Wayne Kramer

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Wayne Kramer born 1965 is a South African screenwriter film producer storyboard artist and film director Kramer has written and directed films such as The Cooler Crossing Over Blazeland and Running Scared He also wrote the screenplay for the film Mindhunters but the final script was heavily rewritten by others and bore little resemblance to Kramers original work He was also one of the filmmakers interviewed for the Kirby Dick documentary This Film is Not Yet Rated in which he discusses the apparent absurdity of the fact The Cooler was given an NC17 certificate by the MPAA simply due to a few seconds long shot of its lead actress pubic hair In 2007 Kramer directed Crossing Over a Trafficlike ensemble drama about immigration in Los Angeles that incorporated the storyline from Kramers 1995 short film of the same name Kramers first feature The Cooler was selected for competition in the 2003 Sundance Film Festival Kramer was nominated for a 2004 Golden Satellite Award and a 2004 Edgar Allan Poe Award along with Frank Hannah for his screenplay to The Cooler which also received a 2003 Special Mention For Excellence in Filmmaking from the National Board of Review Description above from the Wikipedia article Wayne Kramer licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia