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Pen Densham is the twice Oscar nominated writer/producer/director of movies such as “Moll Flanders”, starring Morgan Freeman and Robin Wright, “Houdini” starring Mark Ruffalo and Emile Hirsch, and the box office smash hit “Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves”, which was the second-highest grossing film of 1991.

In addition he is renowned for his television revivals of “The Outer Limits” and “The Twilight Zone”, for which he earned the unique distinction of being named number eight in Cinefantastique’s list of The 50 Most Powerful People in Science Fiction. And Pen’s production company Trilogy Entertainment Group has produced more than 400 hours of network and prime time programming. Its combined gross between film and television product is more than $1 billion.

His documentaries, which include “Life Times Nine”, have garnered over 70 international awards, in addition to a medal from the Queen of England for his contribution to the Arts of Canada.

And Pen is the author of the book “Riding The Alligator: Strategies for a Career in Screenplay Writing (And Not Getting Eaten)”, which includes supportive essays by screenwriters such as Shane Black, Oscar nominated Nia Vardalos, and Oscar winner Eric Roth, and which received positive reviews from Oscar winners Paul Haggis, Ron Howard, Jeff Bridges, and Morgan Freeman..

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