As a teen, Boston-native Matt Damon used to break-dance for money in Harvard Square. Matt Damon was an extra in Field of Dreams with friend Ben Affleck when they were just starting out. ... Matt Damon appeared on Will & Grace in 2002 as Jack's rival for a coveted spot in a gay men's chorus.

Andrew M. Niccol (born 1964) is a screenwriter, producer, and director. He wrote and directed "Gattaca", "S1m0ne", and "Lord of War". He also wrote and co-produced "The Truman Show", which earned him an Academy Award nomination for best original screenplay in 1999. Niccol was born in Paraparaumu, New Zealand and grew up in Auckland. He left New Zealand at age 21 and began directing commercials in London, England.

Marshall Brickman (born August 25 1941 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is an Academy Award winning screenwriter, best known for his collaborations with Woody Allen. After attending the University of Wisconsin, he became a member of Folk act The Tarriers in 1962, recruited by former classmate Eric Weissberg. Upon the disbanding of The Tarriers in 1965, Brickman joined The New Journeymen with John Phillips and Michelle Phillips who later had success with The Mamas & Papas.

Ronald Jay Bass (born March 26, 1942), sometimes credited as Ron Bass, is an American screenwriter. Also a film producer, Bass's work is characterized as being highly in demand, and he is thought to be among the most highly paid writers in Hollywood. He is often called the "King of the Pitches". In 1988, he received the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for "Rain Man", …

Martin Brest (August 8, 1951) is an American filmmaker, producer, screenwriter, film editor, and actor. He graduated from Stuyvesant High School in 1969, from New York University's School of the Arts in 1973 and from the AFI Conservatory with an M.F.A. degree in 1977. His film debut as a director/writer was with 1979's "Going in Style", which starred George Burns, Art Carney and Lee Strasberg.

Colin Welland (born 4 July 1934 in Newton-le-Willows, St Helens, Lancashire) is an English actor and screenwriter. He appeared as PC David Graham in the BBC television series "Z Cars", and in films, including "Kes" (1969), before also concentrating on writing. In Kes he played an English school-teacher - a job which (like fellow Kes actor Brian Glover and its writer Barry Hines) he had had in real life, …

Randall Wallace (born November 30, 1948, Tennessee) is an American screenwriter, producer, and director. He was Oscar nominated for the Best Original Screenplay with his script for "Braveheart". Wallace has also written, directed, and/or produced several television shows and movies.

Lowell Ganz (born August 31, 1948 in New York, New York) is an American screenwriter, television writer, and television producer. He is the long-time writing partner of Babaloo Mandel. Ganz grew up in Queens, New York. He dropped out of college and moved to Los Angeles, California to pursue a career writing for sitcoms, starting with "The Odd Couple".

Clarence Greene (1913 - 1995) was an American film producer and screenwriter who frequently collaborated with filmmaker Russell Rouse on a number of offbeat films. Some of these included "DOA" (1950), "The Well" (1951; for which they received an Academy Award nomination), "Pillow Talk" (1959; which won them the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay) and the trash classic "The Oscar" in 1966.

Andrew L. Stone (born July 16, 1902; died June 9, 1999) was an American screenwriter, director, and producer. Best known for his b-movies, Stone frequently collaborated with his wife, editor and producer Virginia Lively Stone (credited as Virginia L. Stone). Though few of his films achieved mainstream success, Stone was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for his 1956 thriller "Julie".

Thomas Ernest Bennett "Tibby" Clarke (June 7, 1907 - February 11, 1989) was a movie scriptwriter who wrote several of the Ealing Studios comedies. His scripts always feature careful logical development from a slightly absurd premise to a farcical conclusion. In 1952 he was awarded a Best Original Screenplay Oscar for his script for "The Lavender Hill Mob", making him one of just a handful of Britons to receive this award.

Sidney Meyers was a film director and editor. Born in New York City, he is best known for two documentary films: the low-budget 1949's "The Quiet One", for which he was nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay, and BAFTA winner "The Savage Eye", which he co-directed with Joseph Strick and Ben Maddow.