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Flint Dille
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Flint Dille (born November 3, 1955) is a screenwriter, game designer, and novelist. He is best known for his animated work on Transformers, G.I. Joe, An American Tail: Fievel Goes West, and his game-writing, The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay, and Dead to Rights, as well as his non-fiction book written with John Zuur Platten. Personal background Dille was born in Chicago, Illinois. His parents were Robert Crabtree and Virginia Nichols Dille. He attended Glenbrook South High School. In 1977, he graduated from U.C. Berkeley with a Bachelors degree in Ancient History and Classical Rhetoric. He received a Master of Fine Arts in Professional Writing (Cinema) from the University of Southern California. He lives in Los Angeles, California. Professional background After grad school, Dille worked as a freelance script reader, production assistant, and assistant art director before getting his first writing job from Joe Ruby at Ruby/Spears as a Saturday Morning Development writer. This led to writing scripts for Mr. T., The Puppy, and RoboForce. ;Dungeons & Dragons At the same time as his animation career was beginning, Dille met Gary Gygax, co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons, and they began collaborating on a number of projects, including The Sceptre of Seven Souls and the Sagard book series. For the rest of the 1980s, Dille focused on animation writing and game writing and design. Dille's sister, Lorraine Williams, was once manager of the game publisher TSR, Inc. Dille introduced her to Dungeons & Dragons creator Gary Gygax at Gygax's request. He co-authored a script with Gygax for a Dungeons & Dragons film; however, the film was never made. ;Video games * Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu * Agent 13: The Midnight Avenger series with David Marconi * Sagard the Barbarian Interactive Gamebook series with E. Gary Gygax * Dead to Rights ;Screenwriting * An American Tail: Fievel Goes West * The Transformers: The Movie (1986) * Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light (several episodes) Published works * 
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