Lloyd Fonvielle
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Lloyd Fonvielle was a writer and producer best known for his story credit on the movie The Mummy, starring Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz.
He also wrote and directed episodes the Showtime movie Gotham, about a private detective who falls in love with his client’s ex-wife, starring Tommy Lee Jones and Virginia Madsen. For the Hallmark Channel he adapted the television screenplay The National Tree, based upon the book by David Kranes.
Fonvielle earned his first writing credit in 1983, when he adapted the Pat Conroy novel The Lords of Discipline for a film directed by Franc Roddam, about a military academy that accepts its first black cadet, set in 1964. He worked with Roddam again two years later on the film The Bride, about a scientist who creates the perfect woman, starring Sting and Jennifer Beals.
One of his greatest successes came in 1996, following the work he did on the short film Little Surprises, a 36-minute comedy directed by Jeff Goldblum that was Oscar-nominated for best live-action short.
Lloyd Fonvielle was a writer and producer best known for his story credit on the movie The Mummy, starring Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz.
He also wrote and directed episodes the Showtime movie Gotham, about a private detective who falls in love with his client’s ex-wife, starring Tommy Lee Jones and Virginia Madsen. For the Hallmark Channel he adapted the television screenplay The National Tree, based upon the book by David Kranes.
Fonvielle earned his first writing credit in 1983, when he adapted the Pat Conroy novel The Lords of Discipline for a film directed by Franc Roddam, about a military academy that accepts its first black cadet, set in 1964. He worked with Roddam again two years later on the film The Bride, about a scientist who creates the perfect woman, starring Sting and Jennifer Beals.
One of his greatest successes came in 1996, following the work he did on the short film Little Surprises, a 36-minute comedy directed by Jeff Goldblum that was Oscar-nominated for best live-action short.
In 2004, after more than 20 years as a writer in Hollywood, Fonvielle moved to Las Vegas and began writing Western-themed fiction. He also worked as an essayist, and his writings on ballet and other subjects appeared in The New York Times, Salon and Slate.
Fonvielle died February 19, 2015, in Las Vegas. He was 64.
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