Michael Wilson

male, deceased (1978)
death by myocardial infarction, American military personnel of World War II, industrial worker of the world, American, the bridge on the river kwai, united states marine corps…Edgar Award winner, Best Adapted Screenplay Academy Award winner, AcademyAwardforWritingAdaptedScreenplay
Michael Wilson was an American multiple-Academy Award winning screenwriter who was blacklisted by the Hollywood movie studio bosses during the era...
George Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw

male, deceased (1950)
vegetarian, Playwright, teetotaller, Literary critic, oscar, literary criticism…AcademyAwardforWritingAdaptedScreenplay, Best Adapted Screenplay Academy Award winner
George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856-2 November 1950) was an Irish dramatist, literary critic, and socialist. During his career Shaw wrote more than...
S. J. Perelman

S. J. Perelman

male, deceased (1979) (Brooklyn, New York, United States)
Brown University alumni, magazine, the new yorker, feuilletons, Marx Brother, Westward Ha!…AcademyAwardforWritingAdaptedScreenplay, responsible for very little in the Marxian films
Sidney Joseph Perelman, almost always known as S. J. Perelman (February 1 1904 - October 17 1979), was an American humorist, author, and...
Fred Guiol

Fred Guiol

male, deceased (1964)
Glendale, Ivan Moffat, AcademyAwardforWritingAdaptedScreenplay, forest lawn memorial park, film director, Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale
Fred Guiol (17 February 1898 - 23 May 1964) was an American film director and screenwriter. Along with Ivan Moffat, he was nominated for an Academy...

Alvin Sargent

male, 78 years old
Upper Darby High School's Wall of Fame, upper darby high school, Nuts, Spider-Man 3, AcademyAwardforWritingAdaptedScreenplay, Ben Casey…emmy award, Best Adapted Screenplay Academy Award winner
Alvin Sargent (born in 1927 in Pennsylvania) is a multiple award-winning American screenwriter. Sargent graduated from Upper Darby High School in...

Sidney Buchman

male, deceased (1975)
Columbia University, Duluth, Hollywood blacklist, writer, film producer, Columbia University alumni…AcademyAwardforWritingAdaptedScreenplay
Sidney Robert Buchman (March 27, 1902 - August 23, 1975) was a film writer and producer who worked on 38 films from the late 1920s to the early...
Ron Kovic

Ron Kovic

male, 63 years old
American military, Hofstra University alumni, Roman Catholic, From Long Island, bronze star, veteran…AcademyAwardforWritingAdaptedScreenplay, Best Adapted Screenplay, Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay, Best Screenplay, Golden Globe Award
Ron Kovic was born on July 4, 1946, in Ladysmith, Wisconsin and grew up in Massapequa, New York. His autobiography, Born on the Fourth of July, was...
Dalton Trumbo

Dalton Trumbo

male, deceased (1976)
Christian, Communism, death by myocardial infarction, montrose, scientist, communist…AcademyAwardforWritingAdaptedScreenplay
Dalton Trumbo (December 9, 1905 - September 10, 1976) was an American screenwriter and novelist, and a member of the Hollywood Ten, a group of film...
Brian Helgeland

Brian Helgeland

male, 48 years old
1997 Golden Raspberry Awards, bad, Edgar Award winner, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, AcademyAwardforWritingAdaptedScreenplay, Loyola Marymount University alumni…Best Adapted Screenplay
Brian Helgeland (born January 17, 1961 in Providence, Rhode Island) is an American movie writer and director, who graduated from Loyola Marymount...
Frances Marion

Frances Marion

female, deceased (1973)
novelist, film director, World War I, journalist, rebecca of sunnybrook farm, twentieth century…AcademyAwardforWritingAdaptedScreenplay, Best Adapted Screenplay, Academy Award for Best Story
Frances Marion (November 18, 1888 - May 12, 1973) was an American journalist, author, and screenwriter often cited as the most renowned female...