Patricia Louisianna Knop, a television and film screenwriter best known for co-writing the 1986 drama “9 1/2 Weeks,” died Aug. 7 from undisclosed causes. She was 78.
Knop’s daughter, artist Gillian Lefkowitz, announced the news last week. “Rip to my incredible mother ♥️ magical thinker, treasure seeker, writer, painter, sculpture, dreamer, builder, creator of so many things, lover of life,” Lefkowtiz wrote on Instagram. “You will be missed and beyond. It’s an end of an incredible era.”
Knop’s first credited screenplay was for the 1976 adaptation of “The Passover Plot,” followed by “Lady Oscar,” from director Jacques Demy in 1979. But she was best known for several film and television projects, mainly erotic dramas, that she wrote or co-produced in the 1980s and 1990s while working with her husband, producer Zalman King.
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Among these projects were “9 1/2 Weeks,” starring Mickey Rourke and Kim Basinger.
Knop’s daughter, artist Gillian Lefkowitz, announced the news last week. “Rip to my incredible mother ♥️ magical thinker, treasure seeker, writer, painter, sculpture, dreamer, builder, creator of so many things, lover of life,” Lefkowtiz wrote on Instagram. “You will be missed and beyond. It’s an end of an incredible era.”
Knop’s first credited screenplay was for the 1976 adaptation of “The Passover Plot,” followed by “Lady Oscar,” from director Jacques Demy in 1979. But she was best known for several film and television projects, mainly erotic dramas, that she wrote or co-produced in the 1980s and 1990s while working with her husband, producer Zalman King.
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Among these projects were “9 1/2 Weeks,” starring Mickey Rourke and Kim Basinger.
- 8/17/2019
- by Ross A. Lincoln
- The Wrap
Screenwriter Patricia Louisianna Knop, who collaborated with her producer-director husband Zalman King on erotically-charged films of the late 1980s and 1990s including “Siesta” and “9 1/2 Weeks,” died Aug. 7 in Santa Monica after a lengthy illness.
“9 1/2 Weeks,” starring Mickey Rourke and Kim Basinger, was directed by Adrian Lyne, co-produced by King and co-written by Knop. The film proved controversial for its explicit S&m-theme and was heavily cut before its U.S. release.
Her writing credits also include “Delta of Venus,” “Wild Orchid” and “Red Shoe Diaries.” King directed “Wild Orchid” and the pair collaborated on the screenplay for the film starring Rourke and Jacqueline Bisset, which also had to be cut in order to obtain an R-rating.
Knop’s other screenplays included “Lady Oscar” and “Silence of the North.”
Knop met King on a Caribbean-bound schooner in 1961, and King began acting on TV shows. Knop also co-wrote the book for Broadway...
“9 1/2 Weeks,” starring Mickey Rourke and Kim Basinger, was directed by Adrian Lyne, co-produced by King and co-written by Knop. The film proved controversial for its explicit S&m-theme and was heavily cut before its U.S. release.
Her writing credits also include “Delta of Venus,” “Wild Orchid” and “Red Shoe Diaries.” King directed “Wild Orchid” and the pair collaborated on the screenplay for the film starring Rourke and Jacqueline Bisset, which also had to be cut in order to obtain an R-rating.
Knop’s other screenplays included “Lady Oscar” and “Silence of the North.”
Knop met King on a Caribbean-bound schooner in 1961, and King began acting on TV shows. Knop also co-wrote the book for Broadway...
- 8/17/2019
- by BreAnna Bell
- Variety Film + TV
Patricia Louisianna Knop, a producer and screenwriter who worked on the erotic film 9 1/2 Weeks, died Aug. 7 in Santa Monica after a long illness. She was 78.
Knop's daughter Gillian Lefkowitz confirmed the death on social media, writing, "Rip to my incredible mother, magical thinker, treasure seeker, writer, painter, sculpture, dreamer, builder, creator of so many things, lover of life. You will be missed and beyond. It's the end of an incredible era."
The writer was a widow of producer-writer Zalman King, who died in 2012.
Knop and King were co-writers on the controversial drama 9 1/2 ...
Knop's daughter Gillian Lefkowitz confirmed the death on social media, writing, "Rip to my incredible mother, magical thinker, treasure seeker, writer, painter, sculpture, dreamer, builder, creator of so many things, lover of life. You will be missed and beyond. It's the end of an incredible era."
The writer was a widow of producer-writer Zalman King, who died in 2012.
Knop and King were co-writers on the controversial drama 9 1/2 ...
- 8/17/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Patricia Louisianna Knop, a producer and screenwriter who worked on the erotic film 9 1/2 Weeks, died Aug. 7 in Santa Monica after a long illness. She was 78.
Knop's daughter Gillian Lefkowitz confirmed the death on social media, writing, "Rip to my incredible mother, magical thinker, treasure seeker, writer, painter, sculpture, dreamer, builder, creator of so many things, lover of life. You will be missed and beyond. It's the end of an incredible era."
The writer was a widow of producer-writer Zalman King, who died in 2012.
Knop and King were co-writers on the controversial drama 9 1/2 ...
Knop's daughter Gillian Lefkowitz confirmed the death on social media, writing, "Rip to my incredible mother, magical thinker, treasure seeker, writer, painter, sculpture, dreamer, builder, creator of so many things, lover of life. You will be missed and beyond. It's the end of an incredible era."
The writer was a widow of producer-writer Zalman King, who died in 2012.
Knop and King were co-writers on the controversial drama 9 1/2 ...
- 8/17/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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