Literary Library

Julian Barry

by Angela Beck
December 24, 1930 - July 25, 2023American screenwriter and playwrightAuthor of "Lenny" (for which he won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenpl...
Academy Award Cinema Film Films Movie Movies Play Plays Playwright Screenplay Screenwriter

Josephine Humphries

by Angela Beck
February 2, 1945 -  American novelist and teacher Author of "Dreams of Sleep" (for which she won the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award in 1984), "Rich...
Academic Film Guggenheim Novel Novelist PEN/Hemingway Award South Southern Southern Book Award Teach Teacher

Charles Nordhoff

by Angela Beck
February 1, 1887 - April 10, 1947 English-born American novelist and memoirist Author of books that were turned into films: "The Hurricane" in 193...
Ambulance American British England English Film Films Great Britain Memoir Memoirist Novel Novelist War World War I

Stephen Morehouse Avery

by Angela Beck
December 20, 1893 - February 10, 1948American screenwriterAuthor of the screenplays for "The Gay Deception", "Our Little Girl" and "Deep Valley"
Film Filmmaker Films Screenplay Screenwriter

Doug Wright

by Angela Beck
December 20, 1962 - American playwright, librettist and screenwriterAuthor of "Quills" (for which he won the Obie Award for Best Playwriting in 199...
Drama Drama Desk Award Film Films Golden Globe Award Librettist Libretto Music Musical Musician Obie Award Play Plays Playwright Pulitzer Prize Screenplay Screenwriter Theater Theatre Tony Award

David Breashears

by Angela Beck
December 20, 1955 - American mountaneer, filmmaker, author and motivational speakerAuthor of "High Exposure: An Enduring Passion for Everest and U...
Author Film Filmmaker Films Motivational Speaker Mountain Climbing Mountains Mountaneer Mt. Everest Nepal Public Speaker Speaker Tibet

Peter Guralnick

by Angela Beck
December 15, 1943 - American music critic, author and screenwriterAuthor of "Last Train to Memphis", "Sweet Soul Music" and "Searching for Robert J...
Author Film Films Movie Movies Music Music Critic Screenplay Screenwriter

Lucrecia Martel

by Angela Beck
December 14, 1966 - Argentinian film director, screenwriter and producerHer scripts include "Dead King" (for which she won the Best Short Film at ...
Argentina Argentinian Cannes Film Festival Film Film Director Film Producer Filmmaker Films Havana Film Festival Palme d' Award Producer Screenplay Screenwriter

Robert Lepage

by Angela Beck
December 12, 1957 - Canadian playwright, actor, film director and stage directorAuthor of "The Seven Streams of the River Ota", "The Far Side of t...
Acting Actor Canada Canadian Film Film Director Filmmaker Films Play Plays Playwright Theater Theatre Theatre Director

John Osborne

by Angela Beck
December 12, 1924 - December 24, 1994English playwright, screenwriter and actorAuthor of "Look Back in Anger" (for which he won the New York Drama ...
Academy Award Acting Actor England English Film Filmmaker Films Movie Movies NY Drama Critics Circle Award Play Plays Playwright Screenplay Screenwriter Theater Theatre Tony Award

Christian Metz

by Angela Beck
December 12, 1931 - December 7, 1993French film theoristAuthor of "Film Language: A Semiotics of the Cinema", "Language and Cinema" and "The Imagi...
Cinema Film Film Theorist Films France French Movie Movies

William Joyce

by Angela Beck
December 11, 1959 - American children's book author & illustrator, novelist and filmmakerAuthor of over 50 books including "A Day With Wilbur ...
Academy Award Author Children's Book Author Film Filmmaker Films Illustrator Movie Movies Novel Novelist