Marvel Cinematic Universe Screenwriters (Phases 1 to 3)
by 99Tfl | created - 07 Feb 2021 | updated - 09 Feb 2021 | Public
1. Christopher Markus
Writer | Avengers: Endgame
Christopher Markus was born on October 16, 1969 in Buffalo, New York, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Avengers: Endgame (2019), Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Captain America: The First Avenger (2011). He has been married to Claire Saunders since October 22, 2011.
Captain America: The First Avenger Thor: The Dark World Captain America: The Winter Soldier Captain America: Civil War Avengers: Infinity War Avengers: Endgame
2. Stephen McFeely
Writer | Avengers: Endgame
Stephen McFeely was born on February 24, 1970 in Walnut Creek, California, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Avengers: Endgame (2019), Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) and Avengers: Infinity War (2018). He is married to Jennifer Cotteleer.
Captain America: The First Avenger Thor: The Dark World Captain America: The Winter Soldier Captain America: Civil War Avengers: Infinity War Avengers: Endgame
3. Chris McKenna
Writer | Spider-Man: No Way Home
Chris McKenna is known for Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) and Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019). He is married to Sally Bradford. They have two children.
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4. Erik Sommers
Writer | Spider-Man: No Way Home
Erik Sommers is an American screenwriter and television producer from Syracuse, New York who collaborates with Chris McKenna. He wrote three Spider-Man films for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Lego Batman Movie, Drawn Together, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, Ghosted, Community, Ant-Man and the...
Spider-Man: Homecoming Ant-Man and the Wasp Spider-Man: Far From Home
5. Christopher L. Yost
Writer | Thor: Ragnarok
Christopher L. Yost was born on February 21, 1973 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Thor: Ragnarok (2017), Cowboy Bebop (2021) and Thor: The Dark World (2013).
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6. 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 ...
The Incredible Hulk The Avengers (story)
7. 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), Falling Skies (2011) and Fly Away Home (1996). He is married to Mollie Miller. They have three children.
Thor: The Dark World (story)
8. James Gunn
Writer | Guardians of the Galaxy
James Gunn was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, to Leota and James Francis Gunn. He is from a large Catholic family, with Irish and Czech ancestry. His father and his uncles were all lawyers. He has been writing and performing as long as he can remember. He began making 8mm films at the age ...
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9. Jon Spaihts
Writer | Prometheus
Jon Spaihts is an American screenwriter and author. He has written the films Dune starring Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya, Doctor Strange starring Benedict Cumberbatch, The Mummy starring Tom Cruise and Sofia Boutella, Passengers starring Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt, Prometheus starring ...
Doctor Strange
10. Scott Derrickson
Producer | The Black Phone
Scott Derrickson is an American filmmaker who is known for directing horror films such as Deliver Us from Evil, Hellraiser: Inferno, Sinister and The Exorcism of Emily Rose. He also directed the superhero film Doctor Strange starring Benedict Cumberbatch. He decided not to direct Doctor Strange in ...
Doctor Strange
11. Paul Rudd
Actor | Ant-Man
Paul Stephen Rudd was born in Passaic, New Jersey. His parents, Michael and Gloria, both from Jewish families, were born in the London area, U.K. He has one sister, who is three years younger than he is. Paul traveled with his family during his early years, because of his father's airline job at ...
Ant-Man Ant-Man and the Wasp
12. Joss Whedon
Producer | Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Joss Whedon is the middle of five brothers - his younger brothers are Jed Whedon and Zack Whedon. Both his father, Tom Whedon and his grandfather, John Whedon were successful television writers. Joss' mother, Lee Stearns, was a history teacher and she also wrote novels as Lee Whedon. Whedon was ...
The Avengers Avengers: Age of Ultron
13. Ryan Coogler
Director | Black Panther
Ryan Kyle Coogler is an African-American filmmaker and producer who is from Oakland, California. He is known for directing the Black Panther film series, Creed, a Rocky spin-off and Fruitvale Station. He frequently casts Michael B. Jordan in his works. He produced the Creed sequels, Judas and the ...
Black Panther
14. C. Robert Cargill
Producer | The Black Phone
C. Robert Cargill was born on September 8, 1975 in San Antonio, Texas, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for The Black Phone (2021), Doctor Strange (2016) and Sinister (2012). He has been married to Jessica Cargill since May 4, 2002.
Doctor Strange
15. Adam McKay
Producer | Don't Look Up
Adam McKay (born April 17, 1968) is an American screenwriter, director, comedian, and actor. McKay has a comedy partnership with Will Ferrell, with whom he co-wrote the films Anchorman, Talladega Nights, and The Other Guys. Ferrell and McKay also founded their comedy website Funny or Die through ...
Ant-Man
16. Joe Cornish
Writer | Attack the Block
Joe Cornish was born on December 20, 1968 in London, England, UK. He is a writer and director, known for Attack the Block (2011), Ant-Man (2015) and The Kid Who Would Be King (2019).
Ant-Man
17. Nicole Perlman
Writer | Guardians of the Galaxy
Nicole Perlman received her Film and Dramatic Writing degree from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts in 2003. Since then she has gone on to win the Tribeca Film Festival's Sloan Grant for Science in Film for her screenplay "Challenger," which also placed on the 2006 Black List. The same year she was ...
Guardians of the Galaxy Captain Marvel (story)
18. Justin Theroux
Actor | Mulholland Dr.
Justin was born and raised in Washington, DC, the son of Phyllis (Grissim), a writer for The Washington Post, and Eugene Theroux, a corporate lawyer. He is a nephew of writer Paul Theroux and a cousin of journalists Louis Theroux and Marcel Theroux. His father is of French-Canadian and Italian ...
Iron Man 2
19. J. Michael Straczynski
Writer | Babylon 5
J. Michael Straczynski was born on July 17, 1954 in Paterson, New Jersey, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Babylon 5 (1993), Changeling (2008) and Jeremiah (2002). He was previously married to Kathryn M. Drennan.
Thor (story)
20. Don Payne
Producer | The Simpsons
Don Payne was born on May 5, 1964 in Wilmington, North Carolina, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for The Simpsons (1989), My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006) and Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007). He was married to Julie. He died on March 26, 2013 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Thor Thor: The Dark World (story)
21. Mark Protosevich
Writer | The Cell
Mark Protosevich was born on August 24, 1961 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for The Cell (2000), Oldboy (2013) and I Am Legend (2007).
Thor (story)
22. Drew Pearce
Producer | Hotel Artemis
Drew Pearce is an English filmmaker, producer and screenwriter known for directing Hotel Artemis starring Jodie Foster and Sofia Boutella. He wrote Hobbs & Shaw, a Fast & Furious spin-off and Iron Man 3, with the controversial Mandarin reveal clarified in All Hail the King and Shang-Chi and the ...
Iron Man 3
23. Shane Black
Actor | Predator
Considered one of the pioneer screenwriters of the action genre, Black made his mark with his Lethal Weapon (1987) screenplay. He also collaborated on the story of the sequel, Lethal Weapon 2 (1989). Each successive script he turned in had a higher price attached it, from The Last Boy Scout (1991) ...
Iron Man 3
24. Mark Fergus
Writer | Children of Men
Mark Fergus is known for Children of Men (2006), Iron Man (2008) and The Expanse (2015).
Iron Man
25. Hawk Ostby
Writer | Children of Men
Hawk was born in India circa 1966 but grew up in Nordstrand and Slemdal in Oslo, Norway. He moved to Malaysia and Singapore when he was 15 and has lived in the United States since he was 19.
His parents met in Scotland, mother is Indian and his father is Norwegian. His sisters were born in Sweden.
Iron Man
26. Edgar Wright
Director | Shaun of the Dead
Edgar Howard Wright (born 18 April 1974) is an English director, screenwriter, producer, and actor. He is best known for his comedic Three Flavours Cornetto film trilogy consisting of Shaun of the Dead (2004), Hot Fuzz (2007), and The World's End (2013), made with recurrent collaborators Simon Pegg...
Ant-Man
27. Joe Robert Cole
Writer | Black Panther
Joe Robert Cole is known for Black Panther (2018), Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022) and American Crime Story (2016).
Black Panther
28. Geneva Robertson-Dworet
Writer | Fallout
Geneva Robertson-Dworet was born on May 8, 1985 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Geneva is a writer and producer, known for Fallout (2024), Captain Marvel (2019) and Tomb Raider (2018). Geneva is married to Hayes Davenport. Geneva was previously married to Hayes Davenport.
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29. Jon Watts
Director | Cop Car
Jon Watts is an American filmmaker and screenwriter. He directed Cop Car and Clown before he was picked by Marvel and Sony to direct Spider-Man: Homecoming starring Tom Holland and Zendaya. It's success resulted in two sequels, Far from Home in 2019 and No Way Home in 2021. He was also picked by ...
Spider-Man: Homecoming
30. Christopher Ford
Writer | Spider-Man: Homecoming
Christopher Ford is known for Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), Robot & Frank (2012) and The Clovehitch Killer (2018).
Spider-Man: Homecoming
31. Eric Pearson
Writer | Thor: Ragnarok
Eric Pearson is known for Thor: Ragnarok (2017), Black Widow (2021) and Godzilla vs. Kong (2021).
Thor: Ragnarok
32. Craig Kyle
Writer | Thor: Ragnarok
Craig Kyle was born on November 3, 1971 in Houston, Texas, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Thor: Ragnarok (2017), The Incredible Hulk (2008) and Iron Man (2008).
Thor: Ragnarok
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