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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Jim Abrahams
Film Director
10-May-1944   Airplane!
Olivier Assayas
Film Director
25-Jan-1955   Clean
Roger Avary
Screenwriter
23-Aug-1965   Co-Author, Pulp Fiction
George Axelrod
Screenwriter
9-Jun-1922 21-Jun-2003 The Seven Year Itch
Alan Ball
Screenwriter
13-May-1957   American Beauty
Jacques Becker
Film Director
15-Sep-1906 21-Feb-1960 Le Trou
Robert Benchley
Author
15-Sep-1889 21-Nov-1945 Humorist and screenwriter
Robert Benton
Film Director
29-Sep-1932   Kramer vs. Kramer
Andrew Bergman
Screenwriter
20-Feb-1945   Striptease
Bertrand Blier
Film Director
14-Mar-1939   Going Places
Robert Bolt
Playwright
15-Aug-1924 20-Feb-1995 A Man for All Seasons
Charles Brackett
Screenwriter
26-Nov-1892 9-Mar-1969 Billy Wilder's collaborator
Irving Brecher
Screenwriter
17-Jan-1914 17-Nov-2008 Meet Me in St. Louis
Richard Brooks
Film Director
18-May-1912 11-Mar-1992 In Cold Blood
W. R. Burnett
Novelist
25-Nov-1899 25-Apr-1982 Little Caesar
James Cameron
Film Director
16-Aug-1954   Terminator, Titanic, and Avatar
John Paddy Carstairs
Film Director
11-May-1910 12-Dec-1970 The Saint in London
André Cayatte
Film Director
3-Feb-1909 6-Feb-1989 Verdict
Larry Charles
Screenwriter
1-Dec-1956   Seinfeld writer, also directed Borat
Paddy Chayefsky
Playwright
29-Jan-1923 1-Aug-1981 Network
Jay Cocks
Screenwriter
12-Jan-1944   Screenwriter, Gangs of New York
Larry Cohen
Film Director
15-Jul-1938   The Stuff
Lester Cole
Screenwriter
19-Jun-1904 15-Aug-1985 Born Free
Betty Comden
Songwriter
3-May-1915 23-Nov-2006 Singin' in the Rain
Michael Cristofer
Playwright
22-Jan-1945   The Shadow Box
Frank Darabont
Film Director
28-Jan-1959   The Shawshank Redemption
Delmer Daves
Film Director
24-Jul-1904 17-Aug-1977 Destination Tokyo
Joan Didion
Author
5-Dec-1934   Slouching Toward Bethlehem
John Gregory Dunne
Novelist
25-May-1932 30-Dec-2003 True Confessions
Marguerite Duras
Novelist
4-Apr-1914 3-Mar-1996 Hiroshima mon Amour
Blake Edwards
Film Director
26-Jul-1922 15-Dec-2010 The Pink Panther
Joe Eszterhas
Screenwriter
23-Nov-1944   Showgirls, Basic Instinct
David M. Evans
Film Director
20-Oct-1962   The Sandlot
John Fante
Author
8-Apr-1909 8-May-1983 Bukowski's idol
Asghar Farhadi
Film Director
1972   A Separation
John Farrow
Screenwriter
10-Feb-1904 28-Jan-1963 Around the World in Eighty Days
Horton Foote
Playwright
14-Mar-1916 4-Mar-2009 To Kill a Mockingbird
Melvin Frank
Screenwriter
13-Aug-1913 13-Oct-1988 A Touch of Class
Samuel Fuller
Film Director
12-Aug-1912 30-Oct-1997 Pickup on South Street
Terry George
Film Director
20-Dec-1952   Hotel Rwanda
Ricky Gervais
Actor
25-Jun-1961   The Office
Sidney Gilliat
Film Director
15-Feb-1908 31-May-1994 Green for Danger
Frank D. Gilroy
Playwright
13-Oct-1925   The Subject Was Roses
Tony Gilroy
Screenwriter
11-Sep-1956   The Bourne Legacy
Charles B. Griffith
Screenwriter
23-Sep-1930 28-Sep-2007 Little Shop of Horrors
John Guare
Playwright
5-Feb-1938   Six Degrees of Separation
Paul Haggis
Screenwriter
10-Mar-1953   Crash
Sam Hamm
Screenwriter
19-Nov-1955   Never Cry Wolf, Batman
Oscar Hammerstein II
Musician
12-Jul-1895 23-Aug-1960 Rodgers and Hammerstein
David Hare
Playwright
5-Jun-1947   Racing Demon
David Hayter
Actor
6-Feb-1969   Voice of Solid Snake
Ben Hecht
Screenwriter
28-Feb-1894 18-Apr-1964 The Front Page
Brian Helgeland
Screenwriter
17-Jan-1961   A Knight's Tale
Lillian Hellman
Playwright
20-Jun-1905 30-Jun-1984 Little Foxes
Michael Hitchcock
Actor
28-Jul-1958   MadTV
Agnieszka Holland
Film Director
28-Nov-1948   Europa, Europa
Sidney Coe Howard
Playwright
26-Jun-1891 23-Aug-1939 They Knew What They Wanted
John Hughes
Film Director
18-Feb-1950 6-Aug-2009 Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Evan Hunter
Novelist
15-Oct-1926 7-Jul-2005 The Blackboard Jungle
Armando Iannucci
Screenwriter
28-Nov-1963   The Thick of It
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Novelist
7-May-1927   Heat and Dust
Nunnally Johnson
Screenwriter
5-Dec-1897 25-Mar-1977 The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
Jerry Juhl
Screenwriter
27-Jul-1938 27-Sep-2005 Head writer, The Muppet Show
Garson Kanin
Screenwriter
24-Nov-1912 13-Mar-1999 It Should Happen to You
Charlie Kaufman
Screenwriter
20-Sep-1958   Being John Malkovich, Adaptation
Philip Kaufman
Film Director
23-Oct-1936   The Right Stuff
Richard Kelly
Screenwriter
28-Mar-1975   Donnie Darko
Burt Kennedy
Film Director
3-Sep-1922 15-Feb-2001 Support Your Local Sheriff
William Kennedy
Novelist
16-Jan-1928   Ironweed and The Cotton Club
Roland Kibbee
Screenwriter
15-Feb-1914 5-Aug-1984 A Night in Casablanca
Steve Kloves
Screenwriter
18-Mar-1960   Screenwriter, Harry Potter films
David Koepp
Screenwriter
9-Jun-1963   Screenwriter, Jurassic Park
Norman Krasna
Playwright
7-Nov-1909 1-Nov-1984 The Devil and Miss Jones
Richard LaGravenese
Screenwriter
30-Oct-1959   Screenwriter, The Fisher King
Frank Launder
Film Director
28-Jan-1906 23-Feb-1997 The Belles of St. Trinian's
Arthur Laurents
Playwright
14-Jul-1918 5-May-2011 West Side Story
John Howard Lawson
Playwright
25-Sep-1894 11-Aug-1977 One of the Hollywood Ten
Charles Lederer
Screenwriter
31-Dec-1911 5-Mar-1976 His Girl Friday
Sergio Leone
Film Director
3-Jan-1929 30-Apr-1989 Writer/director of spaghetti westerns
Jeremy Leven
Film Director
1941   Don Juan DeMarco
Anita Loos
Novelist
26-Apr-1893 18-Aug-1981 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Jonathan Lynn
Screenwriter
3-Apr-1943   Yes, Minister
Ranald MacDougall
Screenwriter
10-Mar-1915 12-Dec-1973 We're No Angels
Albert Maltz
Playwright
28-Oct-1908 26-Apr-1985 One of the Hollywood Ten
Abby Mann
Screenwriter
1-Dec-1927 25-Mar-2008 Judgment at Nuremberg
Michael Mann
Film Director
5-Feb-1943   Manhunter
Elaine May
Comic
21-Apr-1932   Wrote and directed Ishtar
Thomas McGuane
Novelist
11-Dec-1939   The Sporting Club
Don McKellar
Actor
17-Aug-1963   Last Night
Nancy Meyers
Film Director
8-Dec-1949   What Women Want
David Mills
Screenwriter
20-Nov-1961 30-Mar-2010 Writer for The Wire
Mario Monicelli
Film Director
15-May-1915 29-Nov-2010 Big Deal on Madonna Street
Ryan Murphy
Screenwriter
9-Nov-1965   Creator, Glee
Andrew Niccol
Screenwriter
10-Jun-1964   Gattaca
Dan O'Bannon
Screenwriter
30-Sep-1946 17-Dec-2009 Alien, Total Recall
Clifford Odets
Playwright
18-Jul-1906 14-Aug-1963 Sweet Smell of Success
Marcel Pagnol
Screenwriter
28-Feb-1895 18-Apr-1974 Jean de Florette
Norman Panama
Screenwriter
21-Apr-1914 13-Jan-2003 The Court Jester
Alexander Payne
Film Director
10-Feb-1961   About Schmidt
S. J. Perelman
Author
1-Feb-1904 17-Oct-1979 New Yorker humorist
Daniel Petrie, Jr.
Screenwriter
1952   Toy Soldiers
Manuel Puig
Novelist
28-Dec-1932 22-Jul-1990 Kiss of the Spider Woman
Bob Rafelson
Film Director
21-Feb-1933   Five Easy Pieces
Terence Rattigan
Playwright
10-Jun-1911 30-Nov-1977 Separate Tables
Satyajit Ray
Film Director
2-May-1921 23-Apr-1992 Pather Panchali
Phil Alden Robinson
Film Director
1-Mar-1950   Field of Dreams
Gene Roddenberry
Screenwriter
19-Aug-1921 24-Oct-1991 Creator of Star Trek
Don Roos
Screenwriter
14-Apr-1955   The Opposite of Sex
Robert Rossen
Screenwriter
16-Mar-1908 18-Feb-1966 The Hustler
Russell Rouse
Screenwriter
20-Nov-1913 2-Oct-1987 Pillow Talk
Richard Sale
Screenwriter
17-Dec-1911 4-Mar-1993 A Ticket to Tomahawk
Herbert Sargent
Screenwriter
15-Jul-1923 6-May-2005 SNL writer
Dore Schary
Film/TV Producer
31-Aug-1905 7-Jul-1980 President of MGM, 1951-56
Budd Schulberg
Novelist
27-Mar-1914 5-Aug-2009 What Makes Sammy Run?
Josh Schwartz
Screenwriter
6-Aug-1976   Creator, The O.C.
Ettore Scola
Screenwriter
10-May-1931   A Special Day
George Seaton
Screenwriter
17-Apr-1911 28-Jul-1979 Miracle on 34th Street
Erich Segal
Novelist
16-Jun-1937 17-Jan-2010 Love Story
Jorge Semprún
Novelist
10-Dec-1923 7-Jun-2011 Screenplay for Z
Anthony Shaffer
Screenwriter
15-May-1926 6-Nov-2001 The Wicker Man, Sleuth
Sidney Sheldon
Author
11-Feb-1917 30-Jan-2007 Annie Get Your Gun
Ron Shelton
Film Director
15-Sep-1945   White Men Can't Jump
M. Night Shyamalan
Film Director
6-Aug-1970   The Sixth Sense
Stephen Sommers
Screenwriter
20-Mar-1962   The Mummy
Terry Southern
Novelist
1-May-1924 29-Oct-1995 Dr. Strangelove
Aaron Spelling
Film/TV Producer
22-Apr-1923 23-Jun-2006 Beverly Hills 90210
Jerry Stahl
Author
28-Sep-1953   Permanent Midnight
Sylvester Stallone
Actor
6-Jul-1946   Rocky, Rambo
Darren Star
Film/TV Producer
c. 1961   Creator of Beverly Hills 90210 franchise
Donald Ogden Stewart
Author
30-Nov-1894 2-Aug-1980 The Philadelphia Story
Nicholas Stoller
Screenwriter
19-Mar-1976   Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Preston Sturges
Screenwriter
29-Aug-1898 6-Aug-1959 Sullivan's Travels
Eric Sykes
Actor
4-May-1923 4-Jul-2012 The Plank
Quentin Tarantino
Film Director
27-Mar-1963   Pulp Fiction
Bertrand Tavernier
Film Director
25-Apr-1941   'Round Midnight
Billy Bob Thornton
Actor
4-Aug-1955   Sling Blade
Robert Towne
Screenwriter
23-Nov-1934   Personal Best
Lamar Trotti
Screenwriter
18-Oct-1900 28-Aug-1952 Young Mr. Lincoln
Dalton Trumbo
Author
9-Dec-1905 10-Sep-1976 Johnny Got His Gun
Francis Veber
Screenwriter
28-Jul-1937   The Dinner Game
Peter Viertel
Novelist
16-Nov-1920 4-Nov-2007 White Hunter, Black Heart
Jerry Wald
Film/TV Producer
16-Sep-1911 13-Jul-1962 Peyton Place
Irving Wallace
Author
19-Mar-1916 29-Jun-1990 The Book of Lists
Randall Wallace
Screenwriter
28-Jul-1949   The Man in the Iron Mask
David S. Ward
Film Director
25-Oct-1945   The Sting
Nathanael West
Author
17-Oct-1903 22-Dec-1940 The Day of the Locust
Mike White
Screenwriter
28-Jun-1970   Writer of School of Rock
Billy Wilder
Film Director
22-Jun-1906 27-Mar-2002 Sunset Blvd.
Kevin Williamson
Screenwriter
14-Mar-1965   Scream
Boaz Yakin
Screenwriter
20-Jun-1966   Remember the Titans
Jack Yellen
Songwriter
6-Jul-1892 17-Apr-1991 Happy Days Are Here Again
Philip Yordan
Screenwriter
1-Apr-1914 24-Mar-2003 The Battle of the Bulge
Steven Zaillian
Screenwriter
30-Jan-1953   Schindler's List



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