Douglas Coupland had written 0 screenplays before Everything’s Gone Green, which was his first screenplay and his first feature film as a screenwriter. The 2006 Canadian comedy was directed by Paul Fox and written by Coupland.
Coupland was already an established novelist when he entered filmmaking. His debut novel, Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture, appeared in 1991 and made him internationally known for writing about consumer culture, technology, and generational identity. He later published novels including Microserfs, Miss Wyoming, and JPod.
The screenplay for Everything’s Gone Green began as an informal project around 1999 or 2000. Coupland wrote it after a friend connected him with a Vancouver film company, but the project sat unused for several years. Producers eventually revived it, leading to the film’s production and 2006 release.
The wording can cause confusion because Coupland had written fiction, nonfiction, visual-art texts, and other screen-related material before the movie was released. However, those works were not completed screenplays preceding this project. Everything’s Gone Green is generally described as his first screenplay written specifically for the screen.