Alex Lasker

After graduating from UCLA Film School I became a screenwriter for the next 30+ years, living in Venice, then in Marina del Rey where I happily raised a wonderful, complicated family. I wrote films that starred such actors as Clint Eastwood, Bruce Willis and Patricia Arquette, among others. As insiders know, screenwriters are generally well-paid but have no control over their material, and watch helplessly as their projects are changed to meet a director's or actor's whims, rarely for the better. So, I got out of films and began writing novels. It sure is a better life as an artist.