Literary Library

William Peter Blatty

by Angela Beck
January 7, 1928 - January 12, 2017American novelist, screenwriter, director and producerAuthor of "The Exorcist" (for which he won the Academy Awa...
Academy Award Director Exorcise Exorcism Exorcist Film Film Director Film Producer Filmmaker Films Golden Globe Award Movie Movies Novel Novelist Oscar Producer Screenplay Screenwrite Screenwriter The Exorcist

Hayao Miyazaki

by Angela Beck
January 5, 1941 - Japanese animator, director, producer, screenwriter, author and manga artistAuthor of "Shuna's Journey", "Hayao Miyazaki's Daydr...
Academy Award Animation Animator Author Director Film Film Director Film Producer Filmmaker Films Japan Japanese Manga Manga Artist Screenplay Screenwriter Studio Ghibli

Gao Xingjian

by Angela Beck
January 4, 1940 - Chinese emigre novelist, playwright, critic, painter, photographer, film director and translatorAuthor of "Absolute Signal", "Th...
Art Artist China Chinese Critic Director Drama Dramatist Film Film Director Filmmaker Films Language Languages Nobel Prize Novel Novelist Paint Painter Painting Photo Photographer Photography Photos Play Plays Playwright Theater Theatre Translate Translator

Oscar Micheau

by Angela Beck
January 2, 1884 - March 25, 1951African-American author, director and producerAuthor of "The Forged Note" and "The Story of Dorothy Stanfield"Prod...
African American Author Director Film Film Director Film Producer Filmmaker Films Movie Movies Producer

Sembene Ousmane

by Angela Beck
January 1, 1923 - June 9, 2007Senegalese director, producer and writerAuthor of "God's Bits of Wood", "Tribal Scars" and "Xala"
Director Film Film Director Film Producer Filmmaker Films Senagal Senegalese Tribe Writer

Iris Bahr

by Angela Beck
January 1, 1977 - American-Israeli actress, comedian, director, writer, author and producerAuthor of "DAI: (enough): a play", "Dark Whore: My Trave...
Acting Actor Actress Comedian Comedy Director Israel Israeli Israeli-American Jewish Jewish-American Jews Producer Writer

Ronnie Del Common

by Angela Beck
December 31, 1959 - Filipino animation writer, director, story artist and supervisor & production designerAuthor of "Paper Biscuit 2", "Three T...
Academy Award Director Filipino Film Film Director Filmmaker Films Movie Movies Philippines Production Design Production Designer Screenplay Screenwriter Story Artist Writer

Narendra Prasad

by Angela Beck
December 26, 1946 - November 3, 2003Indian actor, playwright, director, professor and literary criticAuthor of "Souparnika" (for which he won the K...
Acting Actor Director Film Director India Indian Keral Sahitya Akademi Award Literary Critic Play Plays Playwright Professor Theater Theatre University

William Demby

by Angela Beck
December 25, 1922 - May 23, 2013African-American novelist, actor, translator, professor and asst. directorAuthor of "Beetlecreek", "The Catacombs"...
Acting Actor African American Anisfield-Wolf Achievement Award Director Film Director Novel Novelist Professor Translator University

Nicholas Meyer

by Angela Beck
December 24, 1945 -American novelist and directorAuthor of "The Night that Panicked America" (for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award for Out...
Academy Award Director Emmy Award Film Film Director Filmmaker Films Movie Movies Novel Novelist Screenplay Screenwriter Television TV

Terry Jones

by Angela Beck
February 1, 1942 - January 21, 2020 Welsh actor, comedian, director, historian and author Author of "The Tyrant and the Squire", "The Saga of Erik...
Actor Author Children's Book Author Children's Book Award Comedian Comedy Director Historian Monty Python Wales Welsh Whitbread Award

Ossie Davis

by Angela Beck
December 18, 1917 - February 4, 2005African-American actor, director, writer and activistAuthor of "Purlie Victorious", "Escape to Freedom: The St...
Acting Activist Actor African American Director Frederick Douglass Writer