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Oscar Micheaux
Filmmaker, Journalist, Screenwriter / 1884 - 1951
Oscar Micheaux was an African-American filmmaker whose films were a challenge to segregation in both Hollywood and society in general. He wrote, produced and directed more than 45 films from 1919 to 1948.
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(1884-1951)
Filmmaker, Journalist, Screenwriter
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Anthony Minghella
Director, Television Producer, Playwright, Screenwriter / 1954 - 2008
Anthony Minghella was an Academy Award-winning director best known for his adaptation of Michael Ondaatje's The English Patient. Released in 1996, the film claimed the Oscar for best picture in 1997.
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(1954-2008)
Director, Television Producer, Playwright, Screenwriter
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Ryan Murphy
Director, Producer, Television Producer, Screenwriter / 1965 -
Ryan Murphy is the creator of the popular American television programs Nip/Tuck, Glee, American Horror Story and The New Normal.
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(1965-)
Director, Producer, Television Producer, Screenwriter
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Christopher Nolan
Director, Screenwriter / 1970 -
Christopher Nolan is an innovative film director and screenwriter who's helmed several early 21st century megahits, including Memento, Inception and The Dark Knight Rises.
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(1970-)
Director, Screenwriter
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Clifford Odets
Activist, Theater Actor, Director, Playwright, Screenwriter / 1906 - 1963
Clifford Odets was the leading dramatist of the theater of social protest in the United States during the 1930s. He helped form the influential Group Theatre.
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(1906-1963)
Activist, Theater Actor, Director, Playwright, Screenwriter
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Trey Parker
Actor, Director, Screenwriter / 1969 -
Trey Parker is a writer, director and actor known chiefly as the creator and driving force behind the animated TV series South Park.
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(1969-)
Actor, Director, Screenwriter
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Suzan-Lori Parks
Playwright, Screenwriter / 1963 -
Suzan-Lori Parks is an African American playwright and screenwriter. She received the MacArthur Foundation "Genius" Grant in 2001, and the 2002 Pulitzer Prize.
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(1963-)
Playwright, Screenwriter
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Stephen Peace
Producer, Screenwriter, Government Official / 1953 -
Brilliant, brash and a little wacky, J. Stephen Peace co-produced the cult horror film Attack of the Killer Tomatoes and, as a state legislator, oversaw energy deregulation in California.
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(1953-)
Producer, Screenwriter, Government Official
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Tyler Perry
Film Actor, Entrepreneur, Filmmaker, Playwright, Screenwriter / 1969 -
Writer, actor, producer, and director Tyler Perry has built an entertainment empire that consists of successful films, plays, and a best-selling book.
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(1969-)
Film Actor, Entrepreneur, Filmmaker, Playwright, Screenwriter
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Mary Pickford
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Producer, Screenwriter / 1892 - 1979
Mary Pickford was a legendary silent film actress and was known as "America’s sweetheart." She was a founder of United Artists and helped establish the Academy.
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(1892-1979)
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Producer, Screenwriter
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Harold Pinter
Activist, Playwright, Poet, Screenwriter / 1930 - 2008
Harold Pinter is a renowned British playwright who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2005.
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(1930-2008)
Activist, Playwright, Poet, Screenwriter
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Richard Pryor
Actor, Comedian, Screenwriter / 1940 - 2005
Richard Pryor was a groundbreaking African-American comedian and one of the top entertainers of the 1970s and '80s.
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(1940-2005)
Actor, Comedian, Screenwriter
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Manuel Puig
Author, Screenwriter / 1932 - 1990
Manuel Puig was an Argentine writer known for his film scripts and novels, notably Kiss of the Spider Woman.
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(1932-1990)
Author, Screenwriter
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Mario Puzo
Author, Screenwriter / 1920 - 1999
Mario Puzo became famous when he adapted his novel The Godfather into a screenplay for director Francis Ford Coppola in the 1960s.
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(1920-1999)
Author, Screenwriter
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Harold Ramis
Film Actor, Director, Producer, Screenwriter / 1944 -
Actor and director Harold Ramis has created or starred in many successful comedies, including Caddyshack and Ghostbusters.
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(1944-)
Film Actor, Director, Producer, Screenwriter
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Rob Reiner
Activist, Actor, Filmmaker, Screenwriter / 1947 -
American actor, director and producer Rob Reiner is best known for directing the classic hits Stand By Me (1996) and When Harry Met Sally (1989).
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(1947-)
Activist, Actor, Filmmaker, Screenwriter
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Jason Reitman
Film Actor, Television Actor, Director, Producer, Television Producer, Academic Author, Screenwriter / 1977 -
Jason Reitman is a film director, screenwriter, producer and actor, best known for directing, Thank You for Smoking, Juno, and Up in the Air.
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(1977-)
Film Actor, Television Actor, Director, Producer, Television Producer, Academic Author, Screenwriter
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Alma Reville
Filmmaker, Screenwriter / 1899 - 1982
Alma Reville, also known as "Lady Hitchcock," was Alfred Hitchcock's lifetime partner, assistant director and closest collaborator.
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(1899-1982)
Filmmaker, Screenwriter
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Gene Roddenberry
Producer, Television Producer, Screenwriter / 1921 - 1991
American writer and producer Gene Rodenberry created the immensely influential Star Trek television series in the 1960s.
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(1921-1991)
Producer, Television Producer, Screenwriter
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Adela Rogers St. Johns
Journalist, Author, Screenwriter / 1894 - 1988
Journalist Adela Rogers St. Johns was a reporter for Hearst newspapers, and was best known for her interviews of motion picture stars.
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(1894-1988)
Journalist, Author, Screenwriter
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Paul Rudd
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Comedian, Producer, Screenwriter / 1969 -
Paul Rudd is an American actor and film producer who became a minor teen idol with his break-out performance in the 1995 film Clueless and went on to star in numerous comedies.
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(1969-)
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Comedian, Producer, Screenwriter
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David O. Russell
Filmmaker, Screenwriter / 1958 -
David O. Russell is an Oscar-nominated director, writer and producer known for films like Three Kings, The Fighter and Silver Linings Playbook.
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(1958-)
Filmmaker, Screenwriter
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Adam Sandler
Film Actor, Comedian, Songwriter, Singer, Screenwriter / 1966 -
Actor, comedian, and musician Adam Sandler was a cast member on Saturday Night Live and is the star of such films as Punch-Drunk Love and The Wedding Singer.
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(1966-)
Film Actor, Comedian, Songwriter, Singer, Screenwriter
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Jean-Paul Sartre
Philosopher, Activist, Literary Critic, Academic Author, Journalist, Author, Playwright, Screenwriter / 1905 - 1980
Jean-Paul Sartre was a 20th century intellectual, writer and activist who put forth pioneering ideas on existentialism.
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(1905-1980)
Philosopher, Activist, Literary Critic, Academic Author, Journalist, Author, Playwright, Screenwriter
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Julian Schnabel
Artist, Director, Screenwriter / 1951 -
Artist, screenwriter and director Julian Schnabel was a leading figure of the art world in the 1980s, and has proven to be talented in many creative fields.
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(1951-)
Artist, Director, Screenwriter
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Rob Schneider
Film Actor, Television Actor, Comedian, Director, Screenwriter / 1963 -
Actor and comedian Rob Schneider's is best known for his combination of self-deprecating humor and goofball antics in films like Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo.
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(1963-)
Film Actor, Television Actor, Comedian, Director, Screenwriter
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Sherwood Schwartz
Musician, Television Producer, Screenwriter / 1916 - 2001
Sherwood Schwartz created two of television's most enduring comedies: Gilligan's Island and The Brady Bunch.
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(1916-2001)
Musician, Television Producer, Screenwriter
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Jerry Seinfeld
Film Actor, Television Actor, Comedian, Television Producer, Screenwriter / 1954 -
Jerry Seinfeld is an actor and comedian best known for his starring role in the hit television sitcom Seinfeld.
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(1954-)
Film Actor, Television Actor, Comedian, Television Producer, Screenwriter
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Hubert Selby Jr.
Academic, Author, Screenwriter / 1928 - 2004
Hubert Selby, Jr. was a writer from Brooklyn, NY, who wrote the novels Last Exit to Brooklyn and Requiem for a Dream, both of which were adapted into films.
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(1928-2004)
Academic, Author, Screenwriter
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Rod Serling
Anti-War Activist, Television Personality, Author, Screenwriter / 1924 - 1975
Emmy Award–winning television and film writer Rod Serling created and hosted the sci-fi fantasy series The Twilight Zone and co-wrote Planet of the Apes.
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(1924-1975)
Anti-War Activist, Television Personality, Author, Screenwriter
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Sidney Sheldon
Author, Screenwriter / 1917 - 2007
Sidney Sheldon was a best-selling novelist who won Oscar, Tony and Emmy awards for his work on the stage and screen.
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(1917-2007)
Author, Screenwriter
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M. Night Shyamalan
Actor, Director, Producer, Screenwriter / 1970 -
M. Night Shyamalan is best known for directing The Sixth Sense, which was released in 1999 to wide acclaim, including six Oscar nominations.
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(1970-)
Actor, Director, Producer, Screenwriter
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John Singleton
Director, Producer, Screenwriter / 1968 -
Screenwriter and director John Singleton’s Boyz n the Hood led to a Academy Award for Best Director, making him the first African-American ever nominated.
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(1968-)
Director, Producer, Screenwriter
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Steven Soderbergh
Film Actor, Director, Producer, Screenwriter / 1963 -
Steven Soderbergh is a screenwriter, cinematographer, editor and director, best known for directing the films Erin Brockovich, Traffic and Ocean's Eleven.
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(1963-)
Film Actor, Director, Producer, Screenwriter
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Aaron Spelling
Actor, Television Producer, Screenwriter / 1923 - 2006
Aaron Spelling remains television’s most prolific producer, primarily known for escapist entertainment.
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(1923-2006)
Actor, Television Producer, Screenwriter
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Sylvester Stallone
Film Actor, Director, Producer, Screenwriter / 1946 -
One of the most popular action stars of all time, Sylvester Stallone is best known for portraying boxer Rocky Balboa and Vietnam War veteran John Rambo.
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(1946-)
Film Actor, Director, Producer, Screenwriter
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Matt Stone
Actor, Musician, Screenwriter / 1971 -
Actor and writer Matt Stone is the co-creator of the adult cartoon South Park. In 2011, his Broadway musical, The Book of Mormon, won nine Tony Awards.
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(1971-)
Actor, Musician, Screenwriter
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Oliver Stone
Director, Screenwriter / 1946 -
Oscar-winning screenwriter and director Oliver Stone is responsible for the hit films Platoon, Scarface, Born on the Fourth of July and Natural Born Killers.
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(1946-)
Director, Screenwriter
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Tom Stoppard
Author, Playwright, Screenwriter / 1937 -
Sir Tom Stoppard is a Czech-born British playwright whose famous works include Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1964) and Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (1978). He co-wrote the screenplay for the 1998 Academy Award winning film Shakespeare in Love.
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(1937-)
Author, Playwright, Screenwriter
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Preston Sturges
Director, Playwright, Screenwriter / 1898 - 1959
Preston Sturges is regarded as the first Hollywood figure to successfully move from screenwriting to directing his own scripts.
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(1898-1959)
Director, Playwright, Screenwriter
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Rabindranath Tagore
Painter, Author, Playwright, Poet, Screenwriter
Rabindranath Tagore was a Bengali poet, novelist and painter best known for being the first non-European to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913.
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Painter, Author, Playwright, Poet, Screenwriter
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Quentin Tarantino
Film Actor, Television Actor, Director, Producer, Screenwriter / 1963 -
Quentin Tarantino jolted onto the Hollywood scene with his screenplay for True Romance, before directing the early 1990s films Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction.
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(1963-)
Film Actor, Television Actor, Director, Producer, Screenwriter
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Justin Theroux
Actor, Director, Screenwriter / 1971 -
American actor and director Justin Theroux is known for his role on the TV series Strangers with Candy, as well as film roles in Tropic Thunder, Your Highness and Wanderlust, among several other productions.
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(1971-)
Actor, Director, Screenwriter
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Alan Thicke
Television Actor, Game Show Host, Talk Show Host, Television Producer, Screenwriter / 1947 -
During the mid-1980s to early 1990s, actor Alan Thicke played one of television’s most beloved sitcom dads, psychiatrist Jason Seaver on Growing Pains.
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(1947-)
Television Actor, Game Show Host, Talk Show Host, Television Producer, Screenwriter
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Dalton Trumbo
Anti-War Activist, Director, Author, Screenwriter / 1905 - 1976
Dalton Trumbo was an Academy Award-winning screenwriter and novelist who was blacklisted during the McCarthy era and forced to work under various pseudonyms.
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(1905-1976)
Anti-War Activist, Director, Author, Screenwriter
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Melvin Van Peebles
Film Actor, Director, Producer, Playwright, Screenwriter / 1932 -
Melvin Van Peebles was a filmmaker and auteur who pioneered the "blaxsploitation" genre of African American action films in the 1970s.
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(1932-)
Film Actor, Director, Producer, Playwright, Screenwriter
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Andy Wachowski
Filmmaker, Screenwriter / 1967 -
Andy Wachowski is a writer, director and producer known for sci-fi and action films, including The Matrix trilogy, V for Vendetta and Cloud Atlas.
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(1967-)
Filmmaker, Screenwriter
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Lana Wachowski
Activist, Filmmaker, Screenwriter / 1965 -
Lana Wachowski, along with brother Andy, is a producer, director and screenwriter known for The Matrix film trilogy, V for Vendetta and Cloud Atlas.
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(1965-)
Activist, Filmmaker, Screenwriter
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John Waters
Director, Screenwriter / 1946 -
Filmmaker, director and writer John Waters, sometimes called the "King of Bad Taste" or the "Pope of Trash," has built a reputation for shocking his audiences.
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(1946-)
Director, Screenwriter
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Joss Whedon
Screenwriter / 1964 -
Joss Whedon is a writer and director best known as the creator of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
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(1964-)
Screenwriter
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P. G. Wodehouse
Author, Playwright, Screenwriter / 1881 - 1975
Author P. G. Wodehouse, the creator of Bertie Wooster and his manservant Jeeves, wrote more than 90 books during his career.
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(1881-1975)
Author, Playwright, Screenwriter
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Benh Zeitlin
Director, Screenwriter / 1982 -
Benh Zeitlin is an American filmmaker best known for his critically-acclaimed 2012 film, Beasts of the Southern Wild.
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(1982-)
Director, Screenwriter
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