goldberg, Margaret Avery, Oprah Winfrey, Willard E. Pugh

Synopsis: Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Alice Walker, The Color Purple spans the years 1909 to 1949, relating the life of Celie (Whoopi Goldberg), a Southern black woman virtually sold into a life of servitude to her brutal husband, sharecropper Albert (Danny Glover). Celie pours out her Read More

1985
Amazing Stories: The Mission

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Kevin Costner, Casey Siemaszko, Kiefer Sutherland

1985