birth_place name birth_date article_title birth_name occupation
missouri , united states jim uhls 25 march 1957 jim uhls
 james walter uhls writer , producer
jim uhls

james walter `` jim '' uhls -lrb- born march 25 , 1957 -rrb- is an american screenwriter and producer who rose to fame with his script adaptation of the critically acclaimed novel `` fight club '' .
he earned a bachelor of theatre arts degree from drake university in 1979 , and also graduated from the ucla theater program .
currently he is intended to write a screenplay for trent reznor 's year zero-based hbo mini-series .
he runs the writers and actors lab , a workshop teaching people how to write original screenplays .
