Michael France

Michael France January 4 1962April 12 2013 was an American screenwriter He is best remembered for writing the screenplays for Cliffhanger 1993 the James Bond film GoldenEye 1995 and the comic book films Hulk 2003 The Punisher 2004 and Fantastic Four 2005 France was born in St Petersburg Florida As a kid he loved comics and movies which may have inspired him to write He attended the University of Florida in the early 1980s working as a projectionist at a small movie theatre in Gainesville and participating in its programming He earned a graduate degree from the film school at Columbia University in New York City France moved to Los Angeles California where he sold the script for Cliffhanger He later wrote the scripts for GoldenEye Hulk The Punisher and Fantastic Four He also did some uncredited work on The World Is Not Enough France bought the historic Beach Theatre in St Petersburg Florida built in 1939 the theatre is known for its screening of independent and foreign films France lived in St Pete Beach Florida with his wife Elizabeth and their three children Annabelle and Carolynn twins age 10 at the time and Thomas age 15 He died on April 12 2013 after complications resulting from diabetes He was 51 years old Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael France licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia