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Imagine Entertainment is developing a feature based on the life of legendary surrealist artist Salvador Dali says Deadline.

Paige Cameron ("Hills Like White Elephants") has been hired to pen the script about the Spanish painter who achieved international renown for both his unique twists on visual reality, and a flamboyantly high-profile social life.

Cameron’s script will focus on his influences on art, cinema and fashion along with his tumultuous marriage. Brian Grazer will produce.

The film is the only Dalí project endorsed by the Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, which will provide Cameron exclusive access to archives, letters, and other materials.

If you've ever taken a class about film history, you've likely come across surrealist painter Salvador Dali's collaboration with Luis Buenel called Un Chien Andolou, which simulates a memorable scene of a human eyeball getting slashed with a razor and is a film school staple. Dali dabbled in film occasionally during his life, but now Deadline says the bombastic artist is getting a biopic of his own, courtesy of mega-producer Brian Grazer and Imagine Entertainment. Paige Cameron is writing the script, which will revolve around Dali's flashy social life, his influences on the arts, and his rocky relationship with his theatrical wife, Gala. Paige Cameron is writing the script, and you're not alone if you've never heard of her. She only has one produced credit on IMDb, a short film called Hills Like White Elephants, but she's got another biopic in the works called Satchmo, about jazz legend Louis Armstrong.

Director Paige Cameron is set to helm The Empress King, based on the life of the first woman to become king. Penned by Simon Rawlinson, King is based on a true story set in the year 1100 and centers on the English Empress Maude, whose father, King Henry I of England and Normandy, created an empire the likes of which had not been seen since Alexander the Great. When Henry's only son, William, dies in a ship accident, Henry shockingly declares his daughter, the Empress Maude, to be his successor. Mary Ann Rounseville, who formed Firecracker Films with Cameron, will produce. The film will be shot in the United Kingdom. " 'The Empress King' is an excellent addition to Firecracker's arsenal of projects that promotes quality, yet marketable, filmmaking," Rounseville said. "And Rawlinson has created an epic, brave and powerful female role for a top-notch actress to command." Firecracker is also producing Saint Louis Blues, a biopic about jazz legend Louis Armstrong with Sean Patrick Thomas in the title role. Cameron (Hills Like White Elephants) wrote and will direct. Cameron is repped by WMA and manager Tony Klish.