Philip LaZebnik

American screenwriter and producer (born 1953)

Philip LaZebnik

Born| 1953 (age 68-69)

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Nationality| American
Education| Hickman High School
Harvard College
Occupation| Screenwriter and film producer

Notable work

| The Prince of Egypt stage musical, The Prince of Egypt, Mulan, Pocahontas, Hindenburg: The Last Flight [de], The Lost Treasure of the Knights Templar, Wings, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, The Torkelsons and Almost Home
Relatives| Ken LaZebnik (brother)
Rob LaZebnik (brother)

Philip LaZebnik (born 1953 in Ann Arbor, Michigan) is an American screenwriter and producer. LaZebnik has written screenplays for films including Pocahontas, Mulan, The Prince of Egypt, The Road to El Dorado, The Lost Treasure of the Knights Templar, Asterix and the Vikings, The Three Investigators and the Secret of Skeleton Island, The Lost Treasure of the Knights Templar II, The Lost Treasure of the Knights Templar III: The Mystery of the Snake Crown, The Three Investigators and the Secret of Terror Castle, Emma and Santa Claus and The Ark and the Aardvark. He wrote the book for the musical "Fairy Tale" about Hans Christian Andersen with songs by Stephen Schwartz, and wrote the book and lyrics for "Oktoberfest: the Musical" with music by Harold Faltermeyer. In collaboration with Mads Æbeløe Nielsen he wrote the book for the theatrical musical version of Djævelens lærling (or The Devil's Apprentice), a best-selling Danish fantasy novel of the same name by Kenneth B. Andersen, with songs and music by Madeline Myers. [1][2]

He wrote the book for DreamWorks' theatrical musical version of The Prince of Egypt with songs by Stephen Schwartz which opened October 14, 2017 at TheatreWorks in Palo Alto, California[3] and then April 6, 2018 at Fredericia Theatre in Denmark.[4] The Prince of Egypt premieres at the Dominion Theatre in London's West End February 25, 2020.

LaZebnik also wrote episodes for Wings, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, The Torkelsons and Almost Home.

LaZebnik has served on the board of directors of the Writers Guild of America West (2001–02) and the Writers Branch Executive Committee of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (2001–03). The screenplay for Mulan won the 1998 Annie Award for best animation screenplay.

He grew up in Columbia, Missouri, attended Hickman High School, and graduated from Harvard College in 1976, with a B.A. in Classics. His brothers are Ken LaZebnik and Rob LaZebnik.[5]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Mynewsdesk.com: Kenneth Bøgh Andersen's Djævelens lærling to premiere as musical" (in Danish). 30 May 2018.
2. ^ "AOH.dk: Musical Djævelens lærling to premiere at MCH Herning Congress Center" (in Danish). 2 July 2018.
3. ^ "The Prince of Egypt musical page at TheatreWorks website".
4. ^ "The Prince of Egypt musical at Fredericia Teater, Denmark" (in Danish).
5. ^ HARBEN, KATHERINE K. "The Hollywood touch". Columbia Missourian. Retrieved 4 July 2022.

## External links[edit]

* Philip LaZebnik at IMDb

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Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Writing in a Feature Production

* Brenda Chapman (1994)
* Andrew Stanton, Joss Whedon, Joel Cohen and Alec Sokolow (1996)
* Rita Hsiao, Chris Sanders, Philip LaZebnik, Raymond Singer and Eugenia Bostwick-Singer (1998)
* Brad Bird and Tim McCanlies (1999)
* John Lasseter, Pete Docter, Ash Brannon, Andrew Stanton, Rita Hsiao, Doug Chamberlin and Chris Webb (2000)
* Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman and Roger S. H. Schulman (2001)
* Hayao Miyazaki (2002)
* Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson and David Reynolds (2003)
* Brad Bird (2004)
* Steve Box, Nick Park and Mark Burton (2005)
* Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais, Christopher Lloyd, Joe Keenan and William Davies (2006)
* Brad Bird (2007)
* Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger (2008)
* Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach (2009)
* Chris Sanders, Will Davies and Dean DeBlois (2010)
* James Ward Byrkit, John Logan and Gore Verbinski (2011)
* Phil Johnston and Jennifer Lee (2012)
* Hayao Miyazaki (2013)
* Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (2014)
* Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve and Josh Cooley (2015)
* Jared Bush and Phil Johnston (2016)
* Adrian Molina and Matthew Aldrich (2017)
* Phil Lord and Rodney Rothman (2018)
* Jérémy Clapin and Guillaume Laurant (2019)
* Pete Docter, Mike Jones and Kemp Powers (2020)
* Mike Rianda and Jeff Rowe (2021)

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