Gregory Poirier

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gregory Stephen Poirier (born 19 May 1961) is an American screenwriter, director, and producer. Poirier was born in Kula, Maui, Hawaii. He attended the Maui Academy of Performing Arts. Poirier wrote the screenplay for the John Singleton film Rosewood (1997), for which he won the Writers Guild of America's Paul Selvin Award. He also wrote the screenplay for the comedy See Spot Run, and wrote and directed the comedy Tomcats (2001). He also wrote The Lion King II: Simba's Pride, A Sound Of Thunder, Gossip, and National Treasure: Book of Secrets. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gregory Poirier, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Works

Knox Goes Away

A contract killer, after being diagnosed with a fast-moving form of dementia, is presented with the opportunity to redeem himself by saving the life of his estranged adult son. But to do so, he must race against the police closing in on him as well as the ticking clock of his own rapidly deteriorating mind.

Release Date:2024-03-15

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:337

Baba Yaga

In a fairytale kingdom, in a small hut on a marsh, lives a ginger-haired witch Yaga along with her inventor cat and merry house elves. Yaga is trying to get better at magic, but in order to cast spells like a pro she needs her Book of Spells, stolen many years ago by the evil sorceress Belladonna. One day, an unexpected visit from Princess Sapphire offers Yaga a chance to get even with her sworn enemy. The outcome will prove the true power of genuine magic, and decide who the real villain is.

Release Date:2023-04-27

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:11

Awake

After a sudden global event wipes out all electronics and takes away humankind’s ability to sleep, chaos quickly begins to consume the world. Only Jill, an ex-soldier with a troubled past, may hold the key to a cure in the form of her own daughter. The question is, can Jill safely deliver her daughter and save the world before she herself loses her mind.

Release Date:2021-06-09

Department:Writing

Job:Story

Vote Count:1079

Baba Yaga. Beginning

What made the little sorceress Jadwiga turn into the hermit Yaga and hide in a hut on chicken legs in a swamp? What will happen when Princess Sineglazka accidentally gets to Yaga in the swamp, whom the evil stepmother-sorceress forces to go to the ends of the world for rejuvenating apples? And who will force Yaga to help people again? Baba Yaga is a colorful and exciting adventure in which the strength of friendship and faith in goodness overcome evil, betrayal and loneliness.

Release Date:2018-11-08

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:1

Savva. Heart of the Warrior

A fairytale about a grand life journey of a 10-year old boy Savva devoted to help his Mom and fellow village people to break free from the vicious hyenas.

Release Date:2015-11-12

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:45

Missing

Becca Winstone learns that her son, Michael, disappears while studying abroad, and it's a race against time when she travels to Europe to track him down. A surprising turn of events reveals just how far one mother will go to protect her family. Exotic locations and thrilling twists will keep you riveted in "Missing."

Release Date:2012-03-15

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:82

The Spy Next Door

Former CIA spy Bob Ho takes on his toughest assignment to date: looking after his girlfriend's three kids, who haven't exactly warmed to their mom's beau. And when one of the youngsters accidentally downloads a top-secret formula, Bob's longtime nemesis, a Russian terrorist, pays a visit to the family.

Release Date:2010-01-15

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:1311

National Treasure: Book of Secrets

Benjamin Franklin Gates and Abigail Chase re-team with Riley Poole and, now armed with a stack of long-lost pages from John Wilkes Booth's diary, Ben must follow a clue left there to prove his ancestor's innocence in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

Release Date:2007-12-13

Department:Writing

Job:Story

Vote Count:5197

A Sound of Thunder

When a hunter sent back to the prehistoric era runs off the path he must not leave, he causes a chain reaction that alters history in disastrous ways.

Release Date:2005-05-15

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:393

Tomcats

College buddies chip in and promise that the group's last unmarried man will collect a cash pot. Seven years later, the kitty is worth $500,000 -- money Michael needs to pay a gambling debt. Problem is, the only other single guy is a hopeless womanizer!

Release Date:2001-03-30

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:257

See Spot Run

A drug sniffing agent canine is a target for an assassin boss so the FBI calls Witness Protection to send him somewhere else. Meanwhile a single Mom puts her 6 year old boy James in the care of her irresponsible, mailman, neighbor, Gordon, when the babysitter bails on her. Meanwhile, an assassin mob boss hires 2 goons to kill Agent 11. But when 11 escapes from the van when they tried to kill him, he hides in Gordon's Mailtruck that James is in too. And guess what they name him. Spot.

Release Date:2001-03-02

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:227

Gossip

For a class project, three college students decide to invent an unfounded rumor about the most popular girl on campus. But as the rumor spreads, it begins to spiral out of control.

Release Date:2000-04-21

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:244

The Lion King II: Simba's Pride

The circle of life continues for Simba, now fully grown and in his rightful place as the king of Pride Rock. Simba and Nala have given birth to a daughter, Kiara who's as rebellious as her father was. But Kiara drives her parents to distraction when she catches the eye of Kovu, the son of the evil lioness, Zira. Will Kovu steal Kiara's heart?

Release Date:1998-10-24

Department:Crew

Job:Additional Writing

Vote Count:4437

Rosewood

Spurred by a white woman's lie, vigilantes destroy a black Florida town and slay inhabitants in 1923.

Release Date:1997-02-21

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:105

The Stranger

In this modern retelling of High Plains Drifter, a female biker rides into a desert town to seek revenge on "Angel" and his ruthless gang.

Release Date:1995-03-10

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:12

Wild Malibu Weekend!

National beauties compete in a TV game show.

Release Date:1992-01-01

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:4

Danger Zone 4: Mad Girls, Bad Girls

Jason Williams (Flesh Gordon) again plays Wade Olson the Harley riding renegade cop. this time Olson finds himself deep in the Danger Zone when seven angry women kidnap him and take him into the desert away from the law. Sex is their weapon revenge is their motive Mad Girls Bad Girls join them for a wild ride into the Danger Zone.

Release Date:1992-01-01

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:2

On Fire

After a horrific accident that left his body scarred, a young boy strives to live and show everyone what is possible, with the help of his family, his faith and the entire city of St. Louis.

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay