Neal Jimenez, the award-winning screenwriter and filmmaker whose credits included 'River's Edge' and 'The Waterdance,' has died at 62.
, the film won Best Picture and Best Screenplay at the 1988 Independent Spirit Awards and launched Jimenez's screenwriting career. It has come to be regarded as a classic portrait of disaffected youth.Jimenez's close friend and collaborator Michael Steinberg said in a statement, "His writing voice is seductive, powerful, and wholly unique. Like a complex minor chord with a range that could move in any direction. Dark, hilarious, romantic, political, gritty, fantastical, poetic.
After sustaining a spinal cord injury during a hike in 1984, Jimenez used a wheelchair for the rest of his life. He drew on his personal experience as the inspiration for the 1992 drama, which he co-directed with Steinberg. The critically acclaimed film tells the story of a young writer who becomes paraplegic after a climbing accident, detailing his difficult and emotional recovery process.
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