John Bishop

March 3, 1929 (age 77)

Mansfield, Richland County, United States

He majored in theatre at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh and began his career as an actor at the Cleveland Play House in Cleveland. Although his stage career led into directing, his first success on Broadway came from writing the play, which played for two months at the Longacre Theatre in early 1977. In 1987, he made it back to Broadway by writing and directing, which ran for almost four months, again at the Longacre. Mr. Bishop moved west after the dissolution of Circle Repertory Company in 1997 and founded Circle West, which carried on many of the artistic missions of the original Circle Repertory Company. Bishop served as artistic director until his death. Among the plays the company produced was Mr. Bishop"s Legacies, a police-detective drama. After Broadway, Bishop began writing for Hollywood. He wrote the screenplay for The Package, a 1989 action thriller starring Gene Hackman. Although The Package earned poorly at the box office, the film was well regarded by some critics, including Roger Ebert, who gave it three stars. Rotten Tomatoes rated the film at 64% on the "Tomatometer". Bishop also did writing work for Paramount Studios, where he used his knowledge of and interest in male behavior and police procedures to do rewrites for big-budget thrillers such as Clear and Present Danger and Beverly Hills Cop III. Bishop fathered three children, named Matthew, Michael, and Christopher. Comedy Zone (television series) 1984 The Package (written by) 1989 Sliver (rewrite) 1993 Drop Zone (screenplay) 1994 Clear and Present Danger (rewrite) 1994 Beverly Hills Cop III (rewrite) 1994 Primal Fear (rewrite) 1996.

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Background

Bishop was born in Mansfield, Ohio.

Education

Carnegie Mellon University.

Career

He majored in theatre at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh and began his career as an actor at the Cleveland Play House in Cleveland. Although his stage career led into directing, his first success on Broadway came from writing the play, which played for two months at the Longacre Theatre in early 1977. In 1987, he made it back to Broadway by writing and directing, which ran for almost four months, again at the Longacre.

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Bishop moved west after the dissolution of Circle Repertory Company in 1997 and founded Circle West, which carried on many of the artistic missions of the original Circle Repertory Company. Bishop served as artistic director until his death. Among the plays the company produced was Mr.

Bishop"s Legacies, a police-detective drama.

After Broadway, Bishop began writing for Hollywood. He wrote the screenplay for The Package, a 1989 action thriller starring Gene Hackman.

Although The Package earned poorly at the box office, the film was well regarded by some critics, including Roger Ebert, who gave it three stars. Rotten Tomatoes rated the film at 64% on the "Tomatometer".

Bishop also did writing work for Paramount Studios, where he used his knowledge of and interest in male behavior and police procedures to do rewrites for big-budget thrillers such as Clear and Present Danger and Beverly Hills Cop III. Bishop fathered three children, named Matthew, Michael, and Christopher.

Comedy Zone (television series) 1984 The Package (written by) 1989 Sliver (rewrite) 1993 Drop Zone (screenplay) 1994 Clear and Present Danger (rewrite) 1994 Beverly Hills Cop III (rewrite) 1994 Primal Fear (rewrite) 1996.