My Favorite Writers
by lukas-bf | created - 30 Jan 2012 | updated - 29 May 2014 | Public
1. Luc Besson
Writer | Le Cinquième Élément
Luc Besson spent the first years of his life following his parents, scuba diving instructors, around the world. His early life was entirely aquatic. He already showed amazing creativity as a youth, writing early drafts of The Big Blue (1988) and The Fifth Element (1997), as an adolescent bored in ...
Busca Implacável 1,2 (2008,2012) - Dupla Implacável (2010) - B13 13º Distrito 1,2 (2004,2009) - Carga Explosiva 1,2,3 (2002,2005,2008) - Taxi 1,2,3,4 (1998,2000,2003,2007) - 22 Balas (2010) - Cão de Briga (2005) - O Beijo do Dragão (2001) - Brick Mansions (2014) - A Família (2013) - O Golpista do Ano (2009) - Bandidas (2006)
2. Steven Spielberg
Producer | Schindler's List
One of the most influential personalities in the history of cinema, Steven Spielberg is Hollywood's best known director and one of the wealthiest filmmakers in the world. He has an extraordinary number of commercially successful and critically acclaimed credits to his name, either as a director, ...
Indiana Jones (Todos) - O Resgate do Soldado Ryan (1998) - Guerra dos Mundos (2005) - A.I. Inteligência Artificial (2001) - Cavalo de Guerra (2011) - As Aventuras de Tintim (2011) - Jurassic Park - O Parque dos Dinossauros (1993) - Prenda-me Se For Capaz (2002) - E.T. - O Extraterrestre (1982)
3. Christopher Nolan
Writer | Tenet
Best known for his cerebral, often nonlinear, storytelling, acclaimed Academy Award winner writer/director/producer Sir Christopher Nolan CBE was born in London, England. Over the course of more than 25 years of filmmaking, Nolan has gone from low-budget independent films to working on some of the ...
Batman 1,2,3 (2005,2008,2012) - A Origem (2010) - O Grande Truque (2006) - Transcendence - A Revolução (2014)
4. Ted Elliott
Writer | Shrek
Ted Elliott was born on July 4, 1961 in Santa Ana, California, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Shrek (2001), The Lone Ranger (2013) and Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003).
Piratas do Caribe - A Maldição do Pérola Negra (2003) - Piratas do Caribe: O Baú da Morte (2006) - Shrek (2001) - Piratas do Caribe: No Fim do Mundo (2007) - Piratas do Caribe: Navegando em Águas Misteriosas (2011) - Aladdin (1992) - A Lenda do Tesouro Perdido: Livro dos Segredos (2007) - A Máscara do Zorro (1998) - A Lenda do Zorro (2005) - O Caminho Para El Dorado (2000) - Planeta do Tesouro (2002)
5. Jeff Nathanson
Writer | Speed 2: Cruise Control
Jeff Nathanson was born on October 12, 1965 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997), Catch Me If You Can (2002) and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017).
Prenda-me Se For Capaz (2002) - Indiana Jones e o Reino da Caveira de Cristal (2008) - O Terminal (2004) - A Hora do Rush 2 (2001) - A Hora do Rush 3 (2007) - Roubo nas Alturas (2011)
6. Gore Verbinski
Director | Rango
Gore Verbinski, one of American cinema's most inventive directors who was a punk-rock guitarist as a teenager and had to sell his guitar to buy his first camera, is now the director of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) which made the industry record for highest opening weekend of ...
Piratas do Caribe - A Maldição do Pérola Negra (2003) - Piratas do Caribe: O Baú da Morte (2006) - Piratas do Caribe: No Fim do Mundo (2007) - O Chamado (2002/I) - O Sol de Cada Manhã (2005)
7. John Logan
Writer | Skyfall
John Logan was a playwright in Chicago for ten years before writing, on spec, his first screenplay, "Any Given Sunday." He won the 2010 Tony, Drama Desk, Drama League and Outer Critics Circle awards for his play RED, which premiered at the Donmar Warehouse in London and the Golden Theatre on ...
Gladiador (2000) - 007: Operação Skyfall (2012) - O Último Samurai (2003) - Penny Dreadful (2014-#) - Sweeney Todd: O Barbeiro Demoníaco da Rua Fleet (2007) - A Invenção de Hugo Cabret (2011) - Rango (2011) - A Máquina do Tempo (2002) - Sinbad: A Lenda dos Sete Mares (2003)
8. James Wan
Writer | Saw
James Wan (born 26 February 1977) is an Australian film producer, screenwriter and film director of Malaysian Chinese descent. He is widely known for directing the horror film Saw (2004) and creating Billy the puppet. Wan has also directed Dead Silence (2007), Death Sentence (2007), Insidious (2010)...
Invocação do Mal (2013) - Sobrenatural: Capítulo 2 (2013) - Sobrenatural (2010) - Jogos Mortais (2004) - Gritos Mortais (2007)
9. David S. Goyer
Writer | Dark City
David S. Goyer was born on December 22, 1965 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Dark City (1998), The Dark Knight (2008) and Flashforward (2009). He is married to Marina Black. They have two children. He was previously married to Jessika Borsiczky.
O Homem de Aço (2013) - Batman 1,2,3 (2005, 2008, 2012) - Da Vinci's Demons (Série 2013-#) - Blade, O Caçador de Vampiros 1 e 2 (1998, 2002)
10. Kurt Wimmer
Writer | Equilibrium
Kurt Wimmer was born on March 9, 1964. He is a writer and producer, known for Equilibrium (2002), Total Recall (2012) and Point Break (2015).
Equilibrium (2002) - Salt (2010) - Código de Conduta (2009)
11. Boaz Yakin
Writer | Fresh
Boaz Yakin was born on June 15, 1965. He is a writer and producer, known for Fresh (1994), Remember the Titans (2000) and Aviva (2020).
Príncipe da Pérsia: As Areias do Tempo (2010) - O Código (2012) - Truque de Mestre (2013)
12. Zack Snyder
Director | 300
Zachary Edward "Zack" Snyder (born March 1, 1966) is an American film director, film producer, and screenwriter, best known for action and science fiction films. Snyder made his feature film debut with the 2004 remake Dawn of the Dead and has gone on to be known for his comic book movies and ...
O Homem de Aço (2013) - 300 (2006) - 300: A Ascensão do Império (2014) - Sucker Punch: Mundo Surreal (2011) - A Lenda dos Guardiões (2010) - Watchmen: O Filme (2009) - Madrugada dos Mortos (2004)
13. Edward Zwick
Producer | Thirtysomething
Zwick moves deftly between the roles of writer, director and producer. He was nominated for a Golden Globe for his direction of the 1989 critically acclaimed Civil War drama, Glory. He received his second Golden Globe nomination as a director for Legends of the Fall. Zwick received an Academy Award...
Diamante de Sangue (2006) - O Último Samurai (2003) - Traffic: Ninguém Sai Limpo (2000) - Amor e Outras Drogas (2010) - Um Ato de Liberdade (2008/I) - Tempo de Glória (1989)
14. M. Night Shyamalan
Producer | Lady in the Water
Born in Puducherry, India, and raised in the posh suburban Penn Valley area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, M. Night Shyamalan is a film director, screenwriter, producer, and occasional actor, known for making movies with contemporary supernatural plots.
He is the son of Jayalakshmi, a Tamil ...
O Sexto Sentido (1999) - Sinais (2002) - Corpo Fechado (2000) - A Vila (2004) - A Dama na Água (2006) - O Último Mestre do Ar (2010) - Demônio (2010) - Stuart Little (1999)
15. David Koepp
Writer | Jurassic Park
David Koepp is an American film director and screenwriter. He is known for writing Jurassic Park directed by Steven Spielberg, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Mission: Impossible, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Spider-Man directed by Sam Raimi and Panic Room directed by David ...
Homem-Aranha (2002) - Jurassic Park - O Parque dos Dinossauros (1993) - Indiana Jones e o Reino da Caveira de Cristal (2008) - Guerra dos Mundos (2005) - Missão Impossível (1996) - O Mundo Perdido: Jurassic Park (1997) - O Quarto do Pânico (2002) - Anjos e Demônios (2009)
16. David Ayer
Producer | End of Watch
David Ayer is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. David Ayer was born in Champaign, Illinois and grew up in Bloomington, Minnesota, and Bethesda, Maryland, where he was kicked out of his house by his parents as a teenager. Ayer then lived with his cousin in Los Angeles, ...
Dia de Treinamento (2001) - Velozes e Furiosos (2001) - Marcados para Morrer (2012) - S.W.A.T. - Comando Especial (2003) - U-571 - A Batalha do Atlântico (2000) - Tempos de Violência (2005)
17. Akiva Goldsman
Writer | A Beautiful Mind
Akiva Goldsman was born on July 7, 1962 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for A Beautiful Mind (2001), Batman & Robin (1997) and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (2022).
Eu Sou a Lenda (2007) - Sr. & Sra. Smith (2005) - Hancock (2008) - Constantine (2005) - Os Perdedores (2010) - Jonah Hex - Caçador de Recompensas (2010)
18. Michael Mann
Producer | The Insider
As a director, screenwriter, and producer, four-time Academy Award nominee Michael Mann has established himself as one of the most innovative and influential filmmakers in American cinema. After writing and directing the Primetime Emmy Award-winning television movie The Jericho Mile (1979), Mann ...
Fogo Contra Fogo (1995) - Inimigos Públicos (2009) - O Informante (1999) - Miami Vice (2006) - O Último dos Moicanos (1992) - Ali (2001)
19. Jay Roach
Director | Trumbo
Jay Roach was born on June 14, 1957 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. He is a producer and director, known for Trumbo (2015), Bombshell (2019) and Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997). He has been married to Susanna Hoffs since April 17, 1993. They have two children.
Entrando Numa Fria (1,2,3) (2000,2004,2010) - Borat (2006) - O Guia do Mochileiro das Galáxias (2005)
20. Pierre Morel
Director | Banlieue 13
Pierre Morel was born on May 12, 1964 in France. He is a cinematographer and director, known for District B13 (2004), Taken (2008) and The Gunman (2015).
Dupla Implacável (2010) - Busca Implacável (2008) - B13 - 13º Distrito (2004)
21. Ridley Scott
Producer | The Martian
Described by film producer Michael Deeley as "the very best eye in the business", director Ridley Scott was born on November 30, 1937 in South Shields, Tyne and Wear. His father was an officer in the Royal Engineers and the family followed him as his career posted him throughout the United Kingdom ...
Gladiador (2000) - Hannibal (2001) - Cruzada (2005) - Falcão Negro em Perigo (2001) - Prometheus (2012) -
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