Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jonathan Gems (born 1952, London) is a British playwright and screenwriter mostly known for his work on Mars Attacks!, directed by Tim Burton. He also wrote the film's novelization. The son of the playwright Pam Gems, Jonathan Gems wrote a number of plays for theatres on the London fringe before gradually turning to screenwriting. As well as Mars Attacks!, Gems did uncredited rewrite work on Batman. Gems has written a number of unproduced scripts for Burto...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Who Killed British Cinema?
2018
as Self
A feature length documentary about the real state of the British film industry in relation to UK structures past, present and currently for the future...
The Treat
1998
Writer, Director
The lives of four strange prostitutes will change forever when they go to the Mayor's birthday party.
Mars Attacks!
1996
Screenplay
A fleet of Martian spacecraft surrounds the world's major cities and all of humanity waits to see if the extraterrestrial visitors have, as they claim...
White Mischief
1987
Screenplay
A millionaire past his prime and his young wife arrive in Kenya circa 1940 to find that the other affluent British expatriates are living large as the...