The best 21 screen writers
by silvia-ramosdebarton | created - 08 Jan 2011 | updated - 08 Jan 2011 | PublicBy Silvia Ramos de Barton Filmmaker and script writer Argentina
1. Orson Welles
Actor | Citizen Kane
His father, Richard Head Welles, was a well-to-do inventor, his mother, Beatrice (Ives) Welles, a beautiful concert pianist; Orson Welles was gifted in many arts (magic, piano, painting) as a child. When his mother died in 1924 (when he was nine) he traveled the world with his father. He was ...
Citizen Kain, es una obra de arte, EL MEJOR GUION JAMAS ESCRITO. NUMERO UNO EN LA HISTORIA DEL CINE, NADIE LO SUPERARA.
2. Giuseppe Tornatore
Director | La migliore offerta
Giuseppe Tornatore was born on May 27, 1956 in Bagheria, Sicily, Italy. He is a director and writer, known for The Best Offer (2013), Cinema Paradiso (1988) and The Legend of 1900 (1998). He is married to Roberta Pacetti.
Cinema Paradiso, tardo 10 años en conseguir el dinero para filmarla....increible!!! pero lo logró. ES MI IDOLO ABSOLUTO SU TESON, NO ABANDONAR Y SEGUIR Y SEGUIR. Love Giuseppe
3. Eduardo Sacheri
Writer | El secreto de sus ojos
Eduardo Sacheri is known for The Secret in Their Eyes (2009), Heroic Losers (2019) and Secret in Their Eyes (2015).
Argentine Writer of El Secreto de sus Ojos, the film won the Oscar for Best Foreing Movie 2009.
4. Vittorio De Sica
Director | Ladri di biciclette
Vittorio De Sica grew up in Naples, and started out as an office clerk in order to raise money to support his poor family. He was increasingly drawn towards acting, and made his screen debut while still in his teens, joining a stage company in 1923. By the late 1920s he was a successful matinee ...
Ladron de Bicicletas, inolvidable y tan actual...
5. Alejandro Amenábar
Writer | The Others
Is the son of a Spanish mother and a Chilean father. His family moved back to Spain when he was 1 year old, and he grew up and studied in Madrid. He wrote, produced and directed his first short film La cabeza at the age of 19, and he was 23 when he directed his feature debut Thesis (1996). His film ...
En Ágora alcanza el sumun como winemaker, script writer, and intelectual. Congrats Alejandro!
6. Mateo Gil
Writer | Agora
Mateo Gil was born on September 23, 1972 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain. He is a writer and director, known for Agora (2009), Open Your Eyes (1997) and The Sea Inside (2004).
ÄGORA together with Alejandro Amenabar, EXQUISITE !
7. Alan Ball
Producer | American Beauty
Alan Ball is an American writer, director, and producer who is known for writing the acclaimed film American Beauty and creating the HBO series True Blood starring Anna Paquin. He also wrote the films Towelhead and Uncle Frank. He also created Here and Now, Six Feet Under, and Banshee. He won ...
Belleza Americana, American Beauty, habla de la hipocresía de nuestros tiempos, de los cambios de valores, del odio a envejecer
8. Guillermo Arriaga
Writer | The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Guillermo Arriaga was born on March 13, 1958 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. He is a writer and producer, known for The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005), 21 Grams (2003) and Amores Perros (2000).
The burnning Plain, me encantó, es un capo, Babel..
9. Woody Allen
Writer | Annie Hall
Woody Allen was born on November 30, 1935, as Allen Konigsberg, in The Bronx, NY, the son of Martin Konigsberg and Nettie Konigsberg. He has one younger sister, Letty Aronson. As a young boy, he became intrigued with magic tricks and playing the clarinet, two hobbies that he continues today.
Allen ...
I love Cassandra Dream...and Match Point, two art pieces
10. Thea von Harbou
Writer | Metropolis
Thea von Harbou was born on December 27, 1888 in Tauperlitz, Döhlau, Bavaria, Germany. She was a writer and director, known for Metropolis (1927), M (1931) and Woman in the Moon (1929). She was married to Fritz Lang and Rudolf Klein-Rogge. She died on July 1, 1954 in Berlin, Germany.
Spouse of Fritz Lang, was the writer of METROPOLIS, a genius
11. Peter Morgan
Writer | Frost/Nixon
Peter Morgan was born on April 10, 1963 in London, England, UK. He is a writer and producer, known for Frost/Nixon (2008), The Last King of Scotland (2006) and The Crown (2016).
Hereafter, the Queen, one of the best nowadays
12. Alan Nourse
Writer | Out of the Unknown
Alan Nourse was born on August 11, 1928 in Des Moines, Iowa, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Out of the Unknown (1965), Rocky King, Detective (1950) and Ürtörténetek (1977). He was married to Ann Jane Morton. He died on June 19, 1992 in Thorp, Washington, USA.
THe Bladerunner writer wowoowo
13. Philip Van Doren Stern
Writer | It's a Wonderful Life
Philip Van Doren Stern was born on September 10, 1900 in Wyalusing, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a writer, known for It's a Wonderful Life (1946) and It Happened One Christmas (1977). He died on July 31, 1984 in Sarasota, Florida, USA.
Writer of QUE BELLO ES VIVIR, IT´S A WONDERFUL LIFE!
14. Julius J. Epstein
Writer | Casablanca
Julius J. Epstein was born on August 22, 1909 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Casablanca (1942), Reuben, Reuben (1983) and Pete 'n' Tillie (1972). He was married to Frances Sage and Ann Margot Laszlo. He died on December 30, 2000 in Los Angeles, California, ...
One of the four writers of Casablanca
15. 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 ...
Escribio EL GRAN TRUCO, The Prestige, es un guión extraordinario, mágico, cultural, novelado alrededor de hechos reales como Tesla y la teletransportación. Un genio. Divina película. Tambien escribio Memento y El Origen, (Y Batman el caballero de la NOche)
16. Michael Ondaatje
Writer | The English Patient
Michael Ondaatje was born on September 12, 1943 in Colombo, Ceylon [now Sri Lanka]. He is a writer and director, known for The English Patient (1996), Elimination Dance (1998) and The Offering (1966). He is married to Linda Spaulding.
The English Patient, one of my 5 favourite novels, the film is unforgettable, I saw it 9 times. The play, the music, the actors, the impossible love....
17. Richard Curtis
Writer | Love Actually
Richard Curtis was born on November 8, 1956 in Wellington, New Zealand. He is a writer and producer, known for Love Actually (2003), Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) and About Time (2013).
Writer of 4 weddings and a funeral, 4 bodas y un funeral fue un antes y un despues en las comedias romanticas
18. Sylvia Nasar
Writer | A Beautiful Mind
Sylvia Nasar was born on August 17, 1947 in Rosenheim, Germany. She is a writer, known for A Beautiful Mind (2001), 1st Look (2011) and American Experience (1987).
EscribiO UNA MENTE BRILLANTE, A BEAUTIFUL MIND. Sin palabras
19. Ted Tally
Writer | The Silence of the Lambs
Ted Tally was born on April 9, 1952. He is a writer and actor, known for The Silence of the Lambs (1991), All the Pretty Horses (2000) and Mission to Mars (2000).
EL SILENCIO DE LOS INOCENTES THE SILENT OF THE LAMBS!!!
20. Peter Shaffer
Writer | Amadeus
Peter Shaffer was born on May 15, 1926 in Liverpool, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Amadeus (1984), Equus (1977) and The Public Eye (1972). He died on June 6, 2016 in County Cork, Ireland.
AMADEUS, LA VIDA DE MOZART !!!
21. John Briley
Writer | Gandhi
John Briley was born on June 25, 1925 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Gandhi (1982), Molokai (1999) and Christopher Columbus: The Discovery (1992). He was married to Nancy Helmich Whitcomb , Dorothy Reichart and Valerie Belsky. He died on December 14, 2019 in ...
GANDHI ....
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