Superb Screenwriters
by muybueno16 | created - 01 Jan 2014 | updated - 2 months ago | Public1. Aaron Sorkin
Writer | The West Wing
Aaron Sorkin grew up in Scarsdale, a suburb of New York City where he was very involved in his high school drama and theater club. After graduating from Syracuse University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theater, Sorkin intended to pursue a career in acting. It took him only a short time to ...
2. Robert Rodat
Writer | Saving Private Ryan
Robert Rodat was born in 1953 in New Hampshire, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Saving Private Ryan (1998), Fly Away Home (1996) and Falling Skies (2011). He is married to Mollie Miller. They have three children.
3. Shawn Ryan
Producer | The Shield
Shawn Ryan was born on October 11, 1966 in Rockford, Illinois, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for The Shield (2002), S.W.A.T. (2017) and Timeless (2016). He has been married to Cathy Cahlin Ryan since April 25, 1998. They have two children.
4. Howard Gordon
Producer | 24
Howard Gordon was born on March 31, 1961 in Queens, New York City, New York, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for 24 (2001), Homeland (2011) and The X-Files (1993).
5. Ronald D. Moore
Producer | Battlestar Galactica
Ron Moore was a member of the Kappa Alpha literary society during his time at Cornell University. He dropped out of college during his senior year, after which he moved to Los Angeles, California, with a friend in hopes of becoming a working writer. He was two weeks away from joining the United ...
6. Steve Conrad
Writer | Patriot
Steve Conrad was born in 1968 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Patriot (2015), Wonder (2017) and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013).
7. Billy Ray
Writer | Captain Phillips
Billy Ray is known for Captain Phillips (2013), The Hunger Games (2012) and Shattered Glass (2003). He is married to Stacy Sherman. They have two children.
8. Tony Gilroy
Writer | Michael Clayton
Tony Gilroy was born in Manhattan, New York, New York, USA; and raised in upstate New York. His father, Frank D. Gilroy, was a Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, director, and screenwriter. Tony has penned many films, including The Devil's Advocate (1997) and The Cutting Edge (1992).
9. Graham Yost
Producer | Justified
Graham Yost was born on September 5, 1959 in Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada. He is a producer and writer, known for Justified (2010), From the Earth to the Moon (1998) and Speed (1994).
10. 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.
11. Jonathan Nolan
Writer | Westworld
Attended Loyola Academy in Wilmette, Illinois, graduating in 1994.
Graduated from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. in 1999. Majored in English.
Shortly after graduating from Georgetown University, Jonathan Nolan served as a production assistant on Memento (2000).
Wrote the short story, "...
12. Dick Wolf
Producer | Law & Order
Dick Wolf was born on December 20, 1946 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Law & Order (1990), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) and Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001). He has been married to Noelle Lippman since June 17, 2006. They have two ...
13. Evan Katz
Producer | 24
Evan Katz is known for 24 (2001), 24: Legacy (2016) and The Event (2010). He is married to Lisa Miller Katz.
14. Chris Carter
Writer | The X Files
Born and raised in Bellflower, California, Chris Carter graduated from the California State University at Long Beach with a degree in journalism. Formerly a freelance journalist and editor of "Surfing" magazine, Carter began his career as a screenwriter in 1985 at The Walt Disney Studios. In 1992 ...
15. Chris Brancato
Writer | Godfather of Harlem
Chris Brancato was born on July 1, 1962 in Teaneck, New Jersey, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Godfather of Harlem (2019), Species II (1998) and First Wave (1998).
16. Frank Darabont
Writer | The Shawshank Redemption
Three-time Oscar nominee Frank Darabont was born in a refugee camp in 1959 in Montbeliard, France, the son of Hungarian parents who had fled Budapest during the failed 1956 Hungarian revolution. Brought to America as an infant, he settled with his family in Los Angeles and attended Hollywood High ...
17. 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 ...
18. Alex Gansa
Producer | Homeland
Alex Gansa is known for Homeland (2011), Beauty and the Beast (1987) and Maximum Bob (1998). He is married to Lauren White (IX).
19. Mark Verheiden
Writer | Timecop
Mark Verheiden is known for Timecop (1994), The Mask (1994) and Battlestar Galactica (2004).
20. Robert Cochran
Writer | 24
Robert Cochran is known for 24 (2001), 24: Legacy (2016) and 24: Live Another Day (2014).
21. Paul Haggis
Writer | Crash
Paul Haggis established himself over twenty years with an extensive career in television, before his big break into features arrived when he became the first screenwriter to garner two Best Film Academy Awards back-to-back for his scripts: "Million Dollar Baby" (2004) directed by Clint Eastwood, ...
22. David Chase
Producer | The Sopranos
Born in Mt. Vernon, New York, and raised in New Jersey, David Chase (born David DeCesare) dreamed of being a star drummer in a rock band! He spent many years playing drums and bass trying to be part of a successful rock band in the 1960s East Coast music scene. He also loved movies, such as The ...
23. Anthony Minghella
Writer | The Talented Mr. Ripley
Anthony Minghella was the son of immigrants from Italy, who own an ice-cream factory on the Isle of Wight, where Anthony was born on January 6, 1954. He and his two siblings, Edana Minghella and Dominic Minghella, grew up there, a popular British holiday spot. After graduating from the University of...
24. David Simon
Writer | The Wire
David Simon was born on May 13, 1960 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for The Wire (2002), Homicide: Life on the Street (1993) and The Corner (2000). He has been married to Laura Lippman since October 3, 2006. They have one child.
25. Ed Burns
Writer | The Wire
Ed Burns is an American novelist, writer and producer. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland and was wild in his early years. This led his parents to move him and his brother Michael to the suburbs. He went to Catholic schools as a boy and graduated from Loyola College in Baltimore. He worked as a ...
26. Larry Cohen
Writer | God Told Me To
Larry Cohen was born July 15, 1936, in New York, New York, and spent time in Kingston, a small town north of New York City. At a young age, his family moved to the Riverdale section of the Bronx, and he eventually majored in film at the historic City College of New York, from which he graduated in ...
27. Natalie Chaidez
Producer | The Flight Attendant
Natalie Chaidez is known for The Flight Attendant (2020), Heroes (2006) and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008).
28. Josh Friedman
Writer | Avatar: The Way of Water
Josh Friedman is known for Avatar: The Way of Water (2022), War of the Worlds (2005) and Terminator: Dark Fate (2019). He has been married to Christine Albrecht-Buehler since August 4, 2002. They have one child.
29. David Mamet
Writer | House of Games
Born in 1947 in Chicago, he was educated at Goddard College, in Vermont, and studied drama at New York's Neighborhood Playhouse, before returning to Chicago and establishing the St Nicholas Theatre Company in 1972. He remained their resident writer for four years. The first of his plays to secure ...
30. Vince Gilligan
Producer | The X Files
George Vincent Gilligan Jr. (born February 10, 1967) is an American writer, producer, and director. He is known for his television work, specifically as creator, head writer, executive producer, and director of Breaking Bad and its spin-off Better Call Saul. He was a writer and producer for The ...
31. Blake Masters
Writer | 2 Guns
Blake Masters is known for 2 Guns (2013), Falling Water (2016) and Brotherhood (2006).
32. Brad Mirman
Writer | Crime Spree
Born June 28, 1953 in Hollywood, California. Went to Beverly Hills High school. First big break came with the sale of a spec script "Partners in Crime" to Paramount in 1989 after a bidding war. He Lived in Paris from 1999 to 2005 and currently resides in Paris and Los Angeles. Married to Delphine ...
33. Jason Richman
Writer | Detroit 1-8-7
Jason Richman is known for Detroit 1-8-7 (2010), Bad Company (2002) and Bangkok Dangerous (2008).
34. Bruno Heller
Writer | Rome
Bruno Heller was born in 1960 in London, England, UK. He is a writer and producer, known for Rome (2005), The Mentalist (2008) and Gotham (2014).
35. Brannon Braga
Writer | Star Trek: Generations
Brannon Braga was born on August 14, 1965 in Bozeman, Montana, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Star Trek: Generations (1994), Star Trek: First Contact (1996) and Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987).
36. Rafael Álvarez
Writer | Swimming in the Desert
Rafael Álvarez is known for Swimming in the Desert (2016), The Wire (2002) and Life (2007). He is married to Deborah J. Rudacille. They have one child.
37. Joy Kecken
Writer | Louisville
Joy Kecken is known for Louisville (1998), The Wire (2002) and Cloak & Dagger (2018).
38. Chris Collins
Writer | The Wire
Chris Collins is known for The Wire (2002), John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (2019) and Sons of Anarchy (2008).
39. Terence Winter
Producer | The Sopranos
Terence Winter was born on October 2, 1960 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for The Sopranos (1999), The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) and Boardwalk Empire (2010). He is married to Rachel Winter. They have two children.
40. Steven Bochco
Writer | Hill Street Blues
Attended Carnegie Tech (now Carnegie-Mellon University) as a playwriting major. Barbara Bosson (his second wife), Michael Tucker, Bruce Weitz and Charles Haid were classmates; he and Tucker drove cross-country to Hollywood for full-time jobs at Universal, where Bochco would remain for 12 years.
In ...
41. Frank Conniff
Writer | Mystery Science Theater 3000
Frank Conniff is a comedy writer and performer who began his TV career writing for the Peabody award winning Comedy Central series "Mystery Science Theater 3000," where he also played "TV's Frank,"the bumbling yet lovable mad scientist sidekick. He then went on to be a writer, producer and actor on...
42. Trace Beaulieu
Writer | Mystery Science Theater 3000
Trace Beaulieu was born on November 6, 1958 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. He is a writer and actor, known for Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988), Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (1996) and MST3K Little Gold Statue Preview Special (1995). He was previously married to Karin Terrell-Lucius.
43. Joel Hodgson
Writer | Mystery Science Theater 3000
Born in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, Joel Hodgson is best known as a stand-up comedian and creator of the cult favorite Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988). Hodgson is also a toy designer, prop builder, sculptor, writer and producer. He currently resides in Los Angeles where he continues writing and ...
44. Michael J. Nelson
Writer | Mystery Science Theater 3000
Michael J. Nelson is the former host and writer of the Emmy-nominated, Peabody Award-winning Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988). Since that time, he has appeared on numerous radio and TV shows, penned a regular column for TV Guide, and authored best-selling books for both HarperCollins and Abrams.
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45. Kevin Murphy
Actor | Mystery Science Theater 3000
Kevin Murphy was born on November 3, 1956 in River Forest, Illinois, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988), Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (1996) and MST3K Little Gold Statue Preview Special (1995). He has been married to Jane Wagner since September ...
46. Bill Corbett
Actor | Mystery Science Theater 3000
Bill Corbett was born on March 30, 1960 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988), Meet Dave (2008) and Cheap Seats: Without Ron Parker (2004). He has been married to Virginia Sweeny since 2003.
47. Paul Chaplin
Writer | Mystery Science Theater 3000
Paul Chaplin was born on December 1, 1955 in Illinois, USA. He is a writer and actor, known for Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988), Memphis Belle (1990) and Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (1996).
48. Mary Jo Pehl
Writer | Mystery Science Theater 3000
Mary Jo Pehl was born on February 27, 1960 in Circle Pines, Minnesota, USA. She is a writer and actress, known for Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988), 1st Annual Mystery Science Theater 3000 Summer Blockbuster Review (1997) and Mystery Science Theater 3000 (2017).
49. Jason Cahill
Producer | Fringe
Jason Cahill is known for Fringe (2008), The Sopranos (1999) and Surface (2005).
50. 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).
51. J.H. Wyman
Producer | Fringe
J.H. Wyman was born in Oakland, California, USA. He is a producer and director, known for Fringe (2008), Almost Human (2013) and Debris (2021).
52. Scott Rosenbaum
Producer | The Shield
Scott Rosenbaum is known for The Shield (2002), V (2009) and Sandokan (2025).
53. William Monahan
Writer | The Departed
William Monahan was born on November 3, 1960 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for The Departed (2006), London Boulevard (2010) and Edge of Darkness (2010).
54. Stuart Beattie
Writer | Interceptor
Stuart Beattie is known for Interceptor (2022), Collateral (2004) and Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003).
55. 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, ...
56. 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).
57. Brian Helgeland
Writer | Finestkind
Brian Helgeland was born in Providence, Rhode Island and raised in New Bedford Massachusetts. A born worker, Helgeland has endeavored to achieve in the following fields: snow shoveler, scrap newspaper collector, dishwasher, nursing home janitor, drug store clerk and unreliable nightshift gas ...
58. Terrence Malick
Writer | Days of Heaven
Terrence Malick was born in Ottawa, Illinois. His family subsequently lived in Oklahoma and he went to school in Austin, Texas. He did his undergraduate work at Harvard, graduating summa cum laude with a degree in philosophy in 1965.
A member of the Phi Beta Kappa honor society, he attended Magdalen ...
59. Christopher McQuarrie
Writer | The Usual Suspects
Christopher McQuarrie is an acclaimed producer, director and an Academy Award® winning writer. McQuarrie grew up in Princeton Junction, New Jersey and in lieu of college, he spent the first five years out of school traveling and working at a detective agency. He later moved to Los Angeles to pursue...
60. Zak Penn
Writer | Ready Player One
Zak Penn's career began as a screenwriter when he sold his first script, Last Action Hero, at the age of twenty-three. Since then, Penn has become known for his work on numerous films based on Marvel comics, including X-Men 2 and X-Men: The Last Stand, The Incredible Hulk, and The Avengers. He has ...
61. Scott Frank
Writer | Logan
Scott Frank was born on March 10, 1960 in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Logan (2017), Out of Sight (1998) and The Lookout (2007).
62. Scott Z. Burns
Writer | The Report
Scott Z. Burns is known for The Report (2019), Side Effects (2013) and Contagion (2011).
63. George Nolfi
Writer | The Bourne Ultimatum
George Nolfi is an American writer-director best known for Bourne Ultimatum, Oceans Twelve, and The Adjustment Bureau. His most recent film, The Banker, starring Sam Jackson and Anthony Mackie won the 2021 NAACP Image Award for Best Independent Motion Picture.
Nolfi's first screenwriting credit was ...
64. Paul Schrader
Writer | First Reformed
Although his name is often linked to that of the "movie brat" generation (Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, George Lucas, Brian De Palma, etc.) Paul Schrader's background couldn't have been more different than theirs. His strict Calvinist parents refused to allow him to see a...
65. Larry David
Actor | Whatever Works
Lawrence Gene David is an American comedian, writer, actor, director, and television producer. He and Jerry Seinfeld created the television sitcom Seinfeld, on which David was head writer and executive producer for the first seven seasons. He gained further recognition for the HBO series Curb Your ...
66. David E. Kelley
Writer | The Practice
David Kelley might be described as living the American Dream, 1990s' style: write a screenplay, move to Hollywood, make millions and marry a movie star. A former Boston lawyer, in the last decade, he switched careers to become a successful television producer whose shows are recognized for their ...
67. Matthew Vaughn
Producer | Kick-Ass
Matthew Vaughn is an English film producer and director. He is known for producing such films as Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) and Snatch (2000) and for directing the crime thriller, Layer Cake (2004), the fantasy epic, Stardust (2007), the superhero comedy, Kick-Ass (2010), and the ...
68. Nicholas Pileggi
Writer | Goodfellas
Nicholas Pileggi was born and raised in New York, the son of a shoe store owner. He worked as a journalist for Associated Press in the 1950s where he specialized in crime reporting. Over the next 30 years he built up his contacts and reputation, covering stories for New York magazine and ...
69. Todd Ellis Kessler
Producer | The Practice
Todd Ellis Kessler is known for The Practice (1997), The Good Wife (2009) and The Unit (2006).
70. Paul Redford
Producer | The West Wing
Paul Redford is known for The West Wing (1999), Motive (2013) and Designated Survivor (2016).
71. Lawrence Kasdan
Writer | The Big Chill
Lawrence Kasdan is an American filmmaker, producer and screenwriter. He directed Body Heat, Grand Canyon, The Big Chill, Silverado and Dreamcatcher. He wrote Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Bodyguard, The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, The Force Awakens and Solo: A Star Wars Story. He is ...
72. 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 ...
73. Rod Lurie
Director | The Outpost
Rod Lurie is the director of the "The Outpost," released July 2020, starring Scott Eastwood, Caleb Landry Jones, and Orlando Bloom. The film, based on CNN chief correspondent Jake Tapper's bestselling book of the same name, tells the true story of the events leading up to and including the Battle ...
74. Matthew Michael Carnahan
Writer | Dark Waters
Matthew Michael Carnahan is known for Dark Waters (2019), Mosul (2019) and 21 Bridges (2019).
75. Ann Donahue
Producer | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Ann Donahue was born in 1955. She is known for CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000), Picket Fences (1992) and CSI: Miami (2002).
76. Anthony E. Zuiker
Writer | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Anthony E. Zuiker is the creator of television's hugely successful "CSI" franchise, currently serving as executive producer of "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" and the newest series in the franchise, "CSI: Cyber." In December of 2014, Zuiker made his debut in the kids market with "Mysteryopolis," a...
77. Carol Mendelsohn
Producer | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Carol lived in Washington, DC for three years, from 1973 -1976, while she attended The National Law Center at the George Washington University. Carol graduated and received her Juris Doctor Degree from GWU in May 1976. At law school, Carol was known as a very bright student, with a big smile and a ...
78. John Hughes
Writer | Planes, Trains & Automobiles
John Hughes was an American film director, film producer, and screenwriter. He was credited for creating some of the most memorable comedy films of the 1980s and the 1990s, when he was at the height of his career. He had a talent for writing coming-of-age stories, and for depicting fairly realistic...
79. Trey Parker
Music_department | South Park
Trey was born in Conifer, Colorado, on October 19, 1969 to Randy Parker, a geologist, and Sharon Parker, an insurance broker. He has an older sister, Shelley Parker. He met Matt Stone (co-creator of South Park (1997)) while attending the University of Colorado in Boulder, where he had a double ...
80. Matt Stone
Soundtrack | South Park
Matthew Stone is a Jewish-American actor, writer, director, musician and animator who frequently collaborates with Trey Parker. They created and voiced in the South Park franchise. Matt voiced Kyle Broflovski, Kenny McCormick, Butters Stotch and other characters. He and Parker also worked on The ...
81. Edward Allen Bernero
Producer | Third Watch
Edward Allen Bernero was born on August 29, 1962 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Third Watch (1999), Criminal Minds (2005) and Crossing Lines (2013).
82. Stephen Kronish
Producer | 24
Stephen Kronish is known for 24 (2001), The Commish (1991) and Wiseguy (1987).
83. David Milch
Writer | Hill Street Blues
David Milch was born on March 23, 1945 in Buffalo, New York, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Hill Street Blues (1981), NYPD Blue (1993) and Brooklyn South (1997). He has been married to Rita Stern since 1982. They have three children.
84. Scott Wiper
Writer | The Big Ugly
Scott Wiper was born on July 22, 1970 in Granville, Ohio, USA. He is a writer and director, known for The Big Ugly (2020), The Condemned (2007) and The Cold Light of Day (2012).
85. Josh Trank
Writer | Fantastic Four
Joshua Trank is an American filmmaker and screenwriter. He got his big break by directing the found footage superhero film Chronicle for 20th Century Fox in 2012. He was later hired to direct Fant4stic, an ill-fated reboot to the Tim Story Fantastic Four film series of the 2000s starring Miles ...
86. Glen Mazzara
Producer | The Shield
Glen Mazzara is a television Writer/Creator/Showrunner who is Showrunner for Beacon 23, starring Lena Headey and Stephan James. In 2022 he was hired as a Consulting Producer for Beacon 23, but was elevated to Showrunner. He is also a Consulting Producer for The Rookie, starring Nathan Fillion. He ...
87. Brian Helgeland
Writer | Finestkind
Brian Helgeland was born in Providence, Rhode Island and raised in New Bedford Massachusetts. A born worker, Helgeland has endeavored to achieve in the following fields: snow shoveler, scrap newspaper collector, dishwasher, nursing home janitor, drug store clerk and unreliable nightshift gas ...
88. David Hare
Writer | The Hours
David Hare is an English playwright, screenwriter and theatre and film director. Best known for his stage work, Hare had also great success with films, receiving two Academy Award nominations for Best Adapted Screenplay for writing The Hours (2002) in 2002, based on the novel written by Michael ...
89. David Twohy
Writer | The Fugitive
As both writer and director, David Twohy has contributed much to the film world, helping to elevate movies in such a way that Entertainment Weekly was prompted to name him "one of the 100 most creative people in Hollywood." In his career, Twohy has worked with on-screen notables like Harrison Ford,...
90. Rick Cleveland
Producer | Six Feet Under
Rick Cleveland is known for Six Feet Under (2001), Runaway Jury (2003) and The West Wing (1999).
91. Bryan Fuller
Writer | Pushing Daisies
Self professed Star Trek geek who watched and loved the Trek series "Deep Space Nine" and set out to write for them. At the time, Star Trek had an open script submission policy and Fuller contributed a spec, leading to a pitching opportunity. When he had sold a couple of stories to Deep Space Nine,...
92. Waldo Salt
Writer | Midnight Cowboy
Waldo Salt was one of the many people blacklisted in Hollywood during the Red Scare, but unlike others, Salt recovered triumphantly. He wrote his first scripts in the late 1930s (MGM contract writer, 1936-42) and also served as a civilian consultant to the Office of War Information from 1942- 1945 ...
93. Menno Meyjes
Writer | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Menno Meyjes was born in 1954 in Bloemendaal, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. He is a writer and director, known for Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), The Color Purple (1985) and The Siege (1998).
94. Paul Attanasio
Writer | Quiz Show
Paul Albert Attanasio (born November 14, 1959) is an American screenwriter. He is a 1981 graduate of Harvard College, where he lived in Currier House, and earned his law degree at Harvard Law School in 1984. Paul is known for Homicide: Life on The Street (1993-1999), Quiz Show (1994), Donnie Brasco...
95. David Levien
Writer | Runaway Jury
David Levien is known for Runaway Jury (2003), Runner Runner (2013) and Ocean's Thirteen (2007).
96. Brian Koppelman
Writer | Runaway Jury
Brian Koppelman was born in 1966 in Roslyn Harbor, Long Island, New York, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Runaway Jury (2003), Runner Runner (2013) and Michael Clayton (2007).
97. Timothy J. Sexton
Writer | Children of Men
Timothy J. Sexton is known for Children of Men (2006), Chicago P.D. (2014) and Amores Perros (2000).
98. James DeMonaco
Writer | The Purge: Anarchy
James DeMonaco was born in 1969 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for The Purge: Anarchy (2014), The Purge: Election Year (2016) and The First Purge (2018).
99. Michael Tolkin
Writer | The Player
Michael Tolkin was born on October 17, 1950 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for The Player (1992), Deep Impact (1998) and Changing Lanes (2002).
100. Jennifer Westfeldt
Actress | Kissing Jessica Stein
Jennifer is an American actress and filmmaker, who is perhaps best known for writing and starring in the indie hits, Kissing Jessica Stein (2001) and Friends with Kids (2011).
A graduate from Yale University, Jennifer started her career as a New York-based theater actor, starring in over 25 ...
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