Alan B. McElroy
- Writer
- Producer
- Actor
Alan McElroy was born in Cleveland, Ohio, attended Hawken School in
Gates Mills, Ohio, and planned on becoming a novelist while majoring in
psychology at Boston University, at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio
and at Miami's European campus in Luxembourg. Shortly after graduation
and marriage he taught himself to write his first screenplay from an
article in Writer's Digest magazine. McElroy then moved to Los Angeles
with his wife, Kymm, and one script in hand, and was picked as one of
thirty individuals to join the Columbia Pictures Writing Program. From
that experience he acquired an agent and began writing full-time.
McElroy made his directorial debut with "Under the Car" for the
Discovery Program. Alan McElroy has a daughter, Ashleigh, son, Matt,
and daughter Mackenzie. His wife, Kymm is an artist and
homemaker.
