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Shauna Cross

Screenwriter / Writer | Austin (United States of America (USA))
Shauna Cross is an American author, screenwriter, and former roller derby athlete. She skated for the Los Angeles Derby Dolls under the pseudonym "Maggie Mayhem" and subsequently wrote the 2007 novel Derby Girl, a fictionalized version of her experiences in the TXRD Lonestar Rollergirls league. In 2009, she wrote a film adaption of the novel, Whip It, which was directed by Drew Barrymore and released in 2009. She was named one of Variety's 10 Screenwriters to Watch in 2008. ()

Shauna Cross is the author of Derby Girl, named an American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults and Quick Pick for Young Adults, a YALSA Best Book for Young Adults, and a New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age. It is now a major motion picture, Whip It, directed by Drew Barrymore. Cross is a screenwriter and a member of the Los Angeles Derby Dolls roller derby league. She skates under the name “Maggie Mayhem.” She grew up in Austin, Texas, and now lives in Los Angeles.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Crime

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Mia Hall, a talented young cellist, thought the most difficult decision she would ever have to make would be whether to pursue her musical dreams at prestigious Juilliard or follow her heart to be wit ...

If I Stay

PG-13

2014 | 3.7/5 | 1h 46min
Drama
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Fueled by cheap whiskey, greed and hatred, Willie Soke teams up with his angry little sidekick, Marcus, to knock off a Chicago charity on Christmas Eve. Along for the ride is chubby and cheery Thurman ...

Bad Santa 2

R

2016 | 2.7/5 | 1h 32min
Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
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Challenges of impending parenthood turn the lives of five couples upside down. Two celebrities are unprepared for the surprise demands of pregnancy; hormones wreak havoc on a baby-crazy author, while ...

What to Expect When You're Expecting

PG-13

2012 | 3.0/5 | 1h 50min
Romance / Love, Comedy, Drama
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In Bodeen, Texas, Land Of The Dragon, an indie-rock loving misfit finds a way of dealing with her small-town misery after she discovers a roller derby league in nearby Austin. ...

Whip It

PG-13

2009 | 3.4/5 | 1h 51min
Drama
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Movies with Shauna Cross as Crew(5)

Writing/Writer2016 Bad Santa 2
Writing/Screenplay2014 If I Stay
Writing/Screenplay2012 What to Expect When You're Expecting
Writing/Screenplay2009 Whip It
Writing/Writer2007 Taking 5

Full Name: Shauna Cross
Born in: Austin (United States of America (USA))
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: University of Texas at Austin
Other names for Shauna Cross (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Maggie Mayhem" (Pseudonym)
Shauna Cross frequently works together with these people:
Drew Barrymore (3x, Actress)
Heidi Murkoff (3x, Crew)
David Thwaites (3x, Crew)
Mark Waters (2x, Crew)
Gayle Forman (2x, Crew)
Andrew Laws (2x, Crew)
Mark Mothersbaugh (2x, Crew)
David McKeown (2x, Crew)
Lisa Rodgers (2x, Crew)
Jason Cavalier (2x, Actor)
Karen Patch (2x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:197227, Added: 07/21/2018, Last updated: 04/22/2024