Laeta Kalogridis
Laeta Elizabeth Kalogridis is a GreekAmerican screenwriter and television and film producer. She has written scripts for Alexander , Night Watch , Pathfinder and Shutter Island . She also served as an executive producer for the television series Birds of Prey and Bionic Woman. Kalogridis and her writing partner Patrick Lussier wrote the screenplay for the fifth film in the Terminator series, Terminator Genisys, for Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions. She is also the founder of the prounion website Hollywood United and was involved as a peacemaker in the 20072008 Writers Guild of America strike.
Kalogridis was born in Winter Haven, Florida. She is a graduate of Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina and University of Texas at Austin and attended UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. She is of Greek descent her grandparents emigrated from Kalymnos in the early 20th century.
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