Education
She is a graduate of Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina and University of Texas at Austin and attended University of California, Los Angeles School of Theater, Film and Television.
She is a graduate of Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina and University of Texas at Austin and attended University of California, Los Angeles School of Theater, Film and Television.
She has written scripts for Alexander (2004), Night Watch (2004), Pathfinder (2007) and Shutter Island (2010). She also served as an executive producer for the television series Birds of Prey and Bionic Woman. Kalogridis was born in Winter Haven, Florida.
Laeta Kalogridis wrote a spec script about Joan of Arc titled In Nomine Dei.
She sold the script to Warner Brothers in April 1994, but a film was not produced. Kalogridis has also been involved in writing the following planned films:
March 1995: Writer of early script for X-Men (2000)
Late 1999: Uncredited work on Scream 3
September 2000: Screenwriting cr for Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)
September 2003: Rewrite of the Wonder Woman live action film adaptation of the superheroine for Warner Brothers
January 2005: Remake of The Lone Ranger for Columbia Pictures
November 2005: Borgia, an ImageMovers film about a powerful family in 15th century Rome
January 2007: Battle Angel, director James Cameron"s planned film based on the manga Battle Angel Alita
October 2007: Rewrite of the vampire film Darksiders for New Lincolnshire Cinema
Adapting the Japanese manga Ghost in the Shell for DreamWorks
Kalogridis became involved as a peacemaker in the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike, working with writers and producers to reach a solution.
The New York Times reported her involvement, "Mississippi Kalogridis and her friends.. had become a pipeline to the guild members holding out for sizable gains, whose support would be needed if any deal was to be reached.".