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Raised in Shakespeare’s birthplace, Stratford Upon Avon, it was inevitable that Ms. Bourne would have an innate appreciation for the written word. But it was her love for movies—especially the classics from the golden era of Hollywood—that would inspire her to venture to the new world and that strangest of all places, Los Angeles. Intending only to stay for a year, her visit turned into a life long love affair with the city and country she now calls home.

After spending several years in both the business and creative side at Carolco Pictures (Rambo, Terminator 2, Total Recall), where she was fortunate to work with such filmmakers as Walter Hill (Broken Trail, 48 Hours), Paul Verhoeven (Basic Instinct), Adrian Lyne (Fatal Attraction) and Renny Harlin (Cliffhanger) Ms. Bourne was made Vice President of The Indieprod Company, a division of Carolco led by Daniel Melnick and Allen Shapiro. It was during this time that Ms. Bourne, working as the production executive on Roland Emmerich’s first U.S. production, Universal Soldier, established a working relationship with the director that led to her tenure at his company, Centropolis Films. There, she worked with Emmerich on Stargate and Independence Day before finally taking the plunge and beginning her career as a screenwriter.

Having sold, optioned or written scripts for such diverse talents as director Simon West (Tomb Raider, Con Air); producer Dyson Lovell (Lonesome Dove, The Champ), Rosilyn Heller (American Heart, Ice Castles) and Lynwood Spinks (Cliffhanger, 3:10 To Yuma), Ms. Bourne is excited to once again work with her former Carolco colleague, Richard Huvard at NeedThree, developing original content for business and entertainment. Most recently, Bourne and Huvard completed a new action/suspense script, Science Fiction, and are now collaborating on another original screenplay, an epic romance based on a true story, entitled Marble. A reality television show, The Boneyard, is also in development.