Musical Globe

Sacha Gervasi was born in London in 1965 and co-founded the group The Diceheads but left before they became famous and better known as Bush. He went on to pursue a career in journalism before turning his hand to screenwriting with ‘The Big Tease’ which he co-wrote with Craig Ferguson. He also wrote ‘The Terminal’ which was made into a film in 2004 directed by Steven Spielberg. Moving to Los Angeles in 1995, Sacha attended the graduate screenwriting program at UCLA Film School where he twice won the BAFTA/LA scholarship. Other films for which he has written include ‘Comrade Rockstar’ for Tom Hanks, ‘How to Marry a Millionaire’ for Nicole Kidman and ‘Henry’s Crime’ for Keanu Reeves. In 2009 he directed ‘Anvil! The Story of Anvil,’ a documentary of the Canadian heavy metal band, Anvil. In 2010 he will write and direct a biopic of actor Herve Villechaize based on his own interviews with the diminutive Frenchman, conducted only days before the actor committed suicide in 1993.