Kurt Wimmer

Kurt Wimmer
Born	1964 (age 59–60) Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
Occupations	Film director film producer screenwriter

Kurt Wimmer (born 1964) is an American screenwriter, film producer and film director.

Biography

He attended the University of South Florida and graduated with a BFA degree in Art History. He then moved to Los Angeles, where he worked for 12 years as a screenwriter before directing the 2002 film Equilibrium. In numerous interviews, he cites Equilibrium as his directorial debut and first film, although his actual directorial debut was the 1995 action film One Tough Bastard starring Brian Bosworth and Bruce Payne. However, Equilibrium was his first theatrically released film.

Wimmer has gone on to write for various films, mostly of the action and thriller genres. This includes The Recruit in 2003, Law Abiding Citizen in 2009, Salt in 2010, Expend4bles in 2023 and The Beekeeper in 2024.

Filmography

Year	Title	Credited as			Notes
		Director	Writer	Producer
1995	One Tough Bastard	Yes	No	No
1998	Sphere	No	Story	No
1999	The Thomas Crown Affair	No	Yes	No
2002	Equilibrium	Yes	Yes	No	Role: Rebel victim (cameo)
2003	The Recruit	No	Yes	No
2004	Ultraviolet	Yes	Yes	No	Role: Hemophage (cameo)
2008	Street Kings	No	Yes	No
2009	Law Abiding Citizen	No	Yes	Yes
2010	Salt	No	Yes	No
2012	Total Recall	No	Yes	No
2015	Point Break	No	Yes	Yes
2020	Children of the Corn	Yes	Yes	Executive
	Spell	No	Yes	Yes
2021	The Misfits	No	Yes	No
2023	Expend4bles	No	Yes	No
2024	The Beekeeper	No	Yes	Yes

External links

• Kurt Wimmer at IMDb
• 10 Questions with Kurt Wimmer