following: screenwriters
by araschdarvischi1986 | created - 20 May 2019 | updated - 07 Dec 2019 | PublicI'm following these screenwriters
1. Andrew Birkin
Writer | Der Name der Rose
Andrew Birkin was born on December 9, 1945 in London, England, UK. He is a writer and director, known for The Name of the Rose (1986), Burning Secret (1988) and The Cement Garden (1993).
2. Frank Miller
Writer | Sin City
Frank Miller was born in Olney, Maryland, to a nurse mother and a carpenter and electrician father, and was raised in Montpelier, Vermont. He is of Irish descent. Miller was a big comics writer/artist in the '70s and '80s. He wrote and penciled the Marvel series "Daredevil" for a long time. His ...
3. Joshua Zetumer
Writer | RoboCop
Joshua Zetumer is known for RoboCop (2014), Patriots Day (2016) and Villain.
4. 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 ...
5. Panos H. Koutras
Director | Xenia
Born in Athens. He studied in London at the "London International Film School" and then in Paris at the "Sorbonne". From 1985 until 1995 he lived in Paris and London and made several shorts films which participated in festivals such as "The London Film Festival", "Festival Du Cinema Mediterraneen" ...
6. Panagiotis Evangelidis
Writer | They Glow in the Dark
Panagiotis Evangelidis is known for They Glow in the Dark (2013), Irving Park (2019) and Oi gamoi tis Tilou (2022).
7. Damien O'Connor
Director | Angela's Christmas Wish
Writer/director with over 10 years of experience directing animated works for NETFLIX, DISNEY, NICKELODEON and APPLE TV.
In 2018 Damien received three EMMY nominations for writing/directing work on Angela's Christmas, an adaptation of Pulitzer prize-winning Frank McCourt's (Angela's Ashes) only ...
8. Jeroen Jaspaert
Director | Stick Man
Jeroen Jaspaert is known for Stick Man (2015), The Highway Rat (2017) and Pip and Posy (2021).
9. David Fine
Writer | Animal Behaviour
David Fine was born on September 13, 1960 in Toronto, Canada. He is a writer and director, known for Animal Behaviour (2018), Bob's Birthday (1993) and George and Rosemary (1987). He is married to Alison Snowden.
10. Alison Snowden
Writer | Bob's Birthday
Alison Snowden was born on April 4, 1958 in Arnold, Nottinghamshire, England, UK. She is a writer and actress, known for Bob's Birthday (1993), Bob and Margaret (1993) and Animal Behaviour (2018). She is married to David Fine.
11. Louise Bagnall
Animation_department | Late Afternoon
Louise Bagnall is known for her work on Late Afternoon (2017), The Breadwinner (2017) and Song of the Sea (2014). She is an Irish filmmaker and a creative director at Cartoon Saloon in Kilkenny. Louise has directed several short animated films including Late Afternoon, Cúl An Tí, Loose Ends and ...
12. Brandon Oldenburg
Director | Taking Flight
Brandon Oldenburg is an award-winning illustrator, designer, sculptor and film director. After co-founding Moonbot Studios in Shreveport, Louisiana, he won an Academy Award® for The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore (2011), an animated short film about the curative powers of story.
He ...
13. William Joyce
Producer | Epic
William Joyce was born on December 11, 1957 in Shreveport, Louisiana, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Epic (2013), The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore (2011) and Rolie Polie Olie (1998).
14. Jamie Donoughue
Director | A Town Called Malice
Jamie Donoughue is known for A Town Called Malice (2023), The Last Kingdom (2015) and A Discovery of Witches (2018).
15. Eric Roth
Writer | Dune
Mr. Roth won an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for Forrest Gump & has been nominated for his screenplays of The Insider, Munich, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, A Star is Born, & Dune. He wrote Mr. Kurosawa's Rhapsody in August, The Horse Whisperer, Ali, & Best Picture Nominee, Extremely ...
16. Till Nowak
Art_department | Black Panther
Till Nowak is an award winning digital artist, designer and filmmaker, born 1980 in Germany, now based in Los Angeles. He gained international attention with his short films "Delivery" (2005), "The Centrifuge Brain Project" (2011) and "Dissonance" (2015), which received more than 80 international ...
17. Wil Magness
Director | The Manual
Wil Magness is known for The Manual (2017), At the Video Store (2019) and All Ear is Dread Hear (2011).
18. Alice Guy
Director | The Woman of Mystery
The world's first female filmmaker, French-born Alice Guy entered the film business in 1896 as a secretary at Gaumont, a manufacturer of movie cameras and projectors who had purchased a "cinématographer" from its inventors, the Lumiere brothers. The next year Gaumont became the world's first motion...
19. James Bushe
Director | Cannibals and Carpet Fitters
James Bushe is known for Cannibals and Carpet Fitters (2017), Predator Dark Ages (2015) and Blackout (2012).
20. Matt Motschenbacher
Writer | The Boys: VNN (Seven on 7)
Matt Motschenbacher is known for The Boys: VNN (Seven on 7) (2021), The Predator Holiday Special (2018) and Gettin' Wet on Wet with Deadpool 2 (2017).
21. Matthew Senreich
Writer | Robot Chicken
Matthew Senreich was born on June 17, 1974 in Long Island, New York, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Robot Chicken (2001), Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II (2008) and Robot Chicken: Star Wars (2007).
22. Pepijn Zwanenberg
Writer | Elephants Dream
Pepijn Zwanenberg is known for Elephants Dream (2006).
23. Beorn Leonard
Visual_effects | Venom: Let There Be Carnage
Beorn Leonard is known for Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021), The Lego Batman Movie (2017) and The Lego Movie (2014).
24. Martin Lodewijk
Art_department | Flodder
Martin Lodewijk was born on April 30, 1939 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. He is a writer, known for Flodder (1986), Sintel (2010) and De bunker (1992).
25. Colin Levy
Director | The Secret Number
Colin Levy is known for The Secret Number (2012), En Route (2010) and Sintel (2010).
26. Mathieu Auvray
Director | Dring of the Dead
Mathieu Auvray is known for Dring of the Dead (2013), Babioles (2010) and Petits Monstres.
27. Esther Wouda
Writer | In therapie
Esther Wouda is known for In therapie (2010), Erik of het klein insectenboek (2004) and Meiden van De Wit (2002).
28. Julia Donaldson
Writer | Princess Mirror-Belle
Julia Donaldson was born on September 16, 1948 in Hampstead, London, England, UK. She is a writer and actress, known for Princess Mirror-Belle (2021), The Giants of Groil and The Gruffalo (2002). She has been married to Malcolm Donaldson since 1972. They have three children.
29. Andreas Goralczyk
Animation_department | Omega
Andreas Goralczyk is known for Omega (2012), Spring (2019) and Charge (2022).
30. Don Hertzfeldt
Writer | World of Tomorrow
Don Hertzfeldt was born on August 1, 1976 in Fremont, California, USA. He is a director and writer, known for World of Tomorrow (2015), It's Such a Beautiful Day (2011) and The Simpsons (1989).
31. David Sandberg
Director | Kung Fury
David Sandberg is known for Kung Fury (2015), Kung Fury 2 and Blood Machines (2019).
32. Sacha Baron Cohen
Actor | Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
British actor and comedian Sacha Baron Cohen was born in Hammersmith, London. He is the son of Daniella (Weiser), a movement instructor, and Gerald Baron Cohen, a clothing store owner. His father, born in England and raised in Wales, was of Eastern European Jewish descent, while his mother was born...
33. Josh Lieb
Producer | The Daily Show
Josh Lieb's credits include Producer and Show Runner of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and stints as Executive Producer of NewsRadio and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. He won 7 Prime Time Emmys as a producer and writer for The Daily Show. In 2009, he published a young adult novel, I Am A ...
34. John Considine
Actor | MacGyver
John Considine was born on January 2, 1935 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for MacGyver (1985), A Wedding (1978) and Combat! (1962). He has been married to Astrid Lee Peterson since December 24, 1984. He was previously married to Jette Seear and Toby Considine.
35. Terri Tatchell
Writer | District 9
Terri Tatchell is known for District 9 (2009), Chappie (2015) and Yellow (2006).
36. Thomas Sweterlitsch
Writer | Tomorrow and Tomorrow
Thomas Sweterlitsch is known for Tomorrow and Tomorrow, Zygote (2017) and The Gone World.
37. Neill Blomkamp
Director | District 9
Neill Blomkamp is a South African-Canadian film director and screenwriter who is known for the science fiction films District 9, Elysium and Chappie. He also directed the supernatural horror film Demonic and the 2007 short film Halo: Landfall, based on the Microsoft science fiction video game ...
38. Mark Brownlow
Producer | Blue Planet II
Mark Brownlow is known for Blue Planet II (2017), Eden: Untamed Planet (2021) and Nature (1982).
39. Roland West
Director | Alibi
Roland West was born in Cleveland, OH, and became an actor in the theater and on the vaudeville stage. He got his start in the film industry in New York City around 1915, forming several production companies to shoot films there. He later worked as general manager of production for producer Joseph ...
40. Mary Roberts Rinehart
Writer | The Nurse's Secret
Mary Roberts Rinehart was born on August 12, 1876 in Allegheny City [now North Side, Pittsburgh], Pennsylvania, USA. She was a writer, known for The Nurse's Secret (1941), The Bat Whispers (1930) and Tish (1942). She was married to Stanley Rinehart. She died on September 22, 1958 in New York City, ...
41. Avery Hopwood
Writer | The Bat Whispers
American playwright, many of whose plays were filmed. The leading light of early twentieth-century light comedy and farce and one of the most commercially successful playwrights of his era, Hopwood, a native of Cleveland, Ohio, graduated from the University of Michigan, which would later be the ...
42. Julien Josephson
Writer | Disraeli
Julien Josephson was born on October 24, 1881 in Roseburg, Oregon, USA. He was a writer, known for Disraeli (1929), Fuss and Feathers (1918) and Lady Windermere's Fan (1925). He died on April 14, 1959 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
43. George Marion Jr.
Writer | Let's Go Native
George Marion Jr. was born on August 30, 1899 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was a writer, known for Let's Go Native (1930), Adorable (1933) and The Eagle (1925). He was married to Dorothy Maldeis. He died on February 25, 1968 in New York City, New York, USA.
44. Richard Rothstein
Writer | The Hitchhiker
Richard Rothstein was born in 1943 in Torrington, Connecticut, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for The Hitchhiker (1983), Universal Soldier (1992) and Universal Soldier: Regeneration (2009). He died on April 16, 2018 in West Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
45. Christopher Leitch
Writer | Universal Soldier
Christopher Leitch is known for Universal Soldier (1992), She Fought Alone (1995) and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000).
46. Dean Devlin
Producer | Independence Day
Dean Devlin has produced and co-written some of the most successful feature films of all time -- Independence Day, Stargate, and Godzilla -- which collectively grossed more than 1.4 billion dollars worldwide. In May of 2001, he founded Electric Entertainment, where he serves as chairman and CEO. ...
47. John Hyams
Director | Alone
Beginning his career in the fine arts, John Hyams graduated from Syracuse University's School of Visual and Performing Arts, earning top awards in painting and sculpture. Hyams exhibited and sold work in Los Angeles and New York before turning his attention to film. In 1997 Hyams wrote, directed, ...
48. Jane Goldman
Producer | Kick-Ass
Jane Goldman was born on June 11, 1970 in England, UK. She is a producer and writer, known for Kick-Ass (2010), Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014) and Stardust (2007). She has been married to Jonathan Ross since August 1988. They have three children.
49. Nigel Kneale
Writer | The Entertainer
Nigel Kneale was born on April 18, 1922 in Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, England, UK. He was a writer and actor, known for The Entertainer (1960), Look Back in Anger (1959) and Quatermass and the Pit (1967). He was married to Judith Kerr. He died on October 29, 2006 in London, England, UK.
50. Lowell Cunningham
Writer | Men in Black
Lowell Cunningham was born on May 21, 1959 in Franklin, Tennessee, USA. He is a writer and actor, known for Men in Black (1997), Men in Black: International (2019) and Men in Black³ (2012).
51. Ed Solomon
Writer | Men in Black
Ed Solomon was born on September 15, 1960 in Saratoga, California, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Men in Black (1997), Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989) and Now You See Me 2 (2016). He was previously married to Cynthia Cleese.
52. Etan Cohen
Writer | Holmes & Watson
Etan Cohen was born on March 14, 1974 in Israel. He is a writer and producer, known for Holmes & Watson (2018), Idiocracy (2006) and Men in Black³ (2012). He has been married to Emily Bowen-Cohen since June 14, 1998. They have three children.
53. Jonathan Hensleigh
Writer | Armageddon
One of the most prolific screenwriters in the action/adventure genre, Jonathan started his career writing episodes of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992) for George Lucas and ABC. He wrote Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995), re-conceived from his original spec script "Simon Says". He followed ...
54. Michael France
Writer | Fantastic Four
Movies made from Michael France's screenplays have earned well over one billion dollars in worldwide theatrical admissions, and at least another billion dollars in home video revenues. Michael France was born in 1962. He graduated from the University of Florida and attended Columbia University's ...
55. Nick Santora
Producer | Most Dangerous Game
Nick Santora is known for Most Dangerous Game (2020), Prison Break (2005) and Scorpion (2014).
56. Art Marcum
Writer | Iron Man
Art Marcum is known for Iron Man (2008), Transformers: The Last Knight (2017) and Uncharted (2022).
57. Matt Holloway
Writer | Iron Man
Matt Holloway is known for Iron Man (2008), Transformers: The Last Knight (2017) and Uncharted (2022).
58. Chad St. John
Writer | Replicas
Chad St. John is known for Replicas (2018), Peppermint (2018) and London Has Fallen (2016).
59. John Lasseter
Writer | Toy Story 2
Although born in Hollywood, John and his twin sister Johanna were raised in Whittier near Los Angeles. His parents were Jewell Mae (Risley), an art teacher, and Paul Eual Lasseter, a parts manager at a Chevrolet dealership. His mother's profession contributed to his interest in animation and ...
60. Paul W.S. Anderson
Writer | Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Paul W.S. Anderson gained a fair bit of notoriety in his native England when he directed the ultra-violent Shopping (1994) (which he also wrote), starring Jude Law and Sean Pertwee in a story about thieves who steal by ramming a car into storefronts. The film was banned in some cinemas in England, ...
61. John Whelpley
Writer | Earth: Final Conflict
John Whelpley is known for Earth: Final Conflict (1997), MacGyver (1985) and Andromeda (2000).
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