Notable Screenwriters: Media Resources Center UCB

Notable Screenwriters

The following list represents only those titles held by MRC, and does not in most cases include the entire body of work of the screenwriter. For a complete listing, consult the American Film Institute (AFI)Catalog [UCB users only], or the open-access Internet Movie Database.

Literary & Dramatic Readings and Adaptations
Woody Allen: Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) (written by) DVD X953; Cassandra's Dream (2007) (written by) DVD X922; Scoop (2006) (written by) DVD 7133; Match Point (2005) (written by) DVD 5493; Melinda and Melinda (2004) (written by) DVD 4689; Anything Else (2003) (written by) DVD 4947; Hollywood Ending(2002) (written by) DVD 1402; The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001) (written by) DVD 1039; Small Time Crooks (2000) (written by) DVD 535; vhs 999:433; Sweet and Lowdown (1999) (written by) DVD 289; vhs 999:2816; Celebrity (1998) (written by) DVD 109; vhs 999:2504; Deconstructing Harry (1997) (written by) DVD 105; vhs 999:2015; Everyone Says I Love You (1996) (written by) DVD 108; vhs 999:1872; Mighty Aphrodite (1995) (written by) DVD 107; vhs 999:1881; Bullets Over Broadway (1994) (written by) DVD 110; vhs 999:1874; Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993) (written by) DVD 46; vhs 999:1877; Husbands and Wives (1992) (written by) vhs 999:1876; Shadows and Fog (1991) (written by) DVD 733; Alice (1990) (written by) DVD 2782; Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) (written by) DVD 470; vhs 999:780; New York Stories (1989) (written by) (segment "Oedipus Wrecks") DVD 2714; Another Woman (1988) (written by) DVD 735; vhs 999:935; September (1987) (written by) DVD 734; vhs 999:934; Radio Days (1987) (written by) DVD 1023; vhs 999:807; Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) (written by) Academy Award 1986 Best original screenplay DVD 1020; vhs 999:775; The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985) (written by) DVD 1022; vhs 999:923; Broadway Danny Rose (1984) (written by) DVD 1024; vhs 999:883; Zelig (1983) (written by) DVD 1014; vhs 999:803; A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982) (written by) DVD 1021; vhs 999:936; Stardust Memories (1980) (written by) DVD 223; vhs 999:1913; Manhattan (1979) (written by) DVD 46; vhs 999:1877; Interiors (1978) (written by) DVD 226; vhs 999:2516; Annie Hall (1977) (written by)Academy Award 1977 Best original screenplay DVD 535; vhs 999:433; Love and Death (1975) (written by) DVD 535; vhs 999:433; Sleeper (1973) (written by) DVD 535; vhs 999:433; Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask (1972) (screenplay) DVD 225; vhs 999:781; Play It Again, Sam (1972) (play) (screenplay) DVD 1770; vhs 999:808; Bananas (1971) (written by) DVD 224; vhs 999:937; Take the Money and Run (1969) (original screenplay) DVD 106; vhs 999:799; What's Up, Tiger Lily? (1966) (writer) vhs 999:933
Ingmar Bergman
The Bergman-directed films in MRC were all written or adapted by Bergman. See Listing of Bergman films in MRC
Robert Benton: Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) (written by) Academy Award 1979 Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium DVD 3646; vhs 999:1031; Superman (1978) (screenplay) DVD 2249; The Late Show (1977) (writer) DVD 3324; Oh! Calcutta! (1972) (contributions) DVD 5655; Bonnie and Clyde (1967) (written by) DVD 70; vhs 999:2
Charles Bracket: Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959) (screenplay) DVD 4632; Titanic (1953) (written by) DVD X1470; Sunset Blvd. (1950) (written by, with Billy Wilder) Academy Award 1950 Best original screenplay DVD 1476; vhs 999:182; A Foreign Affair (1948) (screenplay) DVD X2067; vhs 999:2706; The Emperor Waltz (1948) (written by) vhs 999:2709; To Each His Own (1946) (story) (writer) vhs 999:3457; The Lost Weekend (1945) (screenplay with Billy Wilder) Academy Award 1945 Best Screenplay - adaptation DVD 535; vhs 999:433; Five Graves to Cairo (1943) (screenplay) vhs 999:2705; Ball of Fire (1941) (screenplay) (story) vhs 999:3279; Ninotchka (1939) (screenplay) DVD 4284; vhs 999:12
Richard Brooks: Wrong Is Right (1982) (screenplay) DVD 2414; In Cold Blood (1967) (screenplay) DVD X897; vhs 999:2247; Lord Jim (1965) (written by) vhs 999:1293; Sweet Bird of Youth (1962) (screenplay) DVD X1158; vhs 999:529; Elmer Gantry (1960) (screenplay) Academy Award 1960 Best Adapted Screenplay DVD 8941; vhs 999:898; Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) (screenplay) DVD 608; vhs 999:230; Blackboard Jungle (1955) (writer) DVD 3821; vhs 999:973; Storm Warning (1951) (written by) DVD X201; Mystery Street (1950) (screenplay) DVD 8416; Key Largo (1948) (writer) DVD 294; vhs 999:638; Crossfire (1947) (novel) DVD 4115; vhs 999:1027; Brute Force (1947) (screenplay) DVD 404; The Killers (1946) (uncredited) DVD 1567; vhs 999:1857
W.R. Burnett: The Great Escape (1963) (screenplay) DVD 8383; vhs 999:833; Naked City: Debt of Honor (TV series) DVD 1519; Illegal (1955) (writer) DVD 8414; The Racket (1951) (screenplay) DVD 5851; The Asphalt Jungle (1950) (novel) DVD 2717; vhs 999:1236; Action in the North Atlantic (1943) (additional dialogue) DVD 6275; Wake Island (1942) (screenplay) (story) (uncredited) DVD 7439; This Gun for Hire (1942) (writer) DVD 2744; vhs 999:1706; High Sierra (1941) (novel) (screenplay) DVD 3500; vhs 999:1812; Dark Command (1940) (novel) vhs 999:3826; Scarface (1932) (continuity) (dialogue) DVD 5677; vhs 999:2600; Little Caesar (1931) (novel) DVD 3511; vhs 999:823
Truman Capote: See Literary Adaptation Database
Raymond Chandler: See Literary Adaptation Database
Paddy Chayefsky: Altered States (1980) (novel and screenplay) vhs 999:1708; Network (1976) (written by) Academy Award 1976 Best original screenplay DVD 5781; vhs 999:827; The Hospital (1971) (writer) Academy Award 1971 Best original screenplay vhs 999:2171; Paint Your Wagon (1969) (adaptation) DVD 8223; The Americanization of Emily (1964) (screenplay) DVD 3922; Marty (1955) (screenplay) (story) Academy Award 1955 Best Adapted Screenplay DVD X150; vhs 999:855; The True Glory (1945) (writer) DVD 3009
Edward Chodorov: Macao (1952) (uncredited) DVD 6849; vhs 999:2875; Road House (1948) (screenplay) DVD X105; vhs 999:478; Undercurrent (1946) (screenplay) DVD 7602; vhs 999:2350; Barbary Coast (1935) (uncredited) DVD X20; The Mayor of Hell (1933) (screenplay) DVD X135
Ethan and Joel Coen: Burn After Reading (2008) (written by) DVD X797; No Country for Old Men (2007) (screenplay) DVD 9439; Paris, je t'aime (2006) (segment "Tuileries") DVD 8839; The Ladykillers (2004) (screenplay) DVD 3333; Intolerable Cruelty (2003) (screenplay) DVD 3335; The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) (written by) DVD 2063; O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) (written by) DVD 778; The Big Lebowski (1998) (written by) DVD 2062; Fargo (1996) (written by)Academy Award 1996 Best original screenplay DVD 45; vhs 999:1760; Barton Fink (1991) (written by) DVD 3336; vhs 2122; Miller's Crossing (1990) (written by) DVD 3331; vhs 999:2117; Raising Arizona (1987) (written by) DVD 1347; Blood Simple (1984) (written by) DVD 3334; vhs 999:2120
Francis Ford Coppola: The Rainmaker (1997) (screenplay) DVD X122; The Godfather: Part III DVD X629; New York Stories (1989) (written by) (segment "Life without Zoe") (as Francis Coppola) DVD 2714; The Cotton Club (1984) (story) (writer) DVD 788; vhs 999:2852; Apocalypse Now (1979) (screenplay) DVD 139; vhs 999:429; The Godfather: Part II (1974) (screenplay) Academy Award 1948 Best Adapted Screenplay DVD X628; vhs 999:137; The Conversation (1974) (written by) DVD 424; vhs 999:950; The Great Gatsby (1974) (screenplay) DVD 4499; The Godfather (1972) (screenplay) Academy Award 1948 Best Adapted Screenplay DVD X627; vhs 999:81; Patton (1970) (screen story) (screenplay) Academy Award 1970 Best original screenplay DVD 2877; vhs 999:770
Nora Ephron: You've Got Mail (1998) (screenplay) DVD 3016; Michael (1996) (screenplay) DVD 9963; Sleepless in Seattle (1993) (screenplay) DVD 7928; When Harry Met Sally... (1989) (written by) DVD 1751; Silkwood (1983) (written by) DVD 8913
William Faulkner: See Literary Adaptation Database
Federico Fellini: Intervista (1987) (writer) DVD 5947; vhs 999:2578; Ginger e Fred (1986) (screenplay) (story) vhs 999:2577; E la nave va (And the Ship Sails On) (1983) (writer) DVD 539; La città delle donne (The City of Women) (1980) (screenplay) (story) DVD 670; vhs 999:2771; Prova d'orchestra (1978) (story) (writer) DVD 5947; vhs 999:2578; Il Casanova di Federico Fellini (Casanova) (1976) (screenplay) DVD 3323; Amarcord (1973) (writer) DVD 51; vhs 999:6; Roma (1972) (screenplay) (story) DVD 648; vhs 999:1290; I clowns(The Clowns) (1970) (TV) (writer) DVD 6883; Fellini - Satyricon (1969) (writer) DVD 647; vhs 999:792; Histoires extraordinaires (Spirits of the Dead) (1968) (adaptation) (segment "Toby Dammit") DVD 1819; Giulietta degli spiriti (Juliet of the Spirits) (1965) (screenplay) (story) DVD 72; vhs 999:389; 8� (1963) (screenplay) (story) DVD 952; vhs 999:132; Boccaccio '70 (1962) (segment "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio") DVD 5985; La dolce vita (1960) (screenplay) (story) DVD 2986; vhs 999:42; Le notti di Cabiria (Nights of Cabiria) (1957) (story and screenplay) DVD 66; vhs 999:361; Il bidone (The Swindle) (1955) (writer) DVD 245; vhs 999:1215; La strada (1954) (story and screenplay) DVD 2128; vhs 999:2447; I vitelloni (1953) (screenplay) (story) DVD 2887; vhs 999:869; Lo sceicco bianco (The White Sheik)(1952) (screenplay) (story) (as F. Fellini) DVD 1681; vhs 999:2628; Luci del varietà (Variety Lights) (1950) (screenplay) (story) DVD 287; vhs 999:2631; Paisà (Paisan) (1946) (screenplay and dialogue) (story) (as F. Fellini) vhs 999:758; Roma, città aperta (Rome, Open City) (1945) (writer) DVD 117; vhs 999:170
F. Scott Fitzgerald: See Literary Adaptation Database
Carl Foreman: The Guns of Navarone (1961) (written by) (screenplay) (originally uncredited) DVD X866; The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) (screenplay) (originally uncredited) Academy Award 1957 Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium DVD 547; vhs 999:400; High Noon (1952) (screenplay) DVD 958; vhs 999:15; Cyrano de Bergerac (1950) (additional dialogue) (uncredited) (screenplay) DVD X1039; vhs 999:1524; Young Man with a Horn (1950) (writer) DVD 8888; vhs 999:1751; The Men (1950) (screenplay) (story) DVD X597; Champion (1949) (screenplay) DVD 165; Home of the Brave (1949) (writer) vhs 999:3670
Jules Furthman: Rio Bravo (1959) (screenplay) DVD 4270; vhs 999:515; Nightmare Alley (1947) (screenplay) DVD 4028; The Big Sleep (1946) (screenplay) DVD 174; vhs 999:10; To Have and Have Not (1944) (screenplay) DVD 9192; vhs 999:2329; The Outlaw (1943) (screenplay) DVD 1296; vhs 999:3827; The Shanghai Gesture (1941) (collaborator for adaptation) DVD 2998; vhs 999:1257; Only Angels Have Wings (1939) (screenplay) DVD 6635; Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) (screenplay) DVD 4631; vhs 999:600; China Seas (1935) (screenplay) DVD 5731; Bombshell (1933) (screenplay) vhs 999:3816; Shanghai Express (1932) (screenplay) DVD X2068; vhs 999:932; Blonde Venus (1932) (story) (uncredited) (written by) DVD 6912; Morocco (1930) (adaptation) DVD 6912; vhs 999:335; The Docks of New York (1928) (writer) vhs 999:332
William Goldman: Chaplin (1992) (screenplay) DVD X387; The Princess Bride (1987) (book) (screenplay) DVD 974; Marathon Man (1976) (novel) (screenplay) DVD 4818; All the President's Men (1976) (screenplay) DVD 1045; vhs 999:451; The Stepford Wives (1975) (screenplay) DVD 4051; vhs 999:1623; Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) (written by) DVD 7833; vhs 999:918
Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich: The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) (play) (screenplay) DVD 7347; vhs 999:954; Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) (writer) DVD 721; vhs 999:408; Father of the Bride (1950) (screenplay) DVD 2503; In the Good Old Summertime (1949) (writer) DVD 9853; Easter Parade (1948) (screenplay) (story) DVD 3560; vhs 999:1013; The Pirate (1948) (screenplay) DVD 8298; vhs 999:640; It's a Wonderful Life (1946) (screenplay) DVD 348; vhs 999:29; Another Thin Man (1939) (writer) DVD 4156; After the Thin Man (1936) (screenplay) DVD 4155; Rose-Marie (1936) (writer) vhs 999:1817; Ah, Wilderness! (1935) (writer) vhs 999:2753; The Thin Man (1934) (screenplay) DVD 4154; vhs 999:405
Ben Hecht: Scarface (1983) (1932 screenplay) (uncredited) DVD 5677; vhs 999:2600; 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964) (uncredited) DVD 9736; Cleopatra (1963) (uncredited) DVD 8408; vhs 999:612; Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) (uncredited) DVD 8107; Jumbo (1962) (play) DVD 8878; A Farewell to Arms (1957) (screenplay) DVD 7626; Queen of Outer Space (1955)(outline) (episode "Queen of the Universe") DVD 9427; Guys and Dolls (1955) (uncredited) DVD 569; vhs 999:894; Angel Face (1952) (uncredited) DVD 6848; Where the Sidewalk Ends (1949) (screenplay) DVD 3481; Whirlpool (1949) (screenplay) DVD 4126; vhs 999:675; Portrait of Jennie (1948) (uncredited) DVD 3909; vhs 999:675; The Paradine Case (1947) (screenplay) (uncredited) DVD 1026; vhs 999:2374; Dishonored Lady (1947) (uncredited) DVD 7622; Kiss of Death (1947) (screenplay) DVD 7669; vhs 999:471; Notorious (1946) (written by) DVD 1032; vhs 999:2376; Duel in the Sun (1946) (uncredited) DVD 6689; vhs 999:1358; Gilda (1946) (uncredited) DVD 393; vhs 999:59; Cornered (1945) (uncredited) vhs 999:3568; Spellbound (1945) (screenplay) DVD 1458; vhs 999:2375; Lifeboat (1944) (uncredited) DVD 4551; vhs 999:278; The Outlaw (1943) (uncredited) DVD 1296; vhs 999:3827; Tales of Manhattan (1942) (writer) vhs 999:3732; Comrade X (1940) (screenplay) vhs 999:3526; The Shop Around the Corner (1940) (uncredited) DVD 1649; His Girl Friday (1940) (play "The Front Page") DVD 6635; also DVD 240; vhs 999:334; Gone with the Wind (1939) (contributing writer) (uncredited) DVD 3133; vhs 999:142; Wuthering Heights (1939) (screenplay) vhs 999:209; Stagecoach (1939) (uncredited) DVD 98; vhs 999:94; Gunga Din (1939) (story) DVD 8900; vhs 999:784; The Hurricane (1937) (uncredited) vhs 999:1177; The Prisoner of Zenda (1937) (uncredited) DVD 7371; A Star Is Born (1937) (contributing writer) (uncredited) DVD 3284; vhs 999:737; Barbary Coast (1935) (writer) DVD X20; Twentieth Century (1934) (uncredited) (screenplay) DVD 3839; vhs 999:447; Viva Villa! (1934) (screenplay) vhs 999:2831; Design for Living (1933) (screenplay) DVD 4754; Queen Christina (1933) (uncredited) DVD 4285; vhs 999:2990; Hallelujah I'm a Bum (1933) (story) DVD 1766; 999:2050; Scarface (1932) (screenplay) DVD 5674; vhs 999:68; The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931) (uncredited) vhs 999:3666; Monkey Business (1931) (story) (uncredited) DVD 3946; vhs 999:1105; The Front Page (1931) (play) DVD 309; vhs 999:265; The Great Gabbo (1929) (story "The Rival Dummy") DVD 2248
John Huston: The Night of the Iguana (1964) (screenplay) vhs 999:646; Moby Dick (1956) (writer) DVD 9110; vhs 999:2263; Beat the Devil (1953) (writer) DVD X935; Moulin Rouge (1952) (screenplay) DVD X1145; vhs 999:3529; The African Queen (1951) (adapted for the screen by) vhs 999:101; The Red Badge of Courage (1951) (screenplay) DVD 7995; The Asphalt Jungle (1950) (screenplay) DVD 2717; vhs 999:1236; Key Largo (1948) (writer) DVD 294; vhs 999:638; The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) (screenplay) Academy Award 1948 Best Screenplay - adaptation DVD 2040; vhs 999:55; The Killers (1946) (uncredited) DVD 1567; vhs 999:1857; The Maltese Falcon (1941) (screenplay) DVD 6283; vhs 999:17; Sergeant York (1941) (screenplay) DVD X550; vhs 999:3310; High Sierra (1941) (screenplay) DVD 3500; vhs 999:1812; Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (1940) (writer) vhs 999:3614; Juarez (1939) (screenplay) vhs 999:2832; Wuthering Heights (1939) (contributing writer) (uncredited) vhs 999:209; The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938) (writer) DVD X514; Jezebel (1938) (screenplay) DVD 1468; vhs 999:46
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala: The Remains of the Day (1993) (screenplay) vhs 999:2456; Howards End (1992) (screenplay) DVD 366; vhs 999:1522; A Room with a View (1985) (screenplay) Academy Award 1985 Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another MediumDVD 234; vhs 999:461; The Bostonians (1984) (screenplay) DVD 716; vhs 999:1762; The Europeans (1979) (screenplay) vhs 999:1845; Bombay Talkie (1970) (screenplay) (as R. Prawer Jhabvala) DVD 2899; vhs 999:2759; The Guru (1969) (story and screenplay) (as R. Prawer Jhabvala) DVD 1636; Shakespeare-Wallah (1965) (screenplay) (as R. Prawer Jhabvala) (story) (as R. Prawer Jhabvala) DVD 2563
Garson Kanin: Pat and Mike (1952) (written by) DVD 2319; Born Yesterday (1950) (play) (screenplay revision) (uncredited) DVD 419; vhs 999:741; Adam's Rib (1949) (screenplay) DVD 2320; vhs 999:100; My Favorite Wife (1940) (uncredited) DVD 8217
Charlie Kauffman: Synecdoche, New York (2008) (written by) DVD X1389; Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) (screenplay) (story) DVD 3314; Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002) (screenplay) DVD 2781; Being John Malkovich (1999) (written by) DVD 1369
Howard Koch: Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)(screenplay) DVD 6373; vhs 999:1084; Mission to Moscow (1943) (screenplay) DVD X592; Casablanca (1942) (screenplay) DVD 54; 999:119; In This Our Life (1942) (screenplay) DVD X345; Sergeant York (1941) (screenplay) DVD X550; vhs 999:3310; The Letter (1940) (screenplay) DVD 3431; vhs 999:2356; The Sea Hawk (1940) (screenplay) DVD 4018
Ring Lardner, Jr.: M*A*S*H (1972) TV Series (1972-- screenplay)(uncredited) DVD 1000; M*A*S*H (1970) (screenplay) DVD 7590; Video/C 999:438; The Cincinnati Kid (1965)(screenplay) DVD 5089; Cloak and Dagger (1946) DVD 8572; vhs Video/C 999:282; Laura (1944) (uncredited) DVD 3643; vhs Video/C 999:678; Woman of the Year (1942) DVD 1841; A Star is Born (1937)(contributing writer) (uncredited) DVD 3284; vhs Video/C 999:737; Nothing Sacred (1937)(uncredited) DVD 324
Arthur Laurents: The Turning Point (1977) (written by) DVD 7582; The Way We Were (1973) (written by) DVD 4570; Gypsy (1962) (play) DVD 565; vhs 999:789; West Side Story (1961) (book) DVD 1747; vhs 999:115; Bonjour tristesse (1958) (screenplay) DVD 5877; Anastasia (1956) (screenplay) DVD 3518; Summertime (1955) (play "The Time of the Cuckoo") DVD 7423; Home of the Brave (1949) (play) vhs 999:3670; Caught (1949) (screenplay) vhs 999:120; The Snake Pit (1948) (uncredited) DVD 7223; vhs 999:922; Rope (1948) (screenplay) DVD 639; vhs 999:255
Charles Lederer: Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) (screenplay) DVD 8107; Ocean's Eleven (1960) (screenplay) DVD 7899; The Spirit of St. Louis (1957) (adaptation) DVD 6167; Kismet (1955) (musical libretto) (screenplay) DVD 9894; Monkey Business (1952) (screenplay) DVD 1198; The Thing from Another World (1951) (writer) vhs 999:774; DVD 9158; I Was a Male War Bride (1949) (screenplay) vhs 999:3134; DVD X888; The Lady from Shanghai (1947) (uncredited) vhs 999:63; DVD 322; Kiss of Death (1947) (screenplay) DVD 7669; vhs 999:471; Comrade X (1940) (screenplay) vhs 999:3526; His Girl Friday (1940) (screenplay) vhs 999:334; DVD 6635; The Front Page (1931) (additional dialogue) DVD 309; vhs 999:265
Ernest Lehman: Black Sunday (1977) (writer) DVD 5871; Family Plot (1976) (screenplay) DVD 637; vhs 999:2529; Hello, Dolly! (1969) (writer) DVD X1872; Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) (screenplay) DVD 8565; vhs 999:212; The Sound of Music (1965) (screenplay) DVD 456; vhs 999:767; West Side Story (1961) (screenplay) DVD 1747; vhs 999:115; North by Northwest (1959) (written by) DVD 296; vhs 999:166; Sweet Smell of Success (1957) (novella) (screenplay) DVD 1883; vhs 999:2262; The King and I (1956) (screenplay) DVD 606; vhs 999:696; Sabrina (1954) (screenplay) DVD 7599; vhs 999:642
Anita Loos: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) (musical comedy) DVD 705; vhs 999:135; Another Thin Man (1939) (contributing writer) (uncredited) DVD 4156; Babes in Arms (1939) (uncredited) DVD 8479; vhs 999:1848; The Women (1939) (screenplay) DVD 1459; vhs 999:1831; San Francisco (1936) (writer) DVD 5729; vhs 999:2180; Red-Headed Woman (1932) (screenplay) DVD 6674; The Struggle (1931) (writer) DVD X622; vhs 999:3489; Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916) (titles) DVD 1544; vhs 999:149; The Mystery of the Leaping Fish (1916) (titles) DVD 9634; The New York Hat (1912) (writer) DVD 6512; vhs 999:3391; The Musketeers of Pig Alley (1912) (writer) DVD 1545; vhs 999:606
Charles MacArthur: Jumbo (1962) (play) DVD 8878; His Girl Friday (1940) (play "The Front Page") DVD 6635; also DVD 240; Gunga Din (1939) (story) DVD 8900; Wuthering Heights (1939) (screenplay) vhs 999:209; Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) (uncredited) DVD 3512; vhs 999:755; Barbary Coast (1935) (writer) DVD X20; Twentieth Century (1934) (play) (uncredited) (screenplay) DVD 3839; Freaks (1932) (uncredited) DVD 2830; vhs 999:80; The Front Page (1931) (play) DVD 309; vhs 999:265; The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931) (dialogue continuity) vhs 999:3666
John Lee Mahin: The Spiral Road (1962) (writer) DVD 8144; The Horse Soldiers (1959) (written for the screen by) DVD 7994; The Bad Seed (1956) (screenplay) DVD X462; vhs 999:3464; Mogambo (1953) (screenplay) DVD 5737; Quo Vadis (1951) (screenplay) vhs 999:2928; Show Boat (1951) (screenplay) DVD 470; vhs 999:543; Woman of the Year (1942) (uncredited) DVD 1841; Johnny Eager (1942) (screenplay) vhs 999:3569; Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941) (writer) DVD 2231; vhs 999:1511; Boom Town (1940) (writer) DVD 5732; The Wizard of Oz (1939) (uncredited) DVD 6972; vhs 999:190; A Star Is Born (1937) (contributing writer) (uncredited) DVD 3284; vhs 999:737; Chained (1934) (writer) DVD X1798; Treasure Island (1934) (screenplay) DVD 6396; Bombshell (1933) (screenplay) vhs 999:3816; Scarface (1932) (continuity) (dialogue) DVD 5674; vhs 999:68
Albert Maltz: The Beguiled (screenplay) (as John B. Sherry) DVD 5367; Broken Arrow (1950) (screenplay) (front Michael Blankfort) DVD 8475; vhs Video/C 999:1444; The Naked City (1948) (screenplay) DVD 403; vhs 999:1134; Cloak and Dagger (1946)(screenplay) DVD 8572; vhs 999:282; Destination Tokyo (1943) (screenplay) DVD 8215; vhs 999:1578; This Gun for Hire (1942) (writer) DVD 2744; vhs 999:1706
David Mamet: See Literary Adaptation Database
Joseph L. Mankiewicz: Cleopatra (1963) (screenplay) DVD 8404; vhs 999:612; The Quiet American (1958) (writer) DVD 8404; vhs 999:612; Guys and Dolls (1955/I) (written by) DVD 569; vhs 999:894; Julius Caesar (1953) (uncredited) vhs 999:393; All About Eve (1950) (written by) (1950) (written by) (1950) (written by) Academy Award 1950 Best Writing, Screenplay DVD 247; vhs 999:103; No Way Out (1950) (written by) (1950) (written by) DVD 7667; vhs 999:2450; Somewhere in the Night (1946) (screenplay) DVD 4381; Our Daily Bread (1934) (dialogue) DVD 691; vhs 999:65; Manhattan Melodrama (1934) (screenplay) DVD 9066; vhs 999:3116
Frances Marion: Camille (1936) (screenplay) DVD 4281; vhs 999:3492; Dinner at Eight (1933) (screenplay) DVD 3637; Anna Christie (1931) (adaptation) DVD 4279; The Champ (1931) (story) Academy Award 1931 Best Writing, Original StoryDVD 5065; The Big House (1930) (dialogue) (story) vhs 999:3357 Academy Award 1930 Best Writing, Achievement; The Wind (1928) (scenario) Video Disc 64; Love (1927) (continuity) DVD X1948; The Son of the Sheik (1926) (adaptation) DVD 1283; Lazybones (1925) (writer) DVD X714; The Love Light (1921) (story) (uncredited) (written by) vhs 999:2636; The Flapper (1920) (screenplay) (story) DVD X2016; M'Liss (1918) (writer) DVD X2013; Stella Maris (1918) (photoplay) vhs 999:2092; A Girl's Folly (1917) (story and scenario) DVD 6512; Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley (1918) (written by) DVD 8452; vhs 999:2096; The New York Hat (1912) (contributing writer) DVD 6512; vhs 999:3391
Paul Mazursky: Scenes from a Mall (1991) (written by) DVD 2715; Enemies: A Love Story (1989) (screenplay) DVD 7248; Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986) (screenplay) DVD 6065; Moscow on the Hudson (1984) (writer) DVD 964; Tempest (1982) (writer) DVD 9137; vhs 999:1835; An Unmarried Woman (1978) (writer) DVD 5585; Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976) (written by) DVD 8129; Harry and Tonto (1974) (written by) vhs 999:3828; Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969) (written by) vhs 999:2204
Leo McCarey: An Affair to Remember (1957) (screenplay) (story) DVD 1650; Going My Way (1944) (story) DVD 679; My Favorite Wife (1940) (original story) DVD 6 8217; Indiscreet (1931) (uncredited) DVD X353; Blotto (1930) (writer) DVD X323; Brats (1930) (writer) DVD X310; vhs 999:1314; Night Owls (1930) (story) (uncredited) DVD X317; They Go Boom! (1929) (story) DVD X307; Perfect Day (1929) (story) DVD X307; Double Whoopee (1929) (story) DVD X319; The Hoose-Gow (1929) (story) DVD X324; Unaccustomed As We Are (1929) (story) DVD 275; That's My Wife (1929) (story) DVD X314; Wrong Again (1927) (writer) DVD X325; Habeas Corpus (1928) (writer) DVD X325; Two Tars (1928) (story) DVD X321; vhs 999:1471; Jewish Prudence (1927) (writer) DVD X326
Dudley Nichols: Pinky (1949) (writer) DVD 5064; vhs 999:1043; Scarlet Street (1945) (screenplay) DVD 4911; vhs 999:331; The Sign of the Cross (1932) (uncredited)(1944 prologue) DVD 5666; vhs 999:2217; It Happened Tomorrow (1944) (adaptation and screenplay) DVD X562; For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943) (screenplay) DVD 8971; vhs 999:1356; This Land Is Mine (1943) (screenplay) DVD 4828; Air Force (1943) (screenplay) DVD X540; The Battle of Midway (1942) (writer) DVD 9371; The Long Voyage Home (1940) (adaptation) DVD 5667; vhs 999:2752; Stagecoach (1939) (screenplay) DVD 5630; vhs 999:94; Gunga Din (1939)(uncredited) (contributing writer) DVD 8900; vhs 999:784; Bringing Up Baby (1938) (screenplay) DVD 3636; vhs 999:885; The Hurricane (1937) (screenplay) vhs 999:1177; Steamboat Round the Bend (1935) (screenplay) DVD 9390; Mary of Scotland (1936) (screenplay) DVD 5642; The Informer (1935) (screenplay) Academy Award 1935 Best Adapted Screenplay DVD 5657; vhs 999:647; Judge Priest (1934) (screenplay) DVD 9377; The Lost Patrol (1934) (screenplay) DVD 5643
Clifford Odets: See Literary Adaptation Database
Harold Pinter: See Literary Adaptation Database
Abraham Polonsky: Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here (1969) (written by) vhs 999:1447; Odds Against Tomorrow (1959) (screenplay) (front John O. Killens) DVD 2229; vhs 999:1843; Force of Evil (1948) (screenplay) DVD 3311; vhs 999:1859; Body and Soul (1947) (writer) DVD 164
Frederic Raphael: Eyes Wide Shut (1999) (screenplay) DVD 179; Daisy Miller (1974) (writer) vhs 999:1873; Far from the Madding Crowd (1967) (screenplay) vhs 999:395; Two for the Road (1967) (written by) DVD 4614; Darling (1965) (idea) (screenplay) DVD X1043; vhs 999:3014
Waldo Salt: Coming Home (1978) (writer) DVD 8553; vhs 999:1833; The Day of the Locust (1975) (screenplay) DVD 3283; Serpico (1973) (screenplay) DVD 9883; Midnight Cowboy (1969) (screenplay) Academy Award 1969 Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another MediumDVD 5254; vhs 999:986; The Philadelphia Story (1940) (contributing writer) (uncredited) DVD 3635; vhs 999:32; The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939) (dialogue) (uncredited) DVD X1794; vhs 999:90; The Bride Wore Red (1937) (adaptation) (uncredited) vhs 999:3453
Paul Schrader: Bringing Out the Dead (1999) (screenplay) DVD 604; The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) (screenplay) DVD 375; vhs 999:1634; Raging Bull (1980) (screenplay) DVD 137; vhs 999:870; American Gigolo (1980) (written by) DVD 2303; Blue Collar (1978) (written by) vhs 999:2393; Taxi Driver (1976) (written by) DVD 571; vhs 999:70
Rod Serling Twilight Zone (TV series): Planet of the Apes (1968) (screenplay) DVD 5593; vhs 999:1561; Seven Days in May (1964) (screenplay) DVD 683; Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962) (teleplay) (writer) DVD 8763; vhs Video/C 8294; The Comedian (1957) (TV) (writer) vhs Video/C 9669; Requiem for a Heavyweight (1957) TV episode (teleplay) vhs Video/C 8294; The Arena (Studio One, TV series) (1956) DVD X596; The Director (1955) TV episode, Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre (writer) vhs Video/C 851; Patterns (1955) TV episode, Kraft Television Theater (writer) Video/C 9670; The Strike (1954) TV episode, Studio One (writer) DVD X596
Robert E. Sherwood: The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) (screenplay) Academy Award 1947 Best Writing, Screenplay DVD 2865; vhs 999:114; Rebecca (1940) (screenplay) DVD 1033; vhs 999:2373; Waterloo Bridge (1940) (play "Waterloo Bridge") DVD X1818; Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940) (play "Abe Lincoln in Illinois") (screenplay) DVD X1799; The Petrified Forest (1936) (play "The Petrified Forest")DVD 3510; vhs 999:444; The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934) (scenario, continuity & dialogue)DVD 4657; Roman Scandals (1933) (story) vhs 999:2237; Waterloo Bridge (1931) (play) DVD 6674
Stirling Silliphant: The Enforcer (1976) (screenplay) DVD 9856; The Towering Inferno (1974) (screenplay) DVD X1068; Shaft in Africa (1973) (written by) DVD 9664; The Poseidon Adventure (1972) (screenplay) DVD 4367; In the Heat of the Night (1967) (screenplay) DVD 4561; Route 66 (TV series, 1960-1964) DVD 9842; DVD 9835; Village of the Damned (1960) (screenplay) DVD 2832; The Naked City: A Death of Princes (1960) (TV series) DVD 1519; Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Crystal Trench (TV series, 1959) DVD 8927 (disc 5); Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Return of the Hero (TV series, 1958) DVD 8927 (disc 3); Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Canary Sedan (TV series, 1958) DVD 8927 (disc 5); Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Little White Frock (TV series, 1958) DVD 8927 (disc 5)
Donald Ogden Stewart: Pat and Mike (1952) (written by) DVD 2319; The Prisoner of Zenda (1952) (additional dialogue) (originally uncredited) DVD 7371; Tales of Manhattan (1942) (writer) vhs 999:3732; A Woman's Face (1941) (writer) DVD X1006; vhs 999:3428; That Uncertain Feeling (1941) (screenplay) DVD 4659; Kitty Foyle: The Natural History of a Woman (1940) (additional dialogue) DVD 9735; vhs 999:197; The Philadelphia Story (1940) (screenplay) DVD 3635; vhs 999:32; The Women (1939) (uncredited) DVD 1459; vhs 999:1831; Marie Antoinette (1938) (screenplay) (screenplay) DVD 6399; Holiday (1938) (screenplay) (1952) (written by) DVD 6635; vhs 999:653; The Prisoner of Zenda (1937) (additional dialogue) (1952) (written by) DVD 7371; Dinner at Eight (1933) (additional dialogue) DVD 3637
Oliver Stone: Alexander (2004) (written by) DVD 4171; Any Given Sunday (1999) (screenplay) DVD 768; Nixon (1995) (written by) DVD 775; vhs 999:1440; Natural Born Killers (1994) (screenplay) DVD 1271; vhs 999:2153; Heaven & Earth (1993) (screenplay) DVD 771; vhs 999:1661; JFK (1991) (screenplay) DVD 772; vhs 999:1260; The Doors (1991) (written by) DVD 770; Born on the Fourth of July (1989) (screenplay) DVD 769; vhs 999:740; Talk Radio (1988) (screenplay) DVD 774; Wall Street (1987) (written by) DVD 578; Platoon (1986) (written by) DVD 455; vhs 999:805; Salvador (1986) (written by) DVD 763; vhs 999:3020; Midnight Express (1978) (screenplay) Academy Award 1978 Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium DVD 1310
Tom Stoppard: See Literary Adaptation Database
Preston Sturges: The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949) (writer) vhs 999:3137; Unfaithfully Yours (1948) (screenplay) DVD 4263; vhs 999:895; The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947) (writer) vhs 999:3138; The Great Moment (1944) (writer)DVD 6592; vhs 999:3139; Hail the Conquering Hero (1944) (writer) DVD 6592; vhs 999:787; The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944) (writer) DVD 4299; vhs 999:161; The Palm Beach Story (1942) (writer) DVD 6592; vhs 999:2506; Sullivan's Travels (1941) (written by) DVD 6592; vhs 999:358; The Lady Eve (1941) (writer) DVD 6592; vhs 999:875; Christmas in July (1940) (play "A Cup of Coffee") (uncredited) (written by) DVD 6592; vhs 999:77; The Great McGinty (1940) (writer) DVD 6592; vhs 999:810 Academy Award (1940) Best original screenplay; Twentieth Century (1934) (uncredited) (screenplay) DVD 3839; vhs 999:447
Robert Towne: The Firm (1993) (screenplay) DVD 4682; vhs 999:3823; Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984) (writer) (as P.H. Vazak) DVD 9659; Heaven Can Wait (1978) (uncredited) DVD 552; The Missouri Breaks (1976) (uncredited) DVD 5032; Shampoo (1975) (written by) DVD 9142; vhs 999:2186; The Parallax View (1974) (uncredited) vhs 999:3183; Chinatown (1974) (written by) Academy Award 1974 Best original screenplayDVD 162; vhs 999:381; The Last Detail (1973) (screenplay) DVD 5355; Bonnie and Clyde (1967) (uncredited) DVD 70; vhs 999:2
Dalton Trumbo: Ishi: The Last of His Tribe (1978) (TV) (writer) vhs 999:1930; Papillon(1973) (screenplay) DVD 5081; Johnny Got His Gun (1971) (novel) (screenplay) DVD 7331; The Sandpiper (1960) (screenplay) DVD 8541; Exodus (1960) (screenplay) DVD X1091; vhs 999:831; Spartacus (1960) (writer) DVD 2088; vhs 999:179; The Brave One (1956) (screenplay) (originally uncredited) (story) (originally as Robert Rich) vhs 999:1752; Roman Holiday (1953) (story) (front Ian McLellan Hunter) Academy Award 1953 Best Writing, Motion Picture Story DVD 7377; vhs 999:788; Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944) (screenplay) DVD 9130; vhs 999:796; Kitty Foyle: The Natural History of a Woman (1940) (screenplay) DVD 9735; vhs 999:197
Billy Wilder: The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970) (written by) DVD 1765; The Fortune Cookie (1966) (writer) DVD 1760; Irma la Douce (1963) (writer) DVD 1761; vhs 999:2707; One, Two, Three (1961) (screenplay) DVD 1763; vhs 999:2702; Ocean's Eleven (1960) (uncredited) DVD 7899; The Apartment (1960) (written by) Academy Award 1960 Best original story and screenplay DVD 1758; vhs 999:1127; Some Like It Hot (1959) (screenplay) DVD 939; vhs 999:362; Witness for the Prosecution (1957) (screenplay) DVD 1764; vhs 999:1030; The Spirit of St. Louis (1957) (screenplay) DVD 6167; The Seven Year Itch (1955) (screenplay) DVD 704; vhs 999:712; Sabrina (1954) (screenplay) DVD 7599; vhs 999:642; Stalag 17 (1953) (writer) DVD X1706; vhs 999:813; Ace in the Hole (1951) (written by) DVD 8311; Sunset Blvd. (1950) (written by, with Charles Brackett) Academy Award 1950 Best original screenplay DVD 1476; vhs 999:182; A Foreign Affair (1948) (screenplay) DVD X2067; vhs 999:2706; The Emperor Waltz (1948) (written by) vhs 999:2709; The Lost Weekend (1945) (screenplay with Charles Brackett) Academy Award 1945 Best Screenplay - adaptation DVD 535; vhs 999:433; Double Indemnity (1944) (screenplay) DVD 26; vhs 999:126; Five Graves to Cairo (1943) (screenplay) vhs 999:2705; Ball of Fire (1941) (screenplay) (story) vhs 999:3279; Ninotchka (1939) (screenplay) DVD 4284; vhs 999:12; Menschen am Sonntag (1930) (writer) DVD 4176; vhs 999:3694
Michael Wilson: Planet of the Apes (1968) (screenplay) DVD 5593; vhs 999:1561; The Sandpiper (1965) (writer) DVD 8541; The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) (screenplay) (originally uncredited) Academy Award 1957 Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium DVD 547; vhs 999:400; Friendly Persuasion (1956) (screenplay) (originally uncredited) DVD 5562; Salt of the Earth (1954) (writer) DVD 682; vhs 999:266; A Place in the Sun (1951) (screenplay) Academy Award 1951 Best Writing, Screenplay DVD X1491; vhs 999:2121; It's a Wonderful Life (1946) (uncredited) DVD 348; vhs 999:29
Steven Zaillian: American Gangster (2007) (written by) DVD 9554; All the King's Men (2006) (screenplay) DVD 6716; Gangs of New York (2002) (screenplay) DVD 1641; Hannibal (2001) (screenplay) DVD 4641; A Civil Action (1998) (screenplay) DVD 786; Schindler's List (1993) (screenplay) DVD 2373; vhs 999:1120; Awakenings (1990) (screenplay) DVD 7927

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