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My Take
Ed Solomon is, to me, proof that great comedy writing is secretly precise engineering. Anyone can scribble a goofy time-travel romp, but Bill & Ted endures because its sweetness is calibrated, not accidental. Then he turns around and writes Men in Black and Now You See Me, juggling sci-fi deadpan and sleight-of-hand plotting with equal ease. That range tells me he genuinely loves entertaining people rather than impressing critics. A Saratoga kid who went through UCLA and never lost his playful instinct, Solomon is the kind of unpretentious craftsman whose movies still send me out of the theater grinning.
Overview
Edward James Solomon (born September 15, 1960) is an American filmmaker. He is best known for creating the Bill & Ted franchise alongside Chris Matheson; together wrote the screenplays to Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989), Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991) and Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020). He also wrote the screenplay for Men in Black (1997), and Now You See Me (2013).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Ed Solomon
- Name (Japanese)
- エド・ソロモン
- Reading
- えど・そろもん
- Born
- September 15, 1960 (age 65)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Rat
- Origin
- Saratoga, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- writer / film director / film producer / screenwriter / actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Saratoga High School
- University
- University of California, Los Angeles
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.