Pete Dexter
About
Filmography
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Biography
Filmography
Writer (Feature Film)
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Life Events
1984
Moved West to write for The Sacramento Bee
1984
Wrote debut novel God's Pocket
1986
Wrote the novel Deadwood
1988
Scripted the novel Paris Trout
1991
Severely beaten by 30 drunken Philadelphians, armed with baseball bats and upset by with his column
1991
Scripted first TV movie (released theatrically in Europe), Showtime's "Paris Trout"
1991
Penned screenplay for "Rush" starring Jason Patric and Jennifer Jason Leigh
1995
Wrote novel The Paperboy
1996
Wrote the screenplay for "Michael" starring John Travolta
1996
Penned the screenplay for the neo-noir film "Mulholland Falls"
2003
Wrote the novel Train
2004
Penned "Shortcut to Happiness," a modern-day update of the classic story of "The Devil and Daniel Webster"
2009
Wrote the novel Spooner
2012
Turned his novel into screenplay for "The Paperboy," directed by Lee Daniels
