Best Film Screenwriters

The Top Ten
1 Kevin Williamson
2 Linda Woolverton
3 Steve Kloves
4 John Hughes John Wilden Hughes Jr. was an American filmmaker. Beginning as an author of humorous essays and stories for National Lampoon, he went on to write and direct some of the most successful comedy films.

Planes, Trains, and Automobiles

5 Quentin Tarrantino Quentin Jerome Tarantino (born March 27, 1963) is an American filmmaker, actor, film critic and author. His films are characterized by frequent references to popular culture and film history, nonlinear storylines, dark humor, stylized violence, extended dialogue, pervasive use of profanity, cameos and ensemble casts... read more
6 Simon Kinberg
7 John August

Charlie's Angels film series
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Corpse Bride
Dark Shadows

8 George Lucas George Walton Lucas, Jr. is an American filmmaker and entrepreneur. He is best known as the creator of the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises, as well as the founder of Lucasfilm and Industrial Light & Magic.
9 Ehren Kruger
10 James Gunn
The Contenders
11 Charlie Kaufman
12 Billy Wilder
13 Stanley Kubrick Stanley Kubrick was an American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer, editor, and photographer. He is frequently cited as one of the greatest and most influential directors in cinematic history. He died at the age of 71.
14 Christopher Nolan Christopher Edward Nolan, CBE (born 30 July 1970), is a British-American film director, producer, and screenwriter. His films have grossed more than US$5 billion worldwide and have garnered 11 Academy Awards from 36 nominations.

Born and raised in London, Nolan developed an interest in filmmaking from a young age. After studying English literature at University College London, he made his feature... read more
15 Edgar Wright
16 Lawrence Kasdan
17 William Goldman
18 Dorothy Parker
19 Joseph Stefano
20 Ted Elliott

Aladdin, Shrek, the original Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy

21 Terry Rossio
22 Woody Allen Heywood "Woody" Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; November 30, 1935) is an American film director, writer, actor, and comedian whose career spans more than six decades and multiple Academy Award-winning films. He began his career writing material for television in the 1950s, mainly Your Show of Shows (1950–1954) working alongside Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner, Larry Gelbart, and Neil Simon. He also... read more
23 Joel Coen
24 Chris Weitz
25 Fran Walsh
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