Category: Screenwriters

William Wyler

(1902–1981) Wilhelm Weiller Filmography as Director: Roman Holiday 1953 Director: William Wyler Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Gregory Peck     Ben-Hur 1959 Director: William Wyler Starring: Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins     How to Steal a Million 1966 Director: William Wyler…

Russel Crouse

(1893–1966) Russel McKinley Crouse Filmography as Librettist: The Sound of Music 1965 Director: Robert Wise Starring: Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer   Born February 20 1893 Findlay, OH (USA) Died April 3 1966 New York, NY (USA) Occupation Librettist Playwright Occupation Screenwriter Writer Awards…

Howard Lindsay

(1889–1968) Herman Nelke Filmography as Librettist: The Sound of Music 1965 Director: Robert Wise Starring: Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer   Born March 29 1889 Waterford, NY (USA) Died February 11 1968 New York, NY (USA) Occupation Actor Librettist Occupation Playwright Producer Occupation Screenwriter…

Ernest Lehman

(1915–2005) Ernest Paul Lehman Filmography as Screenwriter: Sabrina 1954 Director: Billy Wilder Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn     The Sound of Music 1965 Director: Robert Wise Starring: Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer     Family Plot 1976 Director: Alfred Hitchcock…

Alan Jay Lerner

(1918–1986) Filmography as Screenwriter: My Fair Lady 1964 Director: George Cukor Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison   Born August 31 1918 New York, NY (USA) Died June 14 1986 New York, NY (USA) Cause of death Cancer (lung) Occupation Composer Librettist Occupation Lyricist…

Cecil Lewis

(1898–1997) Cecil Arthur Lewis, MC Filmography as Screenwriter: Pygmalion 1938 Director: Anthony Asquith, Leslie Howard Starring: Leslie Howard, Wendy Hiller   Born March 29 1898 Birkenhead (England) Died January 27 1997 Marylebone, London (England) Occupation Film director Producer Occupation Screenwriter Writer Awards Academy Award Military Cross

W. P. Lipscomb

(1887–1958) William Percy Lipscomb Filmography as Screenwriter: Pygmalion 1938 Director: Anthony Asquith, Leslie Howard Starring: Leslie Howard, Wendy Hiller   Born October 1 1887 Merton (England) Died July 25 1958 Kensington, London (England) Occupation Film director Playwright Producer Occupation Screenwriter Writer Award Academy Award

George Bernard Shaw

(1856–1950) Works: • Androcles and the Lion (1912) • Arms and the Man (1894) • Augustus Does His Bit: A True-to-Life Farce (1916) • Back to Methuselah: A Metabiological Pentateuch (1921) • Candida (1898) • Caesar and Cleopatra (1898) • Fanny’s First Play (1911) • Heartbreak House (1913-1916)…

Sidney Howard

(1891–1939) Sidney Coe Howard Filmography as Screenwriter: Gone with the Wind 1939 Director: Victor Fleming Starring: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh   Born June 26 1891 Oakland, CA (USA) Died August 23 1939 Tyringham, MA (USA) Cause of death Accident Occupation Playwright Screenwriter…