Written By: Keith Walker
After writing a handful of TV show script scripts, Keith Walker hit the big time with his screenplay for Free Willy. A story pairing a troubled young boy with an orca whale may not sound like a story that many kids or families would be able to relate to; but then, neither does How To Train Your Dragon (2010).
While Keiko, the killer whale star of the film may have earned more name recognition than either his co-star Jason James Richter, or Walker himself, children of the 1980s will likely still know his face: he played Mikey and Brand's father in The Goonies (1985).
We don't know if that's the kind of celluloid immortality that most scriptwriters hope for, but it's a lot more than most will ever be granted.