Screenwriters

1. Alan B. McElroy

Alan McElroy was born in Cleveland, Ohio, attended Hawken School in Gates Mills, Ohio, and planned on becoming a novelist while majoring in psychology at Boston University, at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio and at Miami's European campus in Luxembourg. Shortly after graduation and marriage he ...

2. Michael Werwie

Writer | Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile

Michael Werwie is the award-winning screenwriter and producer of Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019) and Lost Girls (2020). Both movies world premiered at Sundance and were acquired by Netflix. He won an Academy Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting and his work has been featured on the...

3. Ehren Kruger

Writer | The Ring

Ehren Kruger is an American film producer and screenwriter who is known for writing The Ring starring Naomi Watts and Daveigh Chase. He also wrote a majority of the Transformers sequels, Scream 3 & 4, Reindeer Games, The Ring Two, Blood & Chocolate, Dumbo, The Skeleton Key, The Brothers Grimm and ...

4. David Loughery

Writer | The Intruder

David Loughery is known for The Intruder (2019), Lakeview Terrace (2008) and Obsessed (2009).

5. Chad St. John

Writer | Replicas

Chad St. John is known for Replicas (2018), Peppermint (2018) and London Has Fallen (2016).

6. Aaron Guzikowski

Writer | Prisoners

Aaron Guzikowski is an American screenwriter. He is best known for writing the 2013 film Prisoners and creating the 2014 television series The Red Road.

Guzikowski moved to Los Angeles after selling his first script in 2009, and is married with three children. He was raised as a Catholic but is no ...

7. David Birke

Writer | Elle

David Birke is known for Elle (2016), Slender Man (2018) and 13 Sins (2014).

8. Gary Dauberman

Writer | Annabelle Comes Home

Gary Dauberman is an American screenwriter. He is best known for writing The Conjuring Universe spin-off horror films Annabelle, Annabelle: Creation and The Nun, and co-writing the 2017 film adaptation of It, based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King. Dauberman attended Delaware County ...

9. Justin Haythe

Writer | Revolutionary Road

Justin Haythe is known for Revolutionary Road (2008), The Lone Ranger (2013) and A Cure for Wellness (2016).

10. Andrea Berloff

Writer | Straight Outta Compton

Andrea Berloff was born in Framingham, Massachusetts, USA. She is a writer and actress, known for Straight Outta Compton (2015), World Trade Center (2006) and Blood Father (2016). She has been married to Drew Filus since 2004. They have two children.

11. Derek Connolly

Writer | Safety Not Guaranteed

Derek Connolly is known for Safety Not Guaranteed (2012), Jurassic World Dominion (2022) and Jurassic World (2015).

12. Erin Cressida Wilson

Writer | Secretary

Erin Cressida Wilson was a Professor of Playwriting in the Department of Theater and Dance at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She also is affiliated with the Department of Film and Media Studies at UC Santa Barbara. Wilson formerly was a professor at Brown University, and before that ...

13. Bill Dubuque

Writer | The Accountant

Bill Dubuque is known for The Accountant (2016), Ozark (2017) and A Family Man (2016).

14. John Romano

Writer | The Lincoln Lawyer

John Romano was born on October 2, 1948 in Newark, New Jersey, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for The Lincoln Lawyer (2011), Hill Street Blues (1981) and Cop Rock (1990).

15. Carl Ellsworth

Writer | Unhinged

Carl Ellsworth is known for Unhinged (2020), Disturbia (2007) and The Last House on the Left (2009).

16. Jed Seidel

Producer | Nash Bridges

Jed Seidel is a writer/producer, whose credits include Ghost Whisperer, Veronica Mars, Nash Bridges, Gilmore Girls, Dawson's Creek, Miss Match and Terriers. His 2001 comedy pilot, More, Patience featured up and comers Jon Hamm, Nathan Fillion and Mary McCormack. Recent credits include the ...

17. Mark Boal

Producer | Zero Dark Thirty

Mark Boal was born on January 23, 1973 in New York, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Zero Dark Thirty (2012), The Hurt Locker (2008) and Detroit (2017).

18. Charlie Kaufman

Writer | I'm Thinking of Ending Things

Avid reader Charlie Kaufman wrote plays and made short films as a young student. He moved from Massapequa, New York to West Hartford, Connecticut in 1972 where he attended high school. As a comedic actor, he performed in school plays and, after graduation, he enrolled at Boston University but soon ...

19. 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).

20. 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.

21. Kevin Williamson

Writer | Scream

As a child Williamson was a fond fan of movies, especially those of Steven Spielberg. After high school, Williamson went to college for a future in acting. Though he landed very small parts on T.V. shows and movies, nothing had happened. Williamson moved out to L.A in 1990 in hopes it would aid his...

22. Randall Wallace

Writer | We Were Soldiers

Randall Wallace was born on July 28, 1949 in Jackson, Tennessee, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for We Were Soldiers (2002), Pearl Harbor (2001) and Braveheart (1995).

23. 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,...

24. Peter Rader

Writer | Waterworld

Peter Rader is known for Waterworld (1995), The Last Legion (2007) and Grandmother's House (1988).

25. John Fusco

Writer | Young Guns

John Fusco dropped out of high school at 16 to travel the American south as a blues musician and factory worker. In his early 20s, he went back to night school where he achieved a GED diploma and was later accepted into NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. At Tisch, his screenwriting mentors were Waldo ...

26. W. Peter Iliff

Writer | Point Break

W. Peter Iliff was born on November 19, 1957 in Dallas, Texas, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Point Break (2015), Under Suspicion (2000) and Point Break (1991).

27. Callie Khouri

Producer | Thelma & Louise

Raised in Texas and Kentucky by her doctor father and mother. Went to Purdue University to study landscape architecture but switched to drama. Moved to Nashville after college to be with her family before heading to Los Angeles in 1982 to study at the Strasburg Institute. Worked for a commercials ...

28. Caroline Thompson

Writer | Edward Scissorhands

Caroline Thompson was born on April 23, 1956 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. She is a writer and producer, known for Edward Scissorhands (1990), The Addams Family (1991) and The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993). She is married to Steve Nicolaides. She was previously married to Henry ...

29. Monte Merrick

Writer | Memphis Belle

Monte Merrick was born on October 6, 1949 in Portland, Oregon, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Memphis Belle (1990), Mr. Baseball (1992) and You Never Know (2001). He died on March 24, 2015 in Santa Monica, California, USA.

30. Bruce Joel Rubin

Writer | Ghost

Bruce Joel Rubin was born on March 10, 1943 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Ghost (1990), Deep Impact (1998) and Stuart Little 2 (2002). He has been married to Blanche Rubin since January 29, 1970. They have two children.

31. Tom Schulman

Writer | Dead Poets Society

Tom Schulman graduated from Vanderbilt University with a B.A. in Philosophy. He studied at the USC Graduate School of Cinema, the Actors and Directors Lab with Jack Garfein, and more recently with director Joan Darling. He directed the Actors' Studio, West production of Harold Pinter's The ...

32. Dana Olsen

Writer | The 'Burbs

Dana Olsen was born on January 21, 1958 in Evanston, Illinois, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for The 'Burbs (1989), George of the Jungle (1997) and Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992).

33. Robert Mark Kamen

Writer | Le Cinquième Élément

Robert Mark Kamen was born on October 9, 1947 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for The Fifth Element (1997), The Karate Kid Part III (1989) and Taken 3 (2014). He is married to Evonne. They have three children.

34. Paul D. Zimmerman

Writer | The King of Comedy

Paul D. Zimmerman was born on July 3, 1938 in New York, New York, USA. Paul D. was a writer, known for The King of Comedy (1982), Lovers and Liars (1979) and Consuming Passions (1988). Paul D. was married to Barbara. Paul D. died on March 2, 1993 in Princeton, New Jersey, USA.

35. Melissa Mathison

Writer | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

Melissa Mathison was born on June 3, 1950 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was a writer and producer, known for E.T. (1982), The BFG (2016) and Kundun (1997). She was married to Harrison Ford. She died on November 4, 2015 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

36. Scotty Landes

Writer | Ma

Scotty Landes is from Reisterstown Maryland. He attended the University of Massachusetts and currently resides in Los Angeles. In recent years Scotty and Kurt Braunohler have jet skied from Lake Michigan to New Orleans, driven a giant double-sided butt from Los Angeles to to New York City to moon ...

37. 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).

38. Bob Nelson

Writer | Nebraska

Bob Nelson was born on July 18, 1956 in Yankton, South Dakota, USA. He is a writer and actor, known for Nebraska (2013), The Confirmation (2016) and Highston (2015).

39. Ted Griffin

Writer | Ocean's Eleven

Ted Griffin was born on December 21, 1970 in Pasadena, California, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Ocean's Eleven (2001), Terriers (2010) and Ravenous (1999). He has been married to Sutton Foster since October 25, 2014. They have one child.

40. Sheldon Turner

Writer | Up in the Air

Sheldon Turner was born on January 31, 1970 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Up in the Air (2009), The Longest Yard (2005) and X: First Class (2011).

41. 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) ...

42. 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 Batman Begins (2005). He is married to Marina Black. They have two children. He was previously married to Jessika Borsiczky.

43. Scott Rosenberg

Producer | Beautiful Girls

Scott Rosenberg is an American film producer, actor and writer from Needham, Massachusetts. He has a bachelor's degree from Boston University and an MFA from UCLA. He came in third place at a UCLA screenwriting contest which led him to sign with his first agent. He wrote Disturbing Behavior (1998), ...

44. Jim Uhls

Writer | Fight Club

Jim Uhls was born on March 25, 1957 in Missouri, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Fight Club (1999), Jumper (2008) and The Leviathan. He is married to Yalda Tehranian. They have two children.