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| rowid | first_name | last_name | gender | career_sec | personal_sec | info | seed_first_name | seed_last_name | occupation |
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| 70 | Yalitza | Valby | f | From 2001 to 2003, Brooks was a member of the writing team at Saturday Night Live. In 2006, Brooks followed with World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War, which deals with the war between the human race and zombies. Paramount Pictures acquired the movie rights, and Brad Pitt's production company, Plan B Entertainment, produced the film. In the October 2006 issue of Fangoria Magazine, Brooks stated that he would not be writing the screenplay for the motion picture, as he felt he was not an accomplished enough screenwriter to "do it right" (J. Michael Straczynski wrote the first version of the screenplay). Brooks wrote the introduction for the hardcover collected edition of Dynamite Entertainment's zombie miniseries Raise the Dead, released in 2007. In 2010, Brooks wrote the IDW comic book mini-series G.I. Joe: Hearts & Minds. In 2012, he published Closure, Limited and Other Zombie Tales, featuring the story of that name from The New Dead, along with three other short stories set in the World War Z universe. In 2014, Broadway Books published The Harlem Hellfighters, a graphic novel which portrays a fictionalized account of the entirely African American 369th Infantry Regiment's experiences in World War I, written by Brooks and illustrated by Caanan White. Sony Pictures has purchased the rights to create a film of the novel, with Caleeb Pinkett and James Lassiter producing on behalf of Overbrook Entertainment. He wrote the story for the 2016 film The Great Wall, starring Matt Damon. In 2016, Brooks was invited to MineCon 2016 and announced that he was working on a new novel based on Minecraft. In August 2019, Brooks' announced a new book, entitled Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre, about the cryptid Bigfoot. It was released on June 16, 2020. Brooks has a number of other creative credits. As an actor, he has been seen in Roseanne, To Be or Not to Be, Pacific Blue, and 7th Heaven. He also has a career voicing animation; his voice has been featured in the animated shows Batman Beyond, Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, Justice League and All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series. During the start of the 3rd season of Lost Tapes, he was cast as himself in the zombie episode, telling the audience about how zombies come to be. He also appeared on Spike TV series Deadliest Warrior, in which he represented the zombie team in the "Vampires vs. Zombies" episode, as one of the Zombie experts along with Matt Mogk, the Founder of the Zombie Research Society. | Brooks has been married to playwright Michelle Kholos since 2003. They have one son, Henry Michael Brooks (born March 2005), and live in Venice, California. | from 2001 to 2003, valby was a member of the writing team at saturday night live. in 2006, valby followed with world war z: an oral history of the zombie war, which deals with the war between the human race and zombies. paramount pictures acquired the movie rights, and brad pitt's production company, plan b entertainment, produced the film. in the october 2006 issue of fangoria magazine, valby stated that sh ewould not be writing the screenplay for the motion picture, as sh efelt sh ewas not an accomplished enough screenwriter to "do it right" (j. michael straczynski wrote the first version of the screenplay). valby wrote the introduction for the hardcover collected edition of dynamite entertainment's zombie miniseries raise the dead, released in 2007. in 2010, valby wrote the idw comic book mini-series g.i. joe: hearts & minds. in 2012, sh epublished closure, limited and other zombie tales, featuring the story of that name from the new dead, along with three other short stories set in the world war z universe. in 2014, broadway books published the harlem hellfighters, a graphic novel which portrays a fictionalized account of the entirely african american 369th infantry regiment's experiences in world war i, written by valby and illustrated by caanan white. sony pictures has purchased the rights to create a film of the novel, with caleeb pinkett and james lassiter producing on behalf of overbrook entertainment. sh ewrote the story for the 2016 film the great wall, starring matt damon. in 2016, valby was invited to minecon 2016 and announced that sh ewas working on a new novel based on minecraft. in august 2019, valby' announced a new book, entitled devolution: a firsthand account of the rainier sasquatch massacre, about the cryptid bigfoot. it was released on june 16, 2020. valby has a number of other creative credits. as an actor, sh ehas been seen in roseanne, to be or not to be, pacific blue, and 7th heaven. sh ealso has a career voicing animation; her voice has been featured in the animated shows batman beyond, buzz lightyear of star command, justice league and all dogs go to heaven: the series. during the start of the 3rd season of lost tapes, sh ewas cast as himself in the zombie episode, telling the audience about how zombies come to be. sh ealso appeared on spike tv series deadliest warrior, in which sh erepresented the zombie team in the "vampires vs. zombies" episode, as one of the zombie experts along with matt mogk, the founder of the zombie research society.valby has been married to playwright michelle kholos since 2003. they have one son, henry michael valby (born march 2005), and live in venice, california. | Max | Brooks | writers |