Writing
Benedict Fitzgerald
Born — Died
1949-03-09 — 2024-01-17
Place of birth
New York, USA
Known for
Writing
Credits
5 titles
Benedict Fitzgerald (March 9, 1949 – January 17, 2024) was an American screenwriter who co-wrote the screenplay for the 2004 film The Passion of the Christ with its director, Mel Gibson. His other writing credits include an uncredited television screenplay for Moby Dick in 1998 and Wise Blood in 1979. He was a consulting producer on the Paramount+ television series Evil.
Known for
7.5A graphic portrayal of the last twelve hours of Jesus of Nazareth's life.
The Passion of the Christ
2004
6.4A Southerner--young, poor, ambitious but uneducated--determines to become something in the world. He decides that the best way to do that is to become a preacher and start up his own church.
Wise Blood
1979
5.8A trading company manager travels up an African river to find a missing outpost head and discovers the depth of evil in humanity's soul.
Heart of Darkness
1994
10.0Famous 1920s modernist writer F. Scott Fitzgerald and his eccentric Flapper socialite wife Zelda Sayre's relationship began quite passionately, but he slowly fell into alcoholism and she was eventually diagnosed with schizophrenia.
Zelda
1993
The screenwriter offers some background on Huston's film.
Benedict Fitzgerald on Wise Blood
2009
Film credits
Behind the camera
7.5A graphic portrayal of the last twelve hours of Jesus of Nazareth's life.
The Passion of the Christ
2004
6.4A Southerner--young, poor, ambitious but uneducated--determines to become something in the world. He decides that the best way to do that is to become a preacher and start up his own church.
Wise Blood
1979
5.8A trading company manager travels up an African river to find a missing outpost head and discovers the depth of evil in humanity's soul.
Heart of Darkness
1994
10.0Famous 1920s modernist writer F. Scott Fitzgerald and his eccentric Flapper socialite wife Zelda Sayre's relationship began quite passionately, but he slowly fell into alcoholism and she was eventually diagnosed with schizophrenia.
Zelda
1993