Jeff Maguire

Jeff Maguire (born 1952) is an American screenwriter.

Regarded for his talent for writing sports films, Maguire got his first screenwriting break with his script Escape to Victory, a film about soccer directed by John Huston in 1981. His most recent contribution is Gridiron Gang, released in 2006. His most famous film is In the Line of Fire starring Clint Eastwood and directed by Wolfgang Petersen, for which he received a Best Original Screenplay Oscar nomination for 1993.

In 1990, Maguire was approached by producer Jeff Apple to develop Apple's Secret Service agent concept into a film treatment. Maguire was in debt to his relatives and about to have his utilities turned off when his script based on Apple's concept, "In the Line of Fire", went into a bidding war between stars Tom Cruise, Sean Connery, and Clint Eastwood.

Filmography Victory (1981) (Story Only) Toby McTeague (with Jamie Brown and Djordje Milicevic) (1986) In the Line of Fire (1993) Timeline (with George Nolfi) (2003) Gridiron Gang (with Jac Flanders) (2006)