Erin Cressida Wilson

Personal Info

Known For Writer

Gender Female

Birthday 1964-02-12 (61 years old)

Place of Birth San Francisco, California, USA

Erin Cressida Wilson

Biography

Erin Cressida Wilson (born February 12, 1964) is an American playwright, screenwriter, professor, and author. Wilson is known for the 2002 film Secretary, which she adapted from a short story by Mary Gaitskill. It won her the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay and received critical acclaim. She also wrote the screenplays for the 2006 film Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus, starring Nicole Kidman; for the 2009 erotic thriller Chloe, directed by Atom Egoyan (remake of the 2003 French film Nathalie...); for the 2014 drama Men, Women & Children, co-written with its director Jason Reitman (from the novel by Chad Kultgen); and the 2016 mystery thriller The Girl on the Train, from the Paula Hawkins novel of the same name. The latter is her highest-grossing film to date. She was also a writer-producer on the HBO series Vinyl. Wilson has also authored dozens of plays and short works. She has taught at Duke University, Brown University, and the University of California, Santa Barbara. Description above from the Wikipedia article Erin Cressida Wilson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Writer

Cheshire Crossing

as Screenplay

Invisible Woman

as Writer

2025
Snow White

as Screenplay

2016
The Girl on the Train

as Screenplay

2014
Men, Women & Children

as Screenplay

2013
Walking Stories

as Writer

2010
Chloe

as Screenplay

2002
Secretary

as Screenplay

2002
Secretary

as Story Developer

Actor

2002
Secretary

as Sitting In Mr. Grey's Waiting Room (uncredited)

2000
1991
Darrow

as Jessie Darrow

Crew

2013
Stoker

as Additional Writing

Producer

2010
Chloe

as Associate Producer