LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Oscar-winning "Pulp Fiction" screenwriter Roger Avary was arrested on Sunday after a fatal car crash northwest of Los Angeles, officials said.
Avary, 42, was charged with vehicular manslaughter and driving under the influence, said Capt. Monica McGrath of the Ventura County Sheriffs Department.
He was released from jail after posting 50,000 bail, she said in an interview.
The collision occurred in the city of Ojai, 80 miles northwest of Los Angeles, at about 1 a.m.
A passenger in Avarys car, Andreas Zedini, a 34-year-old native of Italy, died of his injuries at a local hospital, McGrath said. Avarys wife, Gretchen, 40, was also taken to the hospital with serious injuries after being ejected from the car. Her condition was not immediately known.
Avary co-wrote "Pulp Fiction" with the films director, Quentin Tarantino. The crime classic won the screenplay Oscar at the Academy Awards in 1995, and Avary won some notoriety by disclosing to a worldwide audience that "I really have to pee right now."
The extent of Avarys contribution to "Pulp Fiction" has long been up for debate, and it tore apart the two former best friends. According to journalist Sharon Waxmans book "Rebels on the Backlot," Avary came up with some of the films scenes, but Tarantino otherwise downplayed Avarys involvement.
While Tarantino went on to further fame and fortune, Avary took on lower-profile work rewriting other peoples scripts.
Avary co-wrote and was executive producer of last years battlefield epic "Beowulf."
(Reporting by Dean Goodman; Editing by Eric Beech)
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