Famous film screenwriters

author of scripts and screenplays for motion picture production

720 people

All Alive Deceased
Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin

1889 – 1977 · Age 88
Deceased
Gabriel García Márquez

Gabriel García Márquez

1927 – 2014 · Age 87
Deceased
Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock

1899 – 1980 · Age 80
Deceased
Akira Kurosawa

Akira Kurosawa

1910 – 1998 · Age 88
Deceased
Ingmar Bergman

Ingmar Bergman

1918 – 2007 · Age 89
Deceased
Federico Fellini

Federico Fellini

1920 – 1993 · Age 73
Deceased
Murasaki Shikibu

Murasaki Shikibu

0973 – 1014 · Age 41
Deceased
Stanley Kubrick

Stanley Kubrick

1928 – 1999 · Age 70
Deceased
Bing Crosby

Bing Crosby

1903 – 1977 · Age 74
Deceased
John Wayne

John Wayne

1907 – 1979 · Age 72
Deceased
Paul Newman

Paul Newman

1925 – 2008 · Age 83
Deceased
Mae West

Mae West

1893 – 1980 · Age 87
Deceased
David Lynch

David Lynch

1946 – 2025 · Age 78
Deceased
Guillaume Apollinaire

Guillaume Apollinaire

1880 – 1918 · Age 38
Deceased
Andrei Tarkovsky

Andrei Tarkovsky

1932 – 1986 · Age 54
Deceased
Mary Pickford

Mary Pickford

1892 – 1979 · Age 87
Deceased
J. M. Barrie

J. M. Barrie

1860 – 1937 · Age 77
Deceased
François Truffaut

François Truffaut

1932 – 1984 · Age 52
Deceased
Jean-Luc Godard

Jean-Luc Godard

1930 – 2022 · Age 91
Deceased
Buster Keaton

Buster Keaton

1895 – 1966 · Age 70
Deceased
Charlton Heston

Charlton Heston

1923 – 2008 · Age 84
Deceased
Laurence Olivier

Laurence Olivier

1907 – 1989 · Age 82
Deceased
Robert Duvall

Robert Duvall

1931 – 2026 · Age 95
Deceased
Matthew Perry

Matthew Perry

1969 – 2023 · Age 54
Deceased
Sergio Leone

Sergio Leone

1929 – 1989 · Age 60
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q69423232