Hawk Ostby

Hawk Ostby is a screenwriter, working alongside his writing partner, Mark Fergus. They are best known for their work on Children of Men (for which they were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay) and Iron Man. Their other work includes First Snow, which was also directed by Fergus, and Cowboys & Aliens. They are the creators and executive producers of the TV series The Expanse, which debuted on Syfy in December 2015 and ended its six-season run on Amazon Prime Video on January 14, 2022. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Works

I Am 'Iron Man'

A seven-part "making-of" documentary covering pre-production topics like suit design and construction, storyboards, animatics, and pre-viz, sets, working in the suit, casting, rehearsals, and preparation, and the start of the shoot. From there we look at performances, locations and production design, stunts, hardware and practical effects, and various sequence specifics. Finally, the program goes through post-production at Skywalker Ranch, the titles and a few visual elements, and wrapping up the flick.

Release Date2008-10-01

Charactersd Self

The Expanse
8.1

The Expanse

A thriller set two hundred years in the future following the case of a missing young woman who brings a hardened detective and a rogue ship's captain together in a race across the solar system to expose the greatest conspiracy in human history.

Release Date2015-12-14

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count15

Vote Count2765

7.7

Iron Man

After being held captive in an Afghan cave, billionaire engineer Tony Stark creates a unique weaponized suit of armor to fight evil.

Release Date2008-04-30

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count27934

7.6

Children of Men

In 2027, in a chaotic world in which humans can no longer procreate, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea, where her child's birth may help scientists save the future of humankind.

Release Date2006-09-22

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count7764

5.6

Cowboys & Aliens

A stranger stumbles into the desert town of Absolution with no memory of his past and a futuristic shackle around his wrist. With the help of mysterious beauty Ella and the iron-fisted Colonel Dolarhyde, he finds himself leading an unlikely posse of cowboys, outlaws, and Apache warriors against a common enemy from beyond this world in an epic showdown for survival.

Release Date2011-07-29

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count5357

6.1

First Snow

A psychic's ominous reading sends a man into a tailspin.

Release Date2006-05-05

DepartmentWriting

JobAuthor

Vote Count174

6.5

The Last Vermeer

A soldier and member of the Dutch resistance investigates stolen art in the wake of the Second World War, including a Vermeer sold to the Nazis by a flamboyant forger.

Release Date2019-09-11

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count137

4.8

Consequence

A man does an identity switch to collect insurance money but finds himself in danger.

Release Date2003-07-11

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count10

Stealth

A film adaptation of the superhero crime fighter comic.

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Untitled Shadow Tiger Film

An upcoming film adaptation of Sharad Devarajan‘s comic book.

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter