Edward Khmara

Edward Khmara (born 1944) is an American screenwriter, actor and producer. He is best known for his work on Enemy Mine, Ladyhawke[1][2] and Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story.[3][4]

Biographer

Khmara was born in 1944, in Los Angeles, California. His immigrant parents originated from Ukraine but spoke Russian at home.[5] Father is from Poltava and Mother is from Kyiv.

He studied at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA); two years after graduating, he settled in Paris, where, while wandering through the city's ancient streets, his first film script, Ladyhawke, was born, which he later brought to life.

Since 1996, he has been teaching at the University of California. In 2006, he moved to a ranch near Santa Fe, New Mexico. He enjoys horseback riding.

Edward now fully acknowledges his Ukrainian heritage and roots. He says that in the past, Soviet propaganda undermined the national identity of other nations and imposed the notion that everyone was Russian.

Credits

Writer

• "Enemy Mine" (1985)[6]
• "Ladyhawke" (1985)
• "Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story" (1993)
• "Merlin" (TV Mini-Series) (1998)
• "Submerged" (TV Movie, teleplay) (2001)
• "Las Vegas New Mexico 1875" (Short) (2008) – storyline consultant
• "The Pinkertons and the Carbon Arc Contrivance" (Short) (2011) – story

Actor

• "Las Vegas New Mexico 1875" (Short) (2008) – voice Rangoon Kelly
• "Outlaw Justice" (Short) (2009) – Marshal Hudspeth
• "The Pinkertons and the Carbon Arc Contrivance" (Short) (2011) – Judge Force Crater
• "The Lone Ranger" (2013) – Sheriff Patterson (uncredited)
• "Manhattan" (TV Series, Episode 33) (2015) – Dwight the Fisherman
• "Final Cutz" (2019) – Cherepakha

Producer

• "Herowork" (1977) – associate producer
• "House of Cards" (1993) – associate producer, as Ed Khmara
• "Black Rose" (Short) (2013) – associate producer

References

1. "Ladyhawke (1985)". American Film Institute. Retrieved June 6, 2019.
2. "MOVIE REVIEWS : MEDIEVAL MAGIC, MODERN ROMP : 'Ladyhawke'". Los Angeles Times. April 12, 1985. Retrieved June 21, 2022.
3. The fate of emigrants. Edward Khmara on origins, movies and American cinema.
4. "Bruce Lee's Brief Life Being Brought to Screen - the New York Times". The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 19, 2020.
5. "Facebook". www.facebook.com.
6. WOLFGANG PETERSEN; THE CREATOR OF 'DAS BOOT' VENTURES INTO OUTER SPACE: Blowen, Michael. Boston Globe 17 Dec 1985: 67.

External links

• Edward Khmara at IMDb