Pat Rushin (born 1953) is an American screenwriter and creative writing professor at the University of Central Florida[1] where he has served as the editor of The Florida Review.[2] Rushin's novella, The Call, inspired the screenplay[3] he wrote for The Zero Theorem directed by Terry Gilliam.[4][5][6]
Pat Rushin | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Education | |
| Occupation(s) | Professor, Screenwriter |
| Employer | University of Central Florida |
Career edit
Rushin attended the University of Dayton where he received a B.A. in English in 1976. He later attended Ohio State University where he obtained his masters in English in 1979. He graduated from Johns Hopkins University in 1982 with a masters in Creative Writing and Fiction.[2][7]
In 1991, Rushin's book of short stories, Puzzling Through the News, was published by Galileo Press. The short film No Ordinary Sun (2004) was based on his short story "Speed of Light."[3]
The original script for Rushin's first screenplay was written in 1999 and inspired by The Call.[8][9][10] He submitted it to Project Greenlight, a television series produced by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck[3] and the sci-fi film, directed by Terry Gilliam, was released in 2013.[10]
In 2015, Rushin's novella The Call: A Virtual Parable was published by Burrow Press.[11] His writing has also been included in literary magazines including Indiana Review,[12] North American Review[13] and American Literary Review.[14]
Bibliography edit
- Pat Rushin (1991). Puzzling Through the News. Galileo Press.
- Pat Rushin (2015). The Call: A Virtual Parable. Burrow Press.
Filmography edit
- No Ordinary Sun (2004)
- The Zero Theorem (2014)
References edit
- ^ Leah Schnelback (September 19, 2014). "Terry Gilliam Grabs Life by the Lapels and Demands Answers in The Zero Theorem". TOR. Retrieved March 24, 2016.
- ^ a b Nancy Pate (March 23, 1986). "The Florida Review Committed to Quality". The Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved March 24, 2016.
- ^ a b c "Inventing The Zero Theorem". Dreams. Retrieved March 24, 2016.
- ^ A. O. Scott (September 18, 2014). "Work, Love and Therapy, in So Many Bytes". The New York Times. Retrieved March 24, 2016.
- ^ Ty Burr (October 9, 2014). "Gilliam rehash 'The Zero Theorem' still adds up to something". The Boston Globe. Retrieved March 24, 2016.
- ^ Philippa Hawker (May 14, 2014). "The Zero Theorem review: Bleak vision nothing to look forward to". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved March 24, 2016.
- ^ "Pat Rushin, M.A." University of Central Florida. Retrieved March 24, 2016.
- ^ Chris Knight (August 1, 2014). "The Zero Theorem, reviewed: Life, the universe and nothing — in the style of Terry Gilliam". National Post. Retrieved March 24, 2016.
- ^ David Ehrlich (September 24, 2014). "Terry Gilliam has no use for happy endings". Dissolve. Retrieved March 24, 2016.
- ^ a b Tod Caviness (April 17, 2015). "Screenwriters dish on Terry Gilliam, Ken Russell at Enzian panel". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved March 24, 2016.
- ^ Jared Smith (March 18, 2015). "Fundament(al): A Review of Pat Rushin's The Call, A Virtual Parable". Atticus Review. Retrieved March 24, 2016.
- ^ Robert Shapard, James Thomas (1986). Sudden Fiction: American Short-short Stories. Gibbs Smith.
- ^ Pat Rushin (September 1984). "Making it Work". The North American Review.
- ^ "Contributors". The American Literary Review. Retrieved March 24, 2016.
External links edit
Pat Rushin at IMDb