Creighton Rothenberger grew up in Boyertown, Pennsylvania. A graduate of the English Honors program at the University of Pennsylvania, he was awarded the Academy Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting for his Korean War epic, The Chosin, in 2002. He sold his first screenplay, Olympus Has Fallen, in 2012, which he developed from an original idea, and the film marks his first theatrically released project.

Creighton Rothenberger at The Expendables 3 premiere - TCL Chinese Theatre on August 15, 2014 in Hollywood, California.

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Creighton Rothenberger and Amy Starr at Angel Has Fallen world premiere - Regency Village Theater on August 20, 2019 in Westwood, California.

Amy Starr, Gerard Butler and Creighton Rothenberger at event for Angel Has Fallen - August 20, 2019 in Los Angeles, California.

Amy Starr, Morgan Freeman and Creighton Rothenberger at Angel Has Fallen world premiere - Regency Village Theater on August 20, 2019 in Westwood, California.

Gerard Butler and Creighton Rothenberger at London Has Fallen world premiere - ArcLight Cinemas Cinerama Dome on March 1, 2016 in Hollywood, California. 

Creighton Rothenberger, director Patrick Hughes and Luke Mazzaferro at The Expendables 3 premiere - TCL Chinese Theatre on August 15, 2014 in Hollywood, California.

Creighton Rothenberger and Antonio Banderas during filming of The Expendables 3 - Sofia, Bulgaria (2013)

Morgan Freeman, Aaron Eckhart, and Gerard Butler in Olympus Has Fallen (2013)

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Morgan Freeman, Angela Bassett, Aaron Eckhart, and Gerard Butler in London Has Fallen (2016)

Morgan Freeman and Gerard Butler in Angel Has Fallen (2019)

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