Arne Olsen, the Canadian screenwriter behind films including the Burt Reynolds comedy Cop and 1/2 and the franchise-starting Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie, has died. He was 64.
Olsen, who worked in several genres, died Saturday in his native Vancouver of complications related to cancer, a family spokesperson announced.
He often said that a highlight of his career was writing and directing the Canadian-produced dramedy Here’s to Life! (2000), starring Eric McCormack as a blackmailed retirement-home administrator. The movie went on to be nominated for eight Genie Awards, winning one.
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Olsen arrived in Los Angeles at age 21 looking to pursue a career in screenwriting. After he graduated from the AFI in 1987, he quicky landed his first industry job, receiving story and screenplay credits on the action-thriller Red Scorpion (1988), starring Dolph Lundgren.
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