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Jim Cash

 
Writer: Jim Cash
  • Born: 1940
  • Died: Mar 24, 2000 in East Lansing, Michigan
  • Occupation: Writer
  • Active: '80s-2000s
  • Major Genres: Comedy, Horror
  • Career Highlights: Top Gun, The Secret of My Success, Turner and Hooch
  • First Major Screen Credit: Legal Eagles (1986)

Biography

A screenwriter and adjunct assistant professor at Michigan State University, Jim Cash scripted Hollywood films ranging from Top Gun (1986) to Sister Act (1992). Along with his writing partner, Jack Epps, Jr., Cash, a native of East Lansing, worked prolifically up until his March 24, 2000, death. He was 59 years old. ~ Rebecca Flint Marx, All Movie Guide
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Jim Cash (17 January 1941 – 25 March 2000) was a film writer, noted for writing such 1980s films such as Top Gun and The Secret of My Success. He was born in Boyne City, Michigan, USA), and later lived in Grand Rapids. He received a B.A. in English from Michigan State University (MSU) in 1970, followed by a M.A. in Television and Radio in 1972; he also taught writing and film history.

Partnership with Jack Epps, Jr.

Cash met a student at Michigan State University, Jack Epps, Jr., who was from the Detroit area, and who would later become his writing partner.

They began their writing relationship while MSU students and wrote their first story together in the MSU Union Grill in 1975. Soon afterwards Epps moved to Hollywood. Cash continued to lived in East Lansing, Michigan, while Epps lived in Santa Monica, California. They collaborated by computer across country.

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