# Josh Klausner > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Josh_Klausner > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Josh_Klausner.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Klausner > Source revision: 1349291696 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|American screenwriter}} {{Use American English|date=April 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox writer | name = Josh Klausner | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | nationality = | other_names = | known_for = | education =[Princeton University](/source/Princeton_University) | employer = | occupation = Screenwriter | title = | salary = | networth = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | boards = | religion = | spouse =[Hyatt Bass](/source/Hyatt_Bass) | children =2 sons | parents = | relatives =[Sid Bass](/source/Sid_Bass) (father-in-law)
[Anne Hendricks Bass](/source/Anne_Hendricks_Bass) (mother-in-law) | box_width = }} '''Josh Klausner''' is an American screenwriter who wrote ''[Date Night](/source/Date_Night)'' (2010) and ''[Shrek Forever After](/source/Shrek_Forever_After)'' (2010). ==Biography== ===Early life=== Josh Klausner graduated from [Princeton University](/source/Princeton_University) in [Princeton, New Jersey](/source/Princeton%2C_New_Jersey).{{cite web|url=http://www.mymovies.it/biografia/?r=31137|title=Josh Klausner - MYmovies|first=Mo-Net s.r.l.|last=Milano-Firenze|website=www.mymovies.it}}{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oiFbAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA2-PA59|title=Princeton Alumni Weekly|volume=92| page=59|date=23 August 1991|publisher=princeton alumni weekly|via=Google Books}} After college, he won a Sundance Student Academy Award for a short film he had made.{{Cite web |last=Klausner |first=Josh |date=2017-10-06 |title=How an Independent Filmmaker Went From Being the Farrelly Brothers’ Assistant to Making the Movies That Studios Wouldn’t |url=https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/josh-klausner-wanderland-hamptons-film-festival-1201884614/ |access-date=2024-05-16 |website=IndieWire |language=en-US}} ===Career=== He started his career in the movie industry as an assistant for ''[Dumb & Dumber](/source/Dumb_%26_Dumber)'' in 1994.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0458441/|title=Josh Klausner|website=IMDb}} He then worked as the second unit director for ''[Kingpin](/source/Kingpin_(1996_film))'' in 1996, ''[There’s Something About Mary](/source/There%E2%80%99s_Something_About_Mary)'' in 1998, ''[Me, Myself & Irene](/source/Me%2C_Myself_%26_Irene)'' in 2000, and ''[Shallow Hal](/source/Shallow_Hal)'' in 2001.Stuart Miller, [https://variety.com/2010/digital/news/josh-klausner-learned-about-laughs-on-the-set-1118028111/ Josh Klausner: Learned about laughs on the set], ''[Variety](/source/Variety_(magazine))'', December 3, 2010 He was the screenwriter of ''[The 4th Floor](/source/The_4th_Floor_(1999_film))'' (1999), ''[Date Night](/source/Date_Night)'' (2010), and ''[Shrek Forever After](/source/Shrek_Forever_After)'' (2010). In 2018, he was replaced by Jon Croker in the screenwriting of the animated film adaptation of ''[High in the Clouds](/source/High_in_the_Clouds)''.{{Cite web |last=Koller |first=Cameron |date=2018-01-10 |title=Paul McCartney Taps New Writer for Animated Movie |url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/2018/01/paul-mccartney-taps-new-writer-for-animated-movie/ |access-date=2024-05-16 |website=www.animationmagazine.net}} ===Personal life=== He is married to [Hyatt Bass](/source/Hyatt_Bass), a novelist and Texas oil heiress. They have two sons. They reside in a 12,000 square-foot house on [Greenwich Street](/source/Greenwich_Street) in the [West Village](/source/West_Village), Manhattan, New York City. The house, a former film studio, was redesigned by architect [Annabelle Selldorf](/source/Annabelle_Selldorf) for them.{{Cite news |last=Satow |first=Julie |date=2013-10-24 |title=Palaces-in-the-Making |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/27/realestate/palaces-in-the-making.html |access-date=2024-05-16 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} The house, described as "a fortress", was sold for $42.5 million in 2014, "one of most expensive single-family houses to ever sell in Manhattan".{{Cite web |last=Budin |first=Jeremiah |date=2014-09-15 |title=West Village's Impenetrable Fortress Mansion Sells for $42.5M |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2014/9/15/10046950/west-villages-impenetrable-fortress-mansion-sells-for-42-5m |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160530004615/http://ny.curbed.com/2014/9/15/10046950/west-villages-impenetrable-fortress-mansion-sells-for-42-5m |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 30, 2016 |access-date=2024-05-16 |website=Curbed NY |language=en}} ==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" ! Year ! Title ! Director ! Writer |- | 2000 | ''[The 4th Floor](/source/The_4th_Floor_(1999_film))'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |- | 2007 | ''[Shrek the Third](/source/Shrek_the_Third)'' | {{no}} | {{partial|Additional}} |- | rowspan=2|2010 | ''[Date Night](/source/Date_Night_(film))'' | {{no}} | {{yes}} |- | ''[Shrek Forever After](/source/Shrek_Forever_After)'' | {{no}} | {{yes}} |- | 2018 | ''[Wanderland](/source/Wanderland_(film))'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |- | TBA | ''(Saint) Peter'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |} '''Production assistant''' * ''[Dumb & Dumber](/source/Dumb_%26_Dumber)'' (1994) '''Second unit director''' * ''[Kingpin](/source/Kingpin_(1996_film))'' (1996) * ''[There's Something About Mary](/source/There's_Something_About_Mary)'' (1998) * ''[Me, Myself & Irene](/source/Me%2C_Myself_%26_Irene)'' (2000) * ''[Shallow Hal](/source/Shallow_Hal)'' (2001) ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *{{IMDb name|0458441}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Klausner, Josh}} Category:American male screenwriters Category:Living people Category:People from Greenwich Village Category:Writers from Manhattan Category:Princeton University alumni Category:Screenwriters from New York (state) Category:Year of birth missing (living people) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Josh Klausner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Klausner) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Klausner?action=history)). 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