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John Truby is an American screenwriter, author, and teacher. He was born in 1952 in Los Angeles, California. He is best known for his book The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller, which has been translated into more than a dozen languages. Truby graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles with a degree in English literature. He then went on to study film at the American Film Institute, where he earned a Master of Fine Arts degree. Truby has written and produced numerous feature films, including The Great White Hype, The Big Tease, and The Accidental Spy. He has also written for television, including the series The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. and The Magnificent Seven. Truby is the founder and director of the Truby Writers Studio, a Los Angeles-based screenwriting school. He has also taught at the University of Southern California, the American Film Institute, and the Sundance Institute. Truby is estimated to have a net worth of around $2 million.

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2007

Unlike many authors and teachers on the subject, Truby is critical of Syd Field's three-act “Paradigm”, viewing it as a mechanical means of storytelling, and argues that most teachers of screenwriting emphasize inner transformation of characters but not the moral effect their actions have on others. Instead, Truby crafted his own 22-step outline, which formed the basis of Truby's first book, The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller published in October, 2007 by Faber and Faber.

1980

In the 1980s, Truby received his first credits, writing three episodes of 21 Jump Street, as well as serving as a story editor. He later received a co-writer credit on the 2011 Disneynature documentary film African Cats. A portion of the proceeds for the film were donated to the African Wildlife Foundation and their effort to preserve Kenya's Amboseli Wildlife Corridor.

1952

John Truby (born 1952) is an American screenwriter, director and screenwriting teacher. He has served as a consultant on over 1,000 film scripts over the past three decades, and is also known for the screenwriting software program Blockbuster (originally "Storyline Pro").