Personal Info
Birth date
1972-10-05 (52 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Writing
Place of birth
Alexandria, Virginia, U.S.
Also known as
-Ehren Kruger
Biography
Ehren Kruger (born October 5, 1972) is an American film screenwriter and producer. He is best known for writing three of the five installments in the original Transformers film series: Revenge of the Fallen, Dark of the Moon, and Age of Extinction, in addition to the American version of The Ring and its sequel, The Ring Two and the American adaptation of Ghost in the Shell. For his work on Top Gun: Maverick, Kruger was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ehren Kruger, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
F1
7.6
Overview:
Racing legend Sonny Hayes is coaxed out of retirement to lead a struggling Formula 1 team—and mentor a young hotshot driver—while chasing one more chance at glory.Top Gun: Maverick
8.169
Overview:
After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell finds himself training a detachment of TOP GUN graduates for a specialized mission the likes of which no living pilot has ever seen.Transformers: Age of Extinction
5.949
Overview:
As humanity picks up the pieces after the battle of Chicago, a shadowy group reveals itself in an attempt to control the direction of history…while an ancient, powerful new menace sets Earth in its crosshairs. With help from Cade Yeager, Optimus Prime and the Autobots rise to meet their most fearsome challenge yet.Scream 4
6.466
Overview:
Ten years have passed, and Sidney Prescott has put herself back together thanks to her writing. However, her return to Woodsboro sparks the return of the Ghostface Killer.Ghost in the Shell
6.097
Overview:
In the near future, Major is the first of her kind: a human saved from a terrible crash, then cyber-enhanced to be a perfect soldier devoted to stopping the world's most dangerous criminals.Scream 3
5.993
Overview:
While Sidney Prescott and her friends visit the Hollywood set of Stab 3, the third film based on the Woodsboro murders, another Ghostface killer rises to terrorize them.The Ring
6.682
Overview:
Rachel Keller is a journalist investigating a videotape that may have killed four teenagers. There is an urban legend about this tape: the viewer will die seven days after watching it. Rachel tracks down the video... and watches it. Now she has just seven days to unravel the mystery of the Ring so she can save herself and her son.The Brothers Grimm
5.842
Overview:
Folklore collectors and con artists, Jake and Will Grimm, travel from village to village pretending to protect townsfolk from enchanted creatures and performing exorcisms. However, they are put to the test when they encounter a real magical curse in a haunted forest with real magical beings, requiring genuine courage.Dumbo
6.596
Overview:
A young elephant, whose oversized ears enable him to fly, helps save a struggling circus, but when the circus plans a new venture, Dumbo and his friends discover dark secrets beneath its shiny veneer.The Skeleton Key
6.625
Overview:
A hospice nurse working at a spooky New Orleans plantation home finds herself entangled in a mystery involving the house's dark past.Rings
4.995
Overview:
Julia becomes worried about her boyfriend Holt when he explores the dark urban legend of a mysterious videotape said to kill the watcher seven days after viewing. She sacrifices herself to save her boyfriend and in doing so makes a horrifying discovery: there is a "movie within the movie" that no one has ever seen before.Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
6.206
Overview:
Sam Witwicky leaves the Autobots behind for a normal life. But when his mind is filled with cryptic symbols, the Decepticons target him and he is dragged back into the Transformers' war.The Ring Two
5.742
Overview:
After the ordeal with Samara, Rachel and Aiden move to a rural town. But soon Rachel learns about the death of a girl in a similar fashion. To save Aiden, she must dig into Samara's past even further.Transformers: Dark of the Moon
6.217
Overview:
The Autobots continue to work for NEST, now no longer in secret. But after discovering a strange artifact during a mission in Chernobyl, it becomes apparent to Optimus Prime that the United States government has been less than forthright with them.Arlington Road
7.022
Overview:
Threats from sinister foreign nationals aren't the only thing to fear. Bedraggled college professor Michael Faraday has been vexed (and increasingly paranoid) since his wife's accidental death in a botched FBI operation. But all that takes a backseat when a seemingly all-American couple set up house next door.Dream House
6.193
Overview:
Publisher Will Atenton quits a lucrative job in New York to relocate his wife, Libby, and their daughters to a quaint town in New England. However, as they settle into their home the Atentons discover that a woman and her children were murdered there, and the surviving husband is the town's prime suspect. With help from a neighbor who was close to the murdered family, Will pieces together a horrifying chain of events.Blood and Chocolate
5.563
Overview:
A young teenage werewolf is torn between honoring her family's secret and her love for a man.Reindeer Games
5.7
Overview:
After assuming his dead cellmate's identity to get with his girlfriend, an ex-con finds himself the reluctant participant in a casino heist.Impostor
6.1
Overview:
A top-secret government weapons designer is arrested by a clandestine government organization on suspicion of being a clone created by the hostile alien race wanting to take over Earth.Ophelia
7.1
Overview:
Ophelia comes of age as lady-in-waiting for Queen Gertrude, and her singular spirit captures Hamlet's affections. As lust and betrayal threaten the kingdom, Ophelia finds herself trapped between true love and controlling her own destiny.Rings
5.761
Overview:
Some time after the events of The Ring, a subculture of people voluntarily watch Samara Morgan's video and wait to see how close to the seven-day deadline they can get before showing it to the next person. They record everything they see and share their experiences on a secret website dedicated to the videotape. No one has ever recorded a day seven.Evolution Within Extinction
7.667
Overview:
The definitive feature-length documentary on the creation of "Transformers: Age of Extinction".New World Disorder
3.5
Overview:
A gang of four eyed crooks led by Kurt Bishop are ripping off top dollar computer chips from a list of factories. The night they hit Dynaphase Systems, two dirty employees are staying late using company resources to develop their own plans for a security microchip worth millions of dollars. Psychopathic Bishop raids the Dynaphase facility and downloads the mainframe before the employees have a chance to completely erase their work from it. When Bishop discovers the value of the stolen, but partially erased information, he sets out after the rest of the chip design, letting nothing stand in his way.Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective
7.7
Overview:
A year in the making, Still Screaming is the definitive documentary on the making of the iconic Scream movies. Dive into the fascinating success story of the classic trilogy with on-set footage and photos, and dozens of brand new interviews with cast and crew from all the films including Wes Craven, Neve Campbell, Liev Schreiber, Henry Winkler, Matthew Lillard, Jamie Kennedy, Laurie Metcalf, Parker Posey, Scott Foley and many others. Written and Directed by Ryan Turek and Produced by Anthony Masi.Acting
2014Evolution Within Extinction as Self
2011Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective as Self
2009The Human Factor: Exacting Revenge of the Fallen as Self
1999Hidden Vulnerability: A Look Into the Making of 'Arlington Road' as Unknown
Writing
TBAUntitled Top Gun 3 ... Writer
2025F1 ... Screenplay, Story
2022Top Gun: Maverick ... Screenplay
2019Dumbo ... Screenplay
2017Ghost in the Shell ... Screenplay
2014Transformers: Age of Extinction ... Writer
2011Transformers: Dark of the Moon ... Writer
2009Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen ... Writer
2007Blood and Chocolate ... Screenplay
2005The Brothers Grimm ... Screenplay
2005The Skeleton Key ... Writer
2005The Ring Two ... Screenplay
2005Rings ... Writer
2002The Ring ... Screenplay
2001Impostor ... Screenplay
2000Reindeer Games ... Writer
2000Scream 3 ... Screenplay
1999New World Disorder ... Writer
1999Arlington Road ... Screenplay
Production
2019Ophelia ... Producer
2019Dumbo ... Producer
2017Rings ... Executive Producer
2011Dream House ... Producer
2011Scream 4 ... Executive Producer
2007Blood and Chocolate ... Executive Producer