Allan Loeb
| Allan Loeb | |
|---|---|
| Born |
July 25, 1969 Highland Park, Illinois, U.S. |
| Occupation | Screenwriter, Movie Producer, Television Creator/Producer |
| Alma mater | Ithaca College |
| Period | 2004–present |
| Notable works |
21 Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps |
Allan Loeb (born July 25, 1969) is an American screenwriter and film and television producer. He wrote the 2007 film Things We Lost in the Fire and created the 2008 television series New Amsterdam. He wrote the film drama 21, which also was released in 2008. He wrote and produced The Switch which came out in August 2010. He wrote Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, released in September 2010, The Dilemma (January 2011), and Just Go with It (February 2011). He performed a rewrite for the musical Rock of Ages, starring Tom Cruise, released June 2012, and then the mixed martial arts comedy Here Comes the Boom, starring Kevin James; Loeb co-wrote the script for with James, and the film which hit theaters in October 2012. Loeb co-wrote and produced with Steven Pearl the action comedy So Undercover starring Miley Cyrus, which came out direct to DVD in February 2013.
Loeb was born in Highland Park, Illinois, the son of Elsie and Henry Loeb. He attended Ithaca College in New York from 1988 to 1992, dropping out to work at the Chicago Board of Trade. He relocated to Los Angeles, California in 1993 to pursue a career in screenwriting. Loeb was only marginally successful, making three deals early in his career. His gambling habit began to overtake his writing and eventually drained him of the little money he did make. He didn't make another deal for a couple of years. In 2003, Loeb landed a rewrite assignment on producer Neal H. Moritz' romantic comedy Made of Honor. He received no credit when the movie was finally made and released in 2008. In 2004, after graduating from the University of California, Los Angeles, he moved to New York to write what he calls his "Hail Mary" script The Only Living Boy in New York. After a tumultuous period, Loeb returned to Los Angeles and continued writing his script with the help of Little Miss Sunshine producers Albert Berger and Ron Yerxa. He also joined Gamblers Anonymous to cure his gambling addiction, which he claims changed his writing for the better. While this was going on, Loeb was quickly putting pen to paper on his next script, Things We Lost in the Fire.
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