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Joseph Minion is an American film director and screenwriter, best known for Martin Scorsese's After Hours  (1985). Born in New Jersey in 1957, Minion briefly attended NYU Film School before finishing his studies at Columbia University, then renowned for its screenwriting program. In 1984, Minion's script for After Hours was optioned by Griffin Dunne and Amy Robinson, the latter a former actress who'd appeared as Harvey Keitel's damaged girlfriend in Scorsese's Mean Streets (1973). Robinson sent Minion's screenplay to Scorsese, whose Last Temptation of Christ had recently fallen through; production on After Hours started shortly afterward. Later, it surfaced that Minion had plagiarized portions of After Hours from radio host Joe Frank, who successfully sued for an undisclosed sum. Minion continued his screenwriting career with 1987's Julia and Julia starring Kathleen Turner; 1989's Vampire's Kiss, starring Nicolas Cage; Motorama (1991); and On the Run (1999). He also worked again with Martin Scorsese in 1986 for an episode of Amazing Stories. As a director, Minion made his debut for producer Roger Corman with 1987's Daddy's Boys, said to have been thrown together at the last minute to make use of standing sets for Big Bad Mama II. His last outing as director was for another low-budget feature, Trafficking (1999).

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约瑟夫·米恩 （Joseph Minion） 是美国电影导演和编剧，以马丁·斯科塞斯的《下班后》（1985 年）而闻名。1957 年出生于新泽西州，Minion 曾短暂就读于纽约大学电影学院，然后在哥伦比亚大学完成学业，当时该大学以其编剧课程而闻名。1984年，小黄人为《下班后》的剧本被格里芬·邓恩（Griffin Dunne）和艾米·罗宾逊（Amy Robinson）选中，后者曾是一名女演员，曾在斯科塞斯的《卑鄙的街道》（1973）中饰演哈维·凯特尔（Harvey Keitel）受伤的女友。罗宾逊把小黄人的剧本寄给了斯科塞斯，斯科塞斯的《基督最后的诱惑》最近失败了;不久之后，《After Hours》的制作就开始了。后来，有消息称，小黄人抄袭了电台主持人乔·弗兰克（Joe Frank）的《下班后》的部分内容，后者成功起诉了一笔未公开的金额。小黄人继续他的编剧生涯，1987 年由凯瑟琳·特纳主演的《朱莉娅和朱莉娅》;1989年的《吸血鬼之吻》，由尼古拉斯·凯奇主演;摩托罗拉马 （1991）;和在逃 （1999）。1986年，他还再次与马丁·斯科塞斯（Martin Scorsese）合作，拍摄了一集《惊人故事》（Amazing Stories）。作为导演，小黄人以1987年的《爸爸的男孩》为制片人罗杰·科曼（Roger Corman）首次亮相，据说在最后一刻才被拼凑在一起，以利用《大坏妈妈II》的站立布景。他最后一次担任导演是另一部低成本电影《人口贩运》（1999）。