- Since 2011, has hosted, with good friend and fellow screenwriter Craig Mazin, 'Scriptnotes', a weekly podcast on the craft of screenwriting.
- When he was tapped to write the modern adaptation of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, it was revealed that he had never seen the original 70s movie-musical featuring Gene Wilder. Upon asking Tim Burton if he had should see it before going ahead with his work, Burton responded with a resolute "Definitely Not!!!".
- Has a daughter with his partner, Mike.
- He did an uncredited rewrite on Iron Man (2008).
- Graduated from USC School of Cinema-Television's Peter Stark program
- Former day job: Campus tour guide at Iowa's Drake University.
- The September 25, 2000 draft of the screenplay for Jurassic Park III (2001) credits revisions to John August. He is not credited in the final film.
- Did an uncredited rewrite on the Martin Lawrence comedy Blue Streak. Source: Austin Film Festival podcast.
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