Literáti

by jirimoucka | created - 14 Jul 2018 | updated - 02 Feb 2020 | Public

1. Paulo Coelho

Writer | The Experimental Witch

Paulo Coelho was born on August 24, 1947 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is a writer and actor, known for The Experimental Witch (2009), Amante Latino (1979) and Veronika Decides to Die (2009). He is married to Christina Oiticica.

2. Ian McEwan

Writer | Atonement

Ian McEwan was born on June 21, 1948 in Aldershot, Hampshire, England, UK. He is a writer and producer, known for Atonement (2007), The Good Son (1993) and Enduring Love (2004). He has been married to Annalena McAfee since 1997. He was previously married to Penny Allen.

3. Michael Haneke

Writer | Caché

A true master of his craft, Michael Haneke is one of the greatest film artists working today and one who challenges his viewers each year and work goes by, with films that reflect real portions of life in realistic, disturbing and unforgettable ways. One of the most genuine filmmakers of the world ...

4. Groucho Marx

Actor | A Night at the Opera

The bushy-browed, cigar-smoking wise-cracker with the painted-on moustache and stooped walk was the leader of The Marx Brothers. With one-liners that were often double entendres, Groucho never cursed in any of his performances and said he never wanted to be known as a dirty comic. With a great love...

5. Rod Whitaker

Writer | The Eiger Sanction

In the words of Edward Rochester to Jane Eyre - Whitaker's humble beginnings must have made him -- "tenacious of life." Born to an impoverished family, Whitaker was more Canadian than American since the family moved near Montreal, Canada anticipating a better life during his early years-apparently ...

6. Virginia Vallejo

Writer | Loving Pablo

Virginia Vallejo is known for Loving Pablo (2017), Colombia Connection (1979) and Paco (1975).

7. David Mitchell

Writer | Cloud Atlas

David Mitchell was born on January 12, 1969 in Southport, Lancashire, England, UK. He is a writer and actor, known for Cloud Atlas (2012), The Matrix Resurrections (2021) and Sense8 (2015). He is married to Keiko Yoshida. They have two children.

8. Zdenka Simandlova

Writer | Defect

A Czech-born Australian screenwriter and director.

Graduating from the International Film School Sydney in 2009, her short films 'Defect' and 'Thrust' both political drama/ thrillers went on the world festivals' circuit in 2010, winning at Soho NYC, USA International Film Festival.

Her feature script...

9. William Rose

Writer | Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

William Rose was born on August 31, 1918 in Jefferson City, Missouri, USA. He was a writer, known for Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967), The Ladykillers (1955) and It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963). He was married to Tania Rose. He died on February 10, 1987 in Jersey, Channel Islands, UK.

10. Rudolf Medek

Writer | Za ceskoslovenský stát

Rudolf Medek was born on January 8, 1890 in Königgrätz, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary. He was a writer and actor, known for Za ceskoslovenský stát (1928), Ohnivý drak (1925) and Zborov (1938). He was married to Eva Slavicka. He died on September 22, 1940 in Prague, Protectorate of ...

12. Hubert Selby Jr.

Writer | Requiem for a Dream

American writer. He was born and brought up in New York City, the son of Hubert and Adalin Selby. His father was a merchant seaman and former coal-miner from Kentucky who had settled in the Red Hook district of Brooklyn. Hubert Sr. returned to the merchant marine after the outbreak of World War Two...

13. William Kennedy

Writer | The Cotton Club

William Kennedy was born on January 16, 1928 in Albany, New York, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for The Cotton Club (1984), Ironweed (1987) and Melissa Etheridge: I'm Not Broken (2024). He was previously married to Ana Daisy Segarra .

14. Charles Bukowski

Writer | Barfly

Charles Bukowski, the American poet, short-story writer, and novelist, was born Heinrich Karl Bukowski, Jr. in Andernach, Germany on August 1920. He was the son of Henry Bukowski, a US soldier who was part of the post-World War I occupation force, and Katharina Fett, a German woman. His father, his...

15. Sean Gullette

Actor | Pi

Award-winning director, screenwriter, producer, and actor Sean Gullette first won international recognition when he co-wrote and played the lead role in PI, directed by longtime collaborator Darren Aronofsky (re-released by A24 in 2023.) He has since played principal and supporting roles in some ...

16. Darren Aronofsky

Writer | Pi

Darren Aronofsky was born February 12, 1969, in Brooklyn, New York. Growing up, Darren was always artistic: he loved classic movies and, as a teenager, he even spent time doing graffiti art. After high school, Darren went to Harvard University to study film (both live-action and animation). He won ...

17. Andres Heinz

Writer | Black Swan

Andres Heinz attended UCLA and NYU film school where he completed his B.F.A with the highest honors; his thesis film "Ground Level B" was the winner of the 1st Place Mobil Award.

After graduation, Andres worked in film and television production, including Production Coordinator for the film unit at ...

18. Mark Heyman

Writer | Black Swan

Mark Heyman is known for Black Swan (2010), The Skeleton Twins (2014) and Strange Angel (2018). He has been married to Diana Fithian since May 1, 2010.

19. Patryk Vega

Writer | Small World

Patryk Vega was born on January 2, 1977 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. He is a writer and director, known for Small World (2021), Pitbull: Tough Women (2016) and Pitbull (2005). He has been married to Katarzyna Slominska since June 26, 2010.

20. Guy Ritchie

Director | Sherlock Holmes

Guy Ritchie was born in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, UK on September 10, 1968. After watching Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) as a child, Guy realized that what he wanted to do was make films. He never attended film school, saying that the work of film school graduates was boring and ...

21. David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick

Writer | Aquaman

David Leslie Johnson was raised in Mansfield, Ohio. He developed an early interest in storytelling and began writing plays in the second grade. He attended The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Photography and Cinema.

Not long after, he ...

22. Alex Mace

Producer | Orphan: First Kill

Alex Mace is known for Orphan: First Kill (2022), Red Riding Hood (2011) and Orphan (2009).

23. Leonard Wibberley

Writer | Mister Peepers

Leonard Wibberley was born on April 9, 1915 in Dublin, Ireland. He was a writer, known for Mister Peepers (1952), The Mouse on the Moon (1963) and The Mouse That Roared (1959). He was married to Olga Morton-Gittens and Hazel Holton. He died on November 22, 1983 in Santa Monica, California, USA.

24. David Newman

Writer | Bonnie and Clyde

David Newman was born on February 4, 1937 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and director, known for Bonnie and Clyde (1967), Superman (1978) and What's Up, Doc? (1972). He was married to Leslie Newman. He died on June 27, 2003 in New York City, New York, USA.

25. Robert Benton

Writer | Kramer vs. Kramer

Robert Douglas Benton is an American screenwriter and filmmaker from Waxahachie, Texas who is known for screenwriting Bonnie & Clyde, Kramer vs. Kramer and Superman. He won two Academy Awards for writing and directing Kramer vs. Kramer. He directed other feature films including Twilight, Bad ...

26. Robert Towne

Writer | Chinatown

Writer, director, producer, actor. Born in Los Angeles, California, USA, and raised in the seaport town of San Pedro. Got his start acting and writing for legendary exploitation director/producer Roger Corman. Came into his own during the 1970s when he was regarded as one of the finest ...

27. Thomas Berger

Writer | Little Big Man

Thomas Berger was born on July 20, 1924 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. He was a writer, known for Little Big Man (1970), Meeting Evil (2012) and Neighbors (1981). He was married to Jeanne Redpath Berger. He died on July 13, 2014 in Nyack, New York, USA.

28. Calder Willingham

Writer | The Graduate

Calder Willingham was born on December 23, 1922 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. He was a writer, known for The Graduate (1967), Paths of Glory (1957) and Little Big Man (1970). He died on February 21, 1995 in Laconia, New Hampshire, USA.

29. Ben Ripley

Writer | Source Code

Ben Ripley grew up in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. A cum laude graduate of Stanford University and an honors graduate of the University of Southern California's School of Cinema-Television, he sold his first screenplay to Fox in 2002. Since then he has worked steadily in the genres of horror, ...

30. Kevin Willmott

Writer | BlacKkKlansman

Kevin Willmott wrote and directed the critically acclaimed feature film C.S.A: Confederate States Of America, about America, had the South won the Civil War. After its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, IFC Films purchased the film for domestic theatrical distribution. CSA was released ...

31. Spike Lee

Director | Do the Right Thing

Spike Lee was born Shelton Jackson Lee on March 20, 1957, in Atlanta, Georgia. At a very young age, he moved from pre-civil rights Georgia, to Brooklyn, New York. Lee came from artistic, education-grounded background; his father was a jazz musician, and his mother, a schoolteacher. He attended ...

32. François Truffaut

Writer | La nuit américaine

French director François Truffaut began to assiduously go to the movies at age seven. He was also a great reader but not a good pupil. He left school at 14 and started working. In 1947, aged 15, he founded a film club and met André Bazin, a French critic, who became his protector. Bazin helped the ...

33. Richard Condon

Writer | Prizzi's Honor

Richard Condon was born on March 18, 1915 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Prizzi's Honor (1985), The Manchurian Candidate (1962) and The Manchurian Candidate (2004). He was married to Evelyn Hunt. He died on April 9, 1996 in Dallas, Texas, USA.

34. George Axelrod

Writer | The Manchurian Candidate

George Axelrod was born on June 9, 1922 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for The Manchurian Candidate (1962), Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) and The Seven Year Itch (1955). He was married to Joan Axelrod and Gloria Washburn. He died on June 21, 2003 in Los Angeles...

35. Daniel Pyne

Writer | Where's Marlowe?

Daniel Pyne is known for Where's Marlowe? (1998), The Manchurian Candidate (2004) and Fracture (2007).

36. Dean Georgaris

Writer | Meg 2: The Trench

Dean Georgaris is known for Meg 2: The Trench (2023), The Meg (2018) and Paycheck (2003).

37. James Cameron

Writer | Avatar: The Way of Water

James Francis Cameron was born on August 16, 1954 in Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada. He moved to the United States in 1971. The son of an engineer, he majored in physics at California State University before switching to English, and eventually dropping out. He then drove a truck to support his ...

38. Jay Cocks

Writer | Silence

Jay Cocks was born on December 1, 1944 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a writer, known for Silence (2016), Strange Days (1995) and Gangs of New York (2002). He was previously married to Verna Bloom.

39. 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).

40. Ernest Tidyman

Writer | The French Connection

Ernest Tidyman was born on January 1, 1928 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for The French Connection (1971), High Plains Drifter (1973) and Shaft (2019). He was married to Chris Clark and Susan Gould. He died on July 14, 1984 in London, England, UK.

41. Robin Moore

Writer | The French Connection

Robin Moore was born on October 31, 1925 in Concord, Massachusetts, USA. He was a writer, known for The French Connection (1971), Caddyshack (1980) and Inchon (1981). He was married to Helen Moore and Mary Olga. He died on February 21, 2008 in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, USA.

42. Boris Khaimsky

Writer | Russkiy kovcheg

Boris Khaimsky is known for Russian Ark (2002), Tri dnya do vesny (2017) and Remote Access (2004).

43. Anatoli Nikiforov

Writer | Russkiy kovcheg

Anatoli Nikiforov is known for Russian Ark (2002), Geslo: The Disappeared Expedition (2017) and Khram (1987).

44. Svetlana Proskurina

Director | Udalyonnyy dostup

Svetlana Proskurina was born on May 27, 1948 in Krivets, Novgorod Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She is a director and writer, known for Remote Access (2004), Truce (2010) and Sunday (2019). She was previously married to Viktor Proskurin.

45. Aleksandr Sokurov

Director | Russkiy kovcheg

He was born with a disability because of an anatomic defect of his leg, in 1951 in Podorvikha village in Siberian Russia. His father was a Red Army veteran of WW2. One of most important contemporary filmmakers, Sokurov worked extensively in television and later graduated from the prestigious film ...

46. Roman Polanski

Director | Chinatown

Roman Polanski is a Polish film director, producer, writer and actor. Having made films in Poland, Britain, France and the USA, he is considered one of the few truly international filmmakers. Roman Polanski was born in Paris in 1933.

His parents returned to Poland from France in 1936, three years ...

47. John Fante

Writer | Full of Life

John Fante was born on April 8, 1909 in Boulder, Colorado, USA. He was a writer, known for Full of Life (1956), The Golden Fleecing (1940) and My Man and I (1952). He was married to Joyce H. Smart. He died on May 8, 1983 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

48. David Ondricek

Director | Zátopek

Director, screenwriter and producer, one of the most distinctive post-revolution Czech directors. He debuted with the film Whisper (Septej, 1996) followed by Loners (Samotari, 2000), which was produced by his own company Lucky Man Films. Next came the comedy One Hand Can't Clap (Jedna ruka netleska...

49. Jirí Strach

Director | Vrásky z lásky

Jirí Strach was born on September 29, 1973 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He is an actor and director, known for Oldies But Goldies (2012), The Cage (2019) and Docent (2023).

50. Milan Lasica

Actor | Jak jsme hráli cáru

Milan Lasica was born on February 3, 1940 in Zvolen, Slovenský stát [now Slovakia]. He was an actor and director, known for Hostage (2014), Frankenstein's Aunt (1987) and Modrá ruza (1996). He was married to Magda Vásáryová and Zora Kolínska. He died on July 18, 2021 in Bratislava, Slovakia.

51. Dominik Dán

Writer | Rudý kapitán

Dominik Dán was born on May 18, 1962 in Trencín, Czechoslovakia [now Slovakia]. Dominik is a writer, known for Rudý kapitán (2016) and Kriminálka Staré Mesto (2010).

52. Zuzana Fialová

Actress | Kriminálka Staré Mesto

Zuzana Fialová was born on May 17, 1974 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia [now Slovakia]. She is an actress and writer, known for Kriminálka Staré Mesto (2010), Ordinácia v ruzovej záhrade (2007) and Aftermath (2012).

53. Alex Koenigsmark

Writer | Masaryk

Alex Koenigsmark was born on May 27, 1944 in Plzen, Protektorát Cechy a Morava [now Czech Republic]. He was a writer, known for A Prominent Patient (2016), Whichever Way the Ball Bounces (1974) and V rannej hmle (1991). He died on January 23, 2013 in Prague, Czech Republic.

54. Mark Andrus

Writer | As Good as It Gets

Mark Andrus is known for As Good as It Gets (1997), Georgia Rule (2007) and Life as a House (2001).

55. James L. Brooks

Writer | Broadcast News

James L. Brooks was born on May 9, 1940 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Broadcast News (1987), As Good as It Gets (1997) and Terms of Endearment (1983). He was previously married to Holly Holmberg Brooks and Marianne Catherine Morrissey.

56. Aldous Huxley

Writer | A Woman's Vengeance

Aldous Leonard Huxley was born on July 26, 1894, at Laleham in Godalming, Surrey, England. He was the third of four children. His brother Julian Huxley was a biologist known for his theories of evolution. His grandfather, named Thomas Henry Huxley, was a naturalist known as "Darwin's Bulldog." His ...

57. Alain Delon

Actor | Le Samouraï

Alain Fabien Maurice Marcel Delon was born in Sceaux, Hauts-de-Seine, France, to Édith (Arnold) and Fabien Delon. His father was of French and Corsican Italian descent, and his mother was of French and German ancestry. His parents divorced early on, and Delon had a stormy childhood, being ...

58. Sam Peckinpah

Writer | The Wild Bunch

"If they move", commands stern-eyed William Holden, "kill 'em". So begins The Wild Bunch (1969), Sam Peckinpah's bloody, high-body-count eulogy to the mythologized Old West. "Pouring new wine into the bottle of the Western, Peckinpah explodes the bottle", observed critic Pauline Kael. That ...

59. Hayden Herrera

Writer | Frida

Hayden Herrera is known for Frida (2002), Frida (2024) and The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo (2005).

60. Clancy Sigal

Writer | Frida

Clancy Sigal was born on September 6, 1926 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a writer, known for Frida (2002), Maria/Callas and In Love and War (1996). He was married to Janice Tidwell. He died on July 16, 2017 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

61. Diane Lake

Writer | Frida

Diane Lake was born in Sioux City, Iowa. Her father was a salesman, and the family moved a lot during her youth, but always in Iowa. She obtained her B.F.A. at Drake University and an M.A. at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She has been a working screenwriter since 1993 when she sold her ...

62. Gregory Nava

Writer | Selena

Gregory Nava was born on April 10, 1949 in San Diego, California, USA. He is a writer and director, known for Selena (1997).

63. Anna Thomas

Writer | The Haunting of M.

Anna Thomas was born on July 12, 1948 in Stuttgart, Germany. She is a writer and producer, known for The Haunting of M. (1979), El Norte (1983) and Frida (2002).

64. Vladimír Cech

Director | Klíc

Vladimír Cech was born on September 25, 1914 in Ceské Budejovice, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. He was a director and writer, known for Klíc (1971), The Black Battalion (1958) and Expres z Norimberka (1954). He died on December 24, 1992 in Prague, Czech Republic.

65. Jaroslav Dietl

Writer | Bylo ctvrt a bude pul

Jaroslav Dietl was born on May 22, 1929 in Zagreb, Croatia, Yugoslavia [now Croatia]. He was a writer, known for Bylo ctvrt a bude pul (1968), Druhý tah pescem (1985) and Muz na radnici (1976). He was married to Magdalena Dietlová. He died on June 29, 1985 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now ...

66. Jaromír Vasta

Writer | Bylo ctvrt a bude pul

Jaromír Vasta was born on July 21, 1931 in Znojmo, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He was a director and writer, known for Bylo ctvrt a bude pul (1968), Písen pro Rudolfa III. (1967) and Dva z jednoho mesta (1983). He died on May 29, 1996 in Prague, Czech Republic.

67. Milos Broz

Starci na chmelu

Milos Broz was born on April 27, 1920 in Czechoslovakia. He was a producer, known for Starci na chmelu (1964), The Shop on Main Street (1965) and Prague Nights (1969). He died on April 5, 1980 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].

68. Jirí Karásek

Writer | Nahá pastýrka

Jirí Karásek was born on January 22, 1907 in Prague, Cechy, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. He was a writer, known for Nahá pastýrka (1966), Klec pro dva (1968) and Jeste svatba nebyla (1954). He died on May 9, 1971 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].

69. Jaroslav Mach

Director | Nahá pastýrka

Jaroslav Mach was born on April 24, 1921 in Zahnasovice u Holesova, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He was a director and writer, known for Nahá pastýrka (1966), Klec pro dva (1968) and Jeste svatba nebyla (1954). He died on January 11, 1972 in Prague, Czechoslovakia.

70. Václav Sklenár

Director | Zpivali jsme Arizonu

Václav Sklenár was born on November 4, 1928 in Brandýsek (near from Kladno), Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He is a director and writer, known for Zpivali jsme Arizonu (1964), Muz na úteku (1969) and Kotrmelec (1961).

71. Ludek Stanek

Writer | Hra bez pravidel

Ludek Stanek is known for A Game Without Rules (1967), One of Them Is the Murderer (1971) and Muz na úteku (1969).

72. Vladimir Jabotinsky

Writer | Samson and Delilah

Russian-born Jewish advocate, author, and Zionist leader. Jabotinsky began a career as a journalist, but following the Russian pogroms began to devote himself to the cause of a Jewish homeland. He founded the Jewish Legion of the British Army during World War I, and led the struggle between the ...

73. Menachem Begin

Self | A Search for Solid Ground: The Intifada Through Israeli Eyes

Menachem Begin was an Israeli politician, founder of Likud and the sixth Prime Minister of Israel. Before the creation of the state of Israel, he was the leader of the Zionist militant group Irgun, the Revisionist breakaway from the larger Jewish paramilitary organization Haganah. He proclaimed a ...

74. Amos Oz

Writer | A Tale of Love and Darkness

Amos Oz was born on May 4, 1939 in Jerusalem, Palestine [now Israel]. He was a writer, known for A Tale of Love and Darkness (2015), Black Box (1993) and The Little Traitor (2007). He was married to Nily Zuckerman. He died on December 28, 2018 in Tel Aviv, Israel.

75. Paul Thomas Anderson

Director | Punch-Drunk Love

Anderson was born in 1970. He was one of the first of the "video store" generation of film-makers. His father was the first man on his block to own a V.C.R., and from a very early age Anderson had an infinite number of titles available to him. While film-makers like Spielberg cut their teeth making...

76. 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).

77. Alan Mak

Director | Mou gaan dou

Alan Mak Siu Fai was born in Hong Kong in 1965. In 1986, he studied in the School of Drama at the Hong Kong Academy for Performance Arts. Upon graduation in 1990, he started his movie career.

Mak made his directorial debut in 1997, with his first film being Nude Fear, which was written and produced ...

78. Felix Chong

Writer | Mou gaan dou

Felix Chong was born on January 1, 1968 in Hong Kong, British Crown Colony. He is a writer and director, known for Infernal Affairs (2002), Project Gutenberg (2018) and Overheard (2009).

79. David Ignatius

Writer | Body of Lies

David Ignatius was born on May 26, 1950 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Body of Lies (2008), Quantum Spy and The Director.

80. Hynek Bocan

Director | Nikdo se nebude smát

Czech filmmaker Hynek Bocan largely eschewed the conventions of his country's New Wave cinema in favor of making well-crafted, traditional literary adaptations. A graduate of his native Prague's prestigious FAMU in 1961, Bocan started out assisting such filmmakers as Karel Kachyna, Jan Nemec, and ...

81. Karel Michal

Writer | Bílá paní

Writer of humorous short stories and film scripts. Left Czechoslovakia after the Russian invasion in 1968 and went to live in Switzerland, where he died in 1984. His best known collection of short stories is Gypsova Dama (The Plaster Lady, 1967). His short stories Rodny Kraj (Native Region) was ...

82. Jirí Krejcík

Director | O vecech nadprirozených

Mr Krejcik made over 20 films in a career that began in 1947. His best known films include the 1960 WWII drama Higher Principle, the biographical film about the singer Ema Destinova entitled The Divine Ema, as well as a number of comedies.

Jirí Krejcík received the Czech Lion film award for lifetime ...

83. Zdenek Mahler

Music_department | Amadeus

Zdenek Mahler was born on December 7, 1928 in Batelov by Jihlava, Bohemia, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He was a writer and actor, known for Amadeus (1984), The Butcher of Prague (2011) and Svatba jako remen (1967). He died on March 17, 2018 in Prague, Czech Republic.

84. Gustav Oplustil

Writer | Dva muzi hlásí príchod

Gustav Oplustil was born on August 2, 1926 in Hranice na Morave, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He was a writer and actor, known for Dva muzi hlásí príchod (1975), Tak láska zacíná... (1975) and Bejvávalo (1965). He was married to Jarmila. He ...

85. Jirí Krenek

Writer | Jahody na stéble trávy

Jirí Krenek was born on June 2, 1933 in Velké Karlovice, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He was a writer, known for Jahody na stéble trávy (1984), Zabitá nedele (1990) and Katerina a jeji deti (1975). He died on December 4, 2008 in Veverská Bítýska, Czech Republic.

86. Drahomíra Vihanová

Director | Zpráva o putování studentu Petra a Jakuba

Drahomíra Vihanová was born on July 31, 1930 in Moravský Krumlov, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. She was a director and writer, known for Zpráva o putování studentu Petra a Jakuba (2000), Pevnost (1994) and Zahrada plná plenek (1983). She died on December 10, 2017.

87. Troy Kennedy Martin

Writer | Ferrari

Troy Kennedy Martin was born on February 15, 1932 in Rothesay, Isle of Bute, Scotland, UK. He was an accomplished writer, known for The Italian Job (1969), Red Heat (1988) and Kelly's Heroes (1970). He penned two of British television's most groundbreaking series of the 20th century, first with Z ...

88. Donna Powers

Writer | Deep Blue Sea

Donna Powers was born in Birmingham, Alabama, USA. She is known for Deep Blue Sea (1999), The Italian Job (2003) and Valentine (2001). She was previously married to Wayne Powers.

89. Wayne Powers

Writer | Deep Blue Sea

Wayne Powers (co-writer, producer, director)

Wayne Powers has written features including Paramount's The Italian Job starring Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron and Edward Norton.

Wayne was writing network TV movies at the age twenty-two. He spent four years on the writing staffs for award-winning ...

90. Seth MacFarlane

Writer | Family Guy

Seth Woodbury MacFarlane was born in the small New England town of Kent, Connecticut, where he lived with his mother, Ann Perry (Sager), an admissions office worker, his father, Ronald Milton MacFarlane, a prep school teacher, and his sister, Rachael MacFarlane, now a voice actress and singer. He ...

91. Alec Sulkin

Producer | Ted 2

Alec Sulkin was born on February 14, 1973 in the USA. He is a producer and actor, known for Ted 2 (2015), Family Guy (1999) and Ted (2012).

92. Wellesley Wild

Producer | Family Guy

Wellesley Wild was born on April 27, 1972 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Family Guy (1999), Ted 2 (2015) and A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014).

93. Jan Prusinovský

Director | Kobry a uzovky

Jan Prusinovský was born on July 3, 1979 in Horovice, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He is a writer and director, known for The Snake Brothers (2015), Nejlepsí je penivá (2005) and The Teacher (2016).

94. Petr Kolecko

Writer | Masaryk

Petr Kolecko was born on March 28, 1984 in Broumov, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He is a writer and producer, known for A Prominent Patient (2016), Most! (2018) and Over Fingers (2019). He has been married to Aneta Vignerová since March 14, 2023. They have one child.

95. Götz Hagmüller

Writer | Kopfstand

Götz Hagmüller is known for Kopfstand (1981).

96. Ernst Josef Lauscher

Director | Kopfstand

Ernst Josef Lauscher was born in 1947 in Vienna, Austria. He is an actor and director, known for Kopfstand (1981), Zeitgenossen (1983) and Stahlnetz (1958).

97. Heinrich von Kleist

Writer | Der zerbrochene Krug

Heinrich von Kleist was born on the 18th of October, 1777 in Frankfurt/Oder (Germany) as the son of a priest. His father died when Heinrich was 11 so he had to earn some money early. He managed to go to the High School until 15, but was forced then to join the Prussian army in their war in the west...

98. Michael Weller

Writer | Hair

Michael Weller was born on September 26, 1942. He is a producer and writer, known for Hair (1979), Ragtime (1981) and Safe Haven.

99. E.L. Doctorow

Writer | Daniel

E.L. Doctorow was born on January 6, 1931 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Daniel (1983), Wakefield (2016) and Billy Bathgate (1991). He was married to Helen Setzer. He died on July 21, 2015 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.

100. Borivoj Zeman

Director | Fantom Morrisvillu

Borivoj Zeman was born on March 6, 1912 in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. He was a director and writer, known for Fantom Morrisvillu (1966), The Proud Princess (1952) and Tri knoflíky (1945). He died on December 23, 1991 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].



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