Jonathan Hales

Jonathan Hales
Jonathan Hales
Born	10 May 1937 (age 87); England
Nationality	British
Occupation(s)	playwright and screenwriter
Years active	1970–present

Jonathan Hales (born 10 May 1937) is a British playwright and screenwriter. He is noted for his work with George Lucas, including The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles television series and Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones.

Career

Hales has worked extensively in the theatre (both as actor and stage director), film and television.^[1] He began his screenwriting career in 1970, with the British television series Manhunt. Hales has written for the American series Dallas, as well as many iterations — series and DVD releases — of George Lucas's The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones.

In 1977 he directed the stage play Mecca by E. A. Whitehead at the Open Space Theatre, London.^[2]

Hales wrote the 1980 Agatha Christie film The Mirror Crack'd. He is credited with the story for the 2002 prequel to The Mummy, The Scorpion King, and is co-author (with George Lucas) of the screenplay for 2002's Star Wars film Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones.

Writing the middle film in the Star Wars prequel trilogy, Lucas and Hales continued to refine their script as production began. The production draft was completed less than a week before commencement of principal photography. Hales worked with Lucas as costumes were designed and sets were constructed. “At that stage, Attack of the Clones felt like a ‘virtual film’ because we got the script only three days before we started shooting,” recalls producer Rick McCallum. “We had to build these sets to a script that didn’t exist.”^[3]

Screenwriting filmography

Film


Year	Name	Director	Notes
1980	The Mirror Crack'd	Guy Hamilton
1981	Loophole	John Quested	Also in role ''Driver''
1983	High Road to China	Brian G. Hutton	Uncredited
2002	The Scorpion King	Chuck Russell	Story only
2002	Star Wars Episode II - Attack of the Clones	George Lucas	Story written by George Lucas Screenplay co-written with George Lucas

Television


Year	Name	Episode(s)	Director	Notes
1970	Manhunt	Open House	Bill Bain
		A Different Kind of War	Rex Firkin
		The Enemy You Know	Bill Bain
		One Way Home	Bill Bain
		Intent to Steal	Robert Tronson
1971	The Guardians	The Nature of the Beast	Mike Newell	Also in role ''First Man''
1971	The Guardians	The Killing Trade	Derek Bailey
1972	Villains	Smudger	Jim Goddard
1973	Centre Play	Places Where They Sing	Bill Hays	Co-written with Simon Raven
1973	Armchair Theatre	Brussels Sprouts-Boy Scouts	Jim Goddard
1979	Kids	Brenda	John Frankau
1981	Armchair Thriller	The Chelsea Murders	Derek Bennett
1983	Partners in Crime	The House of Lurking Death	Christopher Hodson
1984		The Sunningdale Mystery	Tony Wharmby
1984		The Case of the Missing Lady	Paul Annett
1985	Dempsey and Makepeace	Given to Acts of Violence	William Brayne
1985	Dempsey and Makepeace	Hors de Combat	Christian Marnham
1988	Dallas	The Call of the Wild	Michael Preece
1991	Van der Valk	Doctor Hoffmann's Children	Anthony Simmons
1992	The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles	Young Indiana Jones and the Curse of the Jackal	Jim O'Brien & Carl Schultz	Story written by George Lucas
1993		Young Indiana Jones and the Scandal of 1920	Syd Macartney
		Northern Italy, June 1918	Bille August
		Ireland, April 1916	Gillies MacKinnon
		Paris, May 1919	David Hare
1994		Young Indiana Jones and the Hollywood Follies	Michael Schultz
1994	Grand Nord	Bari	Arnaud Sélignac
1995	Grand Nord	Kazan	Arnaud Sélignac
1996	The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles	Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father	Michael Schultz
1999	The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones	Tales of Innocence		New segment Morocco, November 1917
2001	The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones	Winds of Change		Additional scenes Princeton, 1919

References

^ Chernoff, Scott. Wilkins, Jonathan (ed.). "Jonathan Hales Inside the Screenplay". Star Wars Magazine. Vol. 8.
^ Morley-Priestman, Anne (21 July 1977). "Mecca". The Stage.
^ Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones : Production Notes Archived 2018-06-18 at the Wayback Machine www.culture.com, Author : ©2002 Lucasfilm Ltd., accessed 28 August 2022

External links

Jonathan Hales at IMDb
Star Wars Episode II, Official Production Notes Archived 2018-06-18 at the Wayback Machine www.culture.com, Author : ©2002 Lucasfilm Ltd.
"Jonathan Hales joins Episode II Development", archived from Starwars.com

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[1] Chernoff, Scott. Wilkins, Jonathan (ed.). "Jonathan Hales Inside the Screenplay". Star Wars Magazine. Vol. 8.

[2] Morley-Priestman, Anne (21 July 1977). "Mecca". The Stage.

[3] Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones : Production Notes Archived 2018-06-18 at the Wayback Machine www.culture.com, Author : ©2002 Lucasfilm Ltd., accessed 28 August 2022

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