Category: Screenwriters

Anthony Burgess

(1917–1993) John Anthony Burgess Wilson, FRSL Filmography as Writer: A Clockwork Orange 1971 Director: Stanley Kubrick Starring: Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee     Jesus of Nazareth 1977 Director: Franco Zeffirelli Starring: Robert Powell, Olivia Hussey   Born February 25 1917 Manchester (England) Died…

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

(1945–1982) Filmography as Director: Lili Marleen 1981 Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder Starring: Hanna Schygulla, Giancarlo Giannini   Born May 31 1945 Bad Wörishofen (Germany) Died June 10 1982 Munich (Germany) Cause of death Suicide (overdose of cocaine and barbiturate) Occupation Actor Film director…

Jean-Paul Rappeneau

(1932) Filmography as Director: Cyrano de Bergerac 1990 Director: Jean-Paul Rappeneau Starring: Gérard Depardieu, Anne Brochet   Born April 8 1932 Auxerre (France) Occupation Film director Screenwriter Writer Award César Title Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres

Lionel Jeffries

(1926–2010) Lionel Charles Jeffries Filmography as Actor: Lust for Life 1956 Directors: Vincente Minnelli, George Cukor Starring: Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn     The Trials of Oscar Wilde 1960 Director: Ken Hughes Starring: Peter Finch, Yvonne Mitchell   Born June 10 1926 Forest Hill, London (England) Died February…

Ken Hughes

(1922–2001) Kenneth Graham Hughes Filmography as Director: The Trials of Oscar Wilde 1960 Director: Ken Hughes Starring: Peter Finch, Yvonne Mitchell   Born January 19 1922 Liverpool (England) Died April 28 2001 Los Angeles, CA (USA) Cause of death Alzheimer’s Occupation Film director Producer…

Howard Hawks

(1896–1977) Howard Winchester Hawks Filmography as Director: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1953 Director: Howard Hawks Starring: Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe   Born May 30 1896 Goshen, IN (USA) Died December 26 1977 Palm Springs, CA (USA) Cause of death Accident (fall) Occupation Film director…

King Vidor

(1894–1982) King Wallis Vidor Filmography as Director: War and Peace 1956 Director: King Vidor Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Henry Fonda   Born February 8 1894 Galveston, TX (USA) Died November 1 1982 Paso Robles, CA (USA) Occupation Film director Producer Occupation Screenwriter Writer Award…

Oliver Stone

(1946) Filmography as Director: Alexander 2004 Director: Oliver Stone Starring: Colin Farrell, Angelina Jolie   Born September 15 1946 New York, NY (USA) Occupation Film director Producer Occupation Screenwriter Writer Awards Academy Award BAFTA Awards Directors Guild of America Award Golden Bear Awards…

Robert Rossen

(1908–1966) Filmography as Director: Alexander the Great 1956 Director: Robert Rossen Starring: Richard Burton, Fredric March   Born March 16 1908 New York, NY (USA) Died February 18 1966 New York, NY (USA) Occupation Film director Producer Occupation Screenwriter Writer Awards Directors Guild…

Julien Duvivier

(1896–1967) Filmography as Director: Anna Karenina 1948 Director: Julien Duvivier Starring: Vivien Leigh, Ralph Richardson     Filmography as Writer: Paris When It Sizzles 1964 Director: Richard Quine Starring: Audrey Hepburn, William Holden     Born October 8 1896 Lille (France) Died October 29 1967 Paris (France) Cause…