Menno Meyjes (born 1954, Eindhoven) is a Dutch-born screenwriter, film director and producer.Meyjes moved to the United States in 1972 and studied at the Art Institute of California – San Francisco. He was nominated for several awards for his screenplay to the 1985 film The Color Purple, adapted from the novel by Alice Walker. In 1989 he gained recognition for cowriting Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade with George Lucas and winning a Goya Award for El Sueño del mono loco.In 2002 Meyjes wrote and directed the film Max.He attended the San Francisco Art Institute; there he studied with George Kuchar, James Broughton, and Larry Jordan.
Goya Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
Nominations
Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay, BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Screenplay Award
Movies
Manolete, The Color Purple, Martian Child, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, The Dinner, Max, Black Gold, The Siege, De Held, Empire of the Sun, De Reünie, Twisted Obsession, Ricochet, Foreign Student, Lionheart, Last Battle Dreamer
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Close Enough
announced
De Held
2016
Murdered Memory
2015
Het Diner
2013
Day of the Falcon
2011/II
screenplay
Lego Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues
2009
Video Game characters
A Matador's Mistress
2008
writer
Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures
2008
Video Game characters
Max
2002/I
written by
The Siege
1998
screenplay
Foreign Student
1994
written by
Ricochet
1991
story
Twisted Obsession
1989
uncredited
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1989
story
Empire of the Sun
1987
uncredited
Lionheart
1987
screenplay / story
The Color Purple
1985
screenplay
Amazing Stories
1985
TV Series teleplay - 1 episode
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
De Held
2016
Murdered Memory
2015
Het Diner
2013
A Matador's Mistress
2008
Martian Child
2007
Max
2002/I
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Foreign Student
1994
co-producer
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Color Purple
1985
lyrics: "Makidada"
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Filmreview
1992
TV Series
Himself
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1990
Goya
Goya Awards
Best Adapted Screenplay (Mejor Guión Adaptado)
El sueño del mono loco (1989)
1990
Hugo
Hugo Awards
Best Dramatic Presentation
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2014
People's Choice Award
Denver International Film Festival
Feature Film
Het Diner (2013)
2014
Audience Award
Film by the Sea International Film Festival
Best Feature Film
Het Diner (2013)
2014
The Pearl
Film by the Sea International Film Festival
Best Feature Film
Het Diner (2013)
2014
Audience Award
Nederlands Film Festival
Best Film
Het Diner (2013)
2014
Rembrandt Award
Rembrandt Awards
Best Film (Beste Nederlandse Film)
Het Diner (2013)
2002
Grand Jury Prize
AFI Fest
Max (2002)
1987
BAFTA Film Award
BAFTA Awards
Best Screenplay - Adapted
The Color Purple (1985)
1986
Oscar
Academy Awards, USA
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
The Color Purple (1985)
1986
WGA Award (Screen)
Writers Guild of America, USA
Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
The Color Purple (1985)
Known for movies
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) as Writer
$700,000
