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Director, Screenwriter, Book Author
Born:
January 17, 1952 in San Antonio, TX
Biography:Writer/director "Kevin Reynolds" is no stranger to the downside of Hollywood. A movie lover, he abandoned a law career to study film at the University of Southern California, where producer "Steven Spielberg" helped turn his thesis project into a feature film. But the duo clashed over the picture's shape, and Spielberg took his name off the final product, giving Reynolds' promising debut a limited release. Years later, a similar feud with buddy "Kevin Costner" over the editing of "Waterworld" (1995) ended their decade-long friendship and marred Reynolds' career. It seems appropriate then, that the director's celebrated comeback film, "The Count of Monte Cristo" (2001), was about surviving the loss of one's innocence and getting a little revenge.

Raised in Texas, Reynolds is the oldest of four children. His father was a tenured psychology professor at Baylor University in Waco, and eventually became... Full Biography

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(L-R) Co-head William Morris Agency Independant Rena Ronson, director Kevin Reynolds, Jon Olafsson...
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