Jere Cunningham

Jere Cunningham
Jere Cunningham
Born	Jere Pearson Cunningham Jr.; December 22, 1943; Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Died	January 23, 2018 (aged 74); Shoals, North Carolina
Occupation(s)	Author, Screenwriter

Jere Cunningham (born Jere Pearson Cunningham Jr.; 20 December 1943 – 23 January 2018) was an American novelist and screenwriter.^[1]^[2]

Works

The Face (1981) - Modern Masters of Horror (1981).
The Red-Eyed Thing (1982) - Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine, September 1982.
Fire (1984) - Omni, April 1984.
The Pool of Manhead Song (1984) - Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, June 1984.
Decoys (1984) - Shadows 7 (1984).

Hunter's Blood (1986) - Based on Cunningham's novel.
The Last of the Finest (1990) - Co-Wrote Screenplay with Thomas Lee Wright and George Armitage.
Judgment Night (1993) - Co-Wrote Story with Lewis Colick.
Boss of Bosses (2001) - Based on the book by Joseph F. O'Brien and Andris Kurins.
The Big Heist (2001) - Co-Wrote Screenplay with Gary Hoffman. Based on the book by Ernest Volkman and John Cummings.
Second String (2002) - Co-Wrote Story with Tom Flynn.

Year	Title	Description	Ref.
1989	Flamingo	A script about the relationship between Bugsy Siegel and his mistress, Virginia Hill that would’ve been produced by Joel Silver and 20th Century Fox.	^[3]
1989	Centurion	An original script, described as a "Predator"-like action tale where elite army robots hunt down a special forces squad, that Cunningham would’ve directed for New Line Cinema.	^[4]
1993	Crockett and Bowie	A script co-written with Crash Leland about Davy Crockett’s life and relationship with Jim Bowie, the script was to be produced by Warner Bros. Pictures and Interscope Communications.	^[5]
1998	Rockwood	A military-political drama based on the real-life story of Lawrence Rockwood. It was to have been produced by Brian Grazer for Imagine Entertainment and Universal Pictures, and would’ve been directed by Lee Tamahori.	^[6]