Writer Don Payne, who began his writing career on TV in the mid-nineties with episodes of Hope and Gloria, Can’t Hurry Love, Men Behaving Badly, Veronica’s Closet and The Brian Benben Show before becoming writer, producer, supervising producer, co-executive producer and consulting producer of The Simpsons, has passed at 48, losing his long battle with bone cancer. The Simpsons’ showrunner Al Jean stated: “Don was a wonderful writer and an even more wonderful man. He was beloved in the ‘Simpsons’ community and his untimely passing is terrible news to us all.” Payne either wrote or co-wrote 18 episodes of the long-running Fox series beginning in 2000. He segued into screenwriting in 2006 with My Super Ex-Girlfriend, followed by Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Thor, Maximum Ride and this fall’s Thor: The Dark World. In 2006, he told the website Cinematical that “I’ve always wanted to write features. That’s...
- 3/29/2013
- by spaced-odyssey
- doorQ.com
Award-winning writer and producer Don Payne died at home Tuesday, at age 48, according to the La Times. Payne had been suffering from bone cancer, says John Frink, a friend and former writing partner.
A Wilmington, N.C. native, Payne graduated from UCLA with a master's degree in screenwriting. He had intended to work in the movie industry, but Frink was interested in television. Happy with finding work in any medium, the pair got their first writing job on the 1995 sitcom "Hope & Gloria."
They continued finding work in sitcoms, including "Men Behaving Badly," "Veronica's Closet," and "The Brian Benben Show," before they joined the writing staff at "The Simpsons" in 1998. With the show, he won four Emmy Awards.
Payne was able to eventually make the jump to writing for film with 2006's "My Super Ex-Girlfriend." He followed that movie by writing the screenplay for "Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer.
A Wilmington, N.C. native, Payne graduated from UCLA with a master's degree in screenwriting. He had intended to work in the movie industry, but Frink was interested in television. Happy with finding work in any medium, the pair got their first writing job on the 1995 sitcom "Hope & Gloria."
They continued finding work in sitcoms, including "Men Behaving Badly," "Veronica's Closet," and "The Brian Benben Show," before they joined the writing staff at "The Simpsons" in 1998. With the show, he won four Emmy Awards.
Payne was able to eventually make the jump to writing for film with 2006's "My Super Ex-Girlfriend." He followed that movie by writing the screenplay for "Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer.
- 3/28/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Screenwriter Don Payne has died, it has been announced.
Payne is best known for writing several episodes of The Simpsons and co-writing the screenplay to Thor and its upcoming sequel Thor: The Dark World.
Details of his death have yet to be released.
Thor stars Kat Dennings and Jaimie Alexander tweeted about Payne's death today (March 27).
Don Payne won four Emmy Awards for his work on The Simpsons. He wrote 16 episodes of the Fox animation, serving as a consulting producer for 100 episodes.
He also wrote the screenplays for Uma Thurman comedy My Super Ex-Girlfriend, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer and the upcoming Maximum Ride.
Payne had worked on several TV sitcoms in the 1990s, including Hope & Gloria, Pride & Joy, Can't Hurry Love, Men Behaving Badly, Veronica's Closet and The Brian Benben Show.
For many years, he worked with fellow screenwriter John Frink.
Dennings described Payne as "a wonderful,...
Payne is best known for writing several episodes of The Simpsons and co-writing the screenplay to Thor and its upcoming sequel Thor: The Dark World.
Details of his death have yet to be released.
Thor stars Kat Dennings and Jaimie Alexander tweeted about Payne's death today (March 27).
Don Payne won four Emmy Awards for his work on The Simpsons. He wrote 16 episodes of the Fox animation, serving as a consulting producer for 100 episodes.
He also wrote the screenplays for Uma Thurman comedy My Super Ex-Girlfriend, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer and the upcoming Maximum Ride.
Payne had worked on several TV sitcoms in the 1990s, including Hope & Gloria, Pride & Joy, Can't Hurry Love, Men Behaving Badly, Veronica's Closet and The Brian Benben Show.
For many years, he worked with fellow screenwriter John Frink.
Dennings described Payne as "a wonderful,...
- 3/27/2013
- Digital Spy
Don Payne, whose screenwriting credits include 2011′s Thor, Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer and My Super Ex-Girlfriend, and who was an award-winning writer/producer on The Simpsons, has died. He had been battling cancer. Payne started out in TV, hooking up with writing partner John Frink before graduating with a screenwriting master’s from UCLA. They penned episodes for such series as Hope & Gloria, The Brian Benben Show and Veronica’s Closet. Payne and Frink eventually joined The Simpsons, sharing in four Emmys for Outstanding Animated Program. In 2005, Payne received the WGA’s Paul Selvin Award for penning the Simpsons episode “Fraudcast News”, which skewered the TV news business. Another Simpsons episode — co-written as was the usual case with Frink — was “The Bart Wants What It Wants,” was nominated for a WGA Award for animation in 2003. Among his projects in the works, Payne, who described himself in a...
- 3/27/2013
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
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