Darren Lemke
# Darren Lemke

Darren Lemke (born 1969 or 1970) is an American screenwriter who has been active in the film industry since the late 1990s. His first major screenwriting credit was for Shrek Forever After (2010), which he wrote with Josh Klausner. Lemke directed the thriller film Lost (2004), which he also wrote.

## Background

Lemke was born in 1969 or 1970. Raised in Carlstadt, New Jersey, he went to Paramus Catholic High School in Paramus, New Jersey. After high school, he attended the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan, New York to study screenwriting. In 1997, he sold two pitches to Touchstone Pictures for Tony Scott to direct; one of the pitches became Gemini Man, which was released in 2019. In 2005, Lemke pitched the idea of adapting the English fairy tale "Jack and the Beanstalk" with computer-generated imagery. By 2013, Jack the Giant Slayer was directed by Bryan Singer.

Lemke is one of six executive producers for the 2021 TV series The Wheel of Time.

## Credits

Lemke's credits :

| Year | Title | Medium | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2004 | Lost | Film | Wrote, also directed |
| 2010 | Shrek Forever After | Film | Writing credit with Josh Klausner |
| 2013 | Jack the Giant Slayer | Film | Story credit with David Dobkin; screenplay credit with Christopher McQuarrie and Dan Studney |
| 2013 | Turbo | Film | Screenplay credit with Robert D. Siegel and David Soren; story credit for Soren |
| 2015 | Goosebumps | Film | Screenplay credit; story credits for Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski |
| 2018 | Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween | Film | Story credit with Rob Lieber; screenplay credit for Lieber |
| 2019 | The Parts You Lose | Film | Writing credit |
| 2019 | Shazam! | Film | Story credit with Henry Gayden; screenplay credit for Gayden |
| 2019 | Gemini Man | Film | Story credit with David Benioff; screenplay credit with Benioff and Billy Ray |
| 2021 | The Wheel of Time | Television | Executive producer; 8 episodes |
