Rebecca Swan

Rebecca Swan (born January 19, 1970) is an American filmmaker and screenwriter known for working in the horror genre.

Rebecca Swan
Born (1970-01-19) January 19, 1970
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Screenwriter, filmmaker

Biography

Rebecca Swan (previously Scott Swan) was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1970. She is the first transgender screenwriter of a produced theatrical horror movie.[1] She is the co-screenwriter of director John Carpenter's two Masters of Horror episodes: Cigarette Burns and Pro-Life. These episodes were produced as part of the Masters series for Showtime. [2] When the anthology series moved to NBC in 2008, she cowrote "Skin & Bones", an episode for the retitled show Fear Itself. [3]

Swan's most recent work is the 2018 horror movie Extremity. Shot in the City of Edmonton in Alberta, Canada in 2017, Swan co-wrote the screenplay, served as associate producer and second unit director, and also appears in the movie briefly.[4]

Filmography as writer

Theatre as writer
  • Sticks & Stones (1994)
  • Broken Bones (1995)

References
  1. "Interview: Writer Rebecca Swan for EXTREMITY". 18 October 2018.
  2. "Masters of Horror". IMDb. 28 October 2005.
  3. "Skin and Bones". IMDb. 31 July 2008.
  4. "CINEMA IN EXTREMIS: Writers David Bond & Scott Swan Are Changing the Rules of Horror", Blumhouse.com, retrieved 2017-03-24


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