Biography
Ehren Kruger (born October 5, 1972) is an American film screenwriter and producer. He is best known for writing three of the five instalments in the original Transformers film series: Revenge of the Fallen, Dark of the Moon, and Age of Extinction, in addition to the American version of The Ring and its sequel, The Ring Two and the American adaptation of Ghost in the Shell. For his work on Top Gun: Maverick, Kruger was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Description abo...
Known For
Complete Filmography

F1
2025
Screenplay, Story
Racing legend Sonny Hayes is coaxed out of retirement to lead a struggling Formula 1 team—and mentor a young hotshot driver—while chasing one more cha...

Top Gun: Maverick
2022
Screenplay
After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him, Pete “Maverick” ...

Ophelia
2019
Producer
Ophelia comes of age as lady-in-waiting for Queen Gertrude, and her singular spirit captures Hamlet's affections. As lust and betrayal threaten the ki...

Dumbo
2019
Screenplay, Producer
A young elephant, whose oversized ears enable him to fly, helps save a struggling circus, but when the circus plans a new venture, Dumbo and his frien...

Ghost in the Shell
2017
Screenplay
In the near future, Major is the first of her kind: a human saved from a terrible crash, then cyber-enhanced to be a perfect soldier devoted to stoppi...

Rings
2017
Executive Producer
Julia becomes worried about her boyfriend Holt when he explores the dark urban legend of a mysterious videotape said to kill the watcher seven days af...

Evolution Within Extinction
2014
as Self
The definitive feature-length documentary on the creation of "Transformers: Age of Extinction".

Transformers: Age of Extinction
2014
Writer
As humanity picks up the pieces after the battle of Chicago, a shadowy group reveals itself in an attempt to control the direction of history…while an...

Dream House
2011
Producer
Publisher Will Atenton quits a lucrative job in New York to relocate his wife, Libby, and their daughters to a quaint town in New England. However, as...

Transformers: Dark of the Moon
2011
Writer
The Autobots continue to work for NEST, now no longer in secret. But after discovering a strange artifact during a mission in Chernobyl, it becomes ap...

Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective
2011
as Self
A year in the making, Still Screaming is the definitive documentary on the making of the iconic Scream movies. Dive into the fascinating success story...

Scream 4
2011
Executive Producer
Ten years have passed, and Sidney Prescott has put herself back together thanks to her writing. However, her return to Woodsboro sparks the return of ...

The Human Factor: Exacting Revenge of the Fallen
2009
as Self
The definitive feature-length documentary on the creation of "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen".

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
2009
Writer
Sam Witwicky leaves the Autobots behind for a normal life. But when his mind is filled with cryptic symbols, the Decepticons target him and he is drag...

Blood and Chocolate
2007
Executive Producer, Screenplay
A young teenage werewolf is torn between honoring her family's secret and her love for a man.

The Brothers Grimm
2005
Screenplay
Folklore collectors and con artists, Jake and Will Grimm, travel from village to village pretending to protect townsfolk from enchanted creatures and ...

The Skeleton Key
2005
Writer
A hospice nurse working at a spooky New Orleans plantation home finds herself entangled in a mystery involving the house's dark past.

The Ring Two
2005
Screenplay
After the ordeal with Samara, Rachel and Aiden move to a rural town. But soon Rachel learns about the death of a girl in a similar fashion. To save Ai...

Rings
2005
Writer
Some time after the events of The Ring, a subculture of people voluntarily watch Samara Morgan's video and wait to see how close to the seven-day dead...

The Ring
2002
Screenplay
Rachel Keller is a journalist investigating a videotape that may have killed four teenagers. There is an urban legend about this tape: the viewer will...

Impostor
2001
Screenplay
A top-secret government weapons designer is arrested by a clandestine government organization on suspicion of being a clone created by the hostile ali...

Reindeer Games
2000
Writer
After assuming his dead cellmate's identity to get with his girlfriend, an ex-con finds himself the reluctant participant in a casino heist.

Scream 3
2000
Screenplay
While Sidney Prescott and her friends visit the Hollywood set of Stab 3, the third film based on the Woodsboro murders, another Ghostface killer rises...

New World Disorder
1999
Writer
A gang of four eyed crooks led by Kurt Bishop are ripping off top dollar computer chips from a list of factories. The night they hit Dynaphase Systems...
Hidden Vulnerability: A Look Into the Making of 'Arlington Road'
1999
Interviews with cast and crew, regarding the making of Arlington Road.

Arlington Road
1999
Screenplay
Threats from sinister foreign nationals aren't the only thing to fear. Bedraggled college professor Michael Faraday has been vexed (and increasingly p...

Untitled Top Gun 3
N/A
Writer
The third entry in the franchise. Plot TBA.