John Collee

John Collee

1955-01-01 Edinburgh, Scotland, UK 24 Credits

Biography

John Collee (born 1955) is a Scottish screenwriter who has written scripts for Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World and Happy Feet. He has written and co-written screenplays for the films Creation, Oceans, and Legend of the Guardians. He is married to Deborah Snow, and they have three children: Lauren Collee, Isla Collee, and Jack Collee. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Collee, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Lee

Lee

2024

Story, Screenplay

7.1
Writing

The true story of photographer Elizabeth "Lee" Miller, a fashion model who became an acclaimed war correspondent for Vogue magazine during World War I...

The Return

The Return

2024

Writer

6.5
Writing

After twenty years away, Odysseus washes up on the shores of Ithaca, haggard and unrecognizable. The king has finally returned home, but much has chan...

Monkey Man

Monkey Man

2024

Screenplay

6.9
Writing

Kid is an anonymous young man who ekes out a meager living in an underground fight club where, night after night, wearing a gorilla mask, he is beaten...

Three

Three

2024

Writer

3.0
Writing

A boy is going through a mental health crisis, prompting his mother to seek help from an unlikely man. This man must set aside his Western thinking to...

Black Site

Black Site

2022

Additional Writing

6.1

A group of officers based in a labyrinthine top-secret prison must fight for their lives against Hatchet, a brilliant and infamous high-value detainee...

The Story of Lee Ping

The Story of Lee Ping

2021

Screenplay

Writing

In the 1920s, the unlikely bond between Chinese erotic dancer Lee Ping and an Aboriginal farmhand enables her to escape the clutches of her white empl...

Roborovski

Roborovski

2020

Executive Producer, Writer

Producing Writing

In this wickedly charming short set at a pet store, a dejected Roborovski hamster who just wants a forever home takes matters into its own hands…

Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears

Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears

2020

Script Consultant

6.1

After freeing a young Bedouin girl from her unjust imprisonment in Jerusalem, an Australian adventuress, together with her devoted police detective fr...

Hotel Mumbai

Hotel Mumbai

2019

Screenplay, Executive Producer

7.5
Writing Producing

Mumbai, India, November 26, 2008. While several terrorists spread hatred and death through the city, others attack the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel. Both ho...

Mahana

Mahana

2016

Screenplay

6.6
Writing

1960s, East Coast of New Zealand. Two Māori sheep-shearing families, the Mahanas and the Poatas, are longstanding enemies and commercial rivals. 14-ye...

The Legend of Tarzan

The Legend of Tarzan

2016

Writer

5.9
Writing

Tarzan, having acclimated to life in London, is called back to his former home in the jungle to investigate the activities at a mining encampment.

Tanna

Tanna

2015

Writer

6.7
Writing

In a traditional tribal society in the South Pacific, a young girl, Wawa, falls in love with her chief’s grandson, Dain. When an inter-tribal war esca...

Wolf Totem

Wolf Totem

2015

Screenplay

6.5
Writing

In 1969, a young Beijing student, Chen Zhen, is sent to live among the nomadic herdsmen of Inner Mongolia. Caught between the advance of civilization ...

The Water Diviner

The Water Diviner

2014

Executive Producer

6.8
Producing

In 1919, Australian farmer Joshua Connor travels to Turkey to discover the fate of his three sons, reported missing in action. Holding on to hope, Jos...

Son of a Gun

Son of a Gun

2014

Additional Writing, Executive Producer

6.4
Producing

Locked up for a minor crime, 19 year old JR quickly learns the harsh realities of prison life. Protection, if you can get it, is paramount. JR soon fi...

Walking with Dinosaurs: Prehistoric Planet 3D

Walking with Dinosaurs: Prehistoric Planet 3D

2014

Writer

6.5
Writing

In this journey through the seasons, you’ll experience a year in the life of hundreds of plant-eating dinosaurs. From the moment they hatch, these pre...

Walking with Dinosaurs

Walking with Dinosaurs

2013

Writer

6.2
Writing

In a time when dinosaurs rule the Earth, the smallest dinosaur of the herd, a playful Pachyrhinosaurus named Patchi, embarks on the biggest adventure ...

Creation

Creation

2009

Screenplay, Screenstory

6.4
Writing

A psychological, heart-wrenching love story that provides a unique and inside look at Charles Darwin. Torn between faith and science, he struggles to ...

The View from Greenhaven

The View from Greenhaven

2008

Script Editor

4.2

A grumpy old man living in an idyllic coastal town who can't see he has the perfect life.

Happy Feet

Happy Feet

2006

Writer

6.2
Writing

Into the world of the Emperor Penguins, who find their soul mates through song, a penguin is born who cannot sing. But he can tap dance something fier...

Candy

Candy

2006

Script Editor

7.1

A poet falls in love with an art student, who gravitates to his bohemian lifestyle — and his love of heroin. Hooked as much on one another as they are...

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

2003

Screenplay

7.2
Writing

After an abrupt and violent encounter with a French warship inflicts severe damage upon his ship, a captain of the British Royal Navy begins a chase o...

The Heart Surgeon

The Heart Surgeon

1997

Writer

6.0
Writing

Cardiac surgeon Alex Marsden has an affair with Marcella Duggan, but then finds himself having to operate on her husband Larry, who is also his friend...

Paper Mask

Paper Mask

1990

Novel, Screenplay

5.7
Writing

A lowly hospital orderly impersonates a recently deceased doctor and goes to work in the busy ER of a small hospital where he meets and befriends a nu...