Hans Bauer is an Austrian screenwriter, author, and photographer, working in the United States, who is best known for his writing for the films Anaconda (1997) and Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004).
[1] Bauer is also the co-author (with Catherine Masciola) of the children's adventure novel Fishtale, and the author of Anaconda: The Writer's Cut.
[2][3] Bauer was born in Austria, and lives and works in Texas and Los Angeles.
[8][9] Bauer was one of several writers who are credited with screenwriting the 2004 sequel, Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid,[10] which also failed to garner critical acclaim.
[13][14] Bauer is a photographer,[22] and his photo-based art has been the subject of several group and one-man shows in Los Angeles,[23] San Francisco,[24] Austin, and the Texas Hill Country.