Introduction
Jason Keller is an American playwright and screenwriter. He alias is Arnell Jesko, which is an anagram of his full name. He is known for Escape Plan (2013), Mirror Mirror (2012) and Machine Gun Preacher (2011).
Keller was born on December 12, 1968 in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Career
Keller's screenwriting career began in 2011 with Marc Forster's film Machine Gun Preacher, which was released by Relativity Media.
In 2011, it was announced that Keller would collaborate with director Matt Reeves on the adaptation of Justin Cronin's zombie apocalypse novel The Passage. The vampire epic would be produced by Ridley Scott.
In 2012, he wrote for Tarsem Singh's film Mirror Mirror, which had Julia Roberts in lead role.
In 2013, he worked in Mikael Håfström's action film Escape Plan, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone.
In 2013, he was the executive producer of the fifth sequel in the Die Hard franchise, A Good Day to Die Hard, starring Bruce Willis.
According to Variety, Keller is also developing Go Like Hell with Michael Mann. The film is based on the book by A.J. Baime about Le Mans auto racing in the 1960s.
Filmography
- Machine Gun Preacher (2011)
- Mirror Mirror (2012)
- Escape Plan (2013) (under the pen name Arnell Jesko)
Personal life
On May 27, 2005, Keller married Kristin Dattilo, a television actress, best known for playing Yola Gaylen on The Chris Isaak Show from 2001 to 2004. Kristin is the sister of actor Bryan Dattilo.
Keller and Kristin have two daughters.