Literary Library

Joe Cassavetes

by Angela Beck
December 9, 1929 - February 3, 1989American actor, film director and screenwriterAuthor of the screenplays "Faces" (for which he was nominated for...
Academy Award Acting Actor Film Film Director Filmmaker Films Movie Movies Screenplay Screenwriter Writers Guild

Dalton Trumbo

by Angela Beck
December 9, 1905 -September 10, 1976American screenwriter, film director, playwright, essayist and novelistHis books include "Eclipse", "Johnny Go...
Blacklisted Communism Essayist Essays Film Film Director Filmmaker Films Joseph McCarthy Novel Novelist Play Plays Playwright Screenplay Screenwriter Theater Theatre

John Banville

by Angela Beck
December 8, 1945 - Irish novelist, short story writer and screenwriterAuthor of "The Book of Evidence" (for which he was shortlisted for the Booke...
Booker Prize Film Films Ireland Irish Irish Book Award Movie Movies Novel Novelist Screenplay Screenwriter Short Story

Leigh Brackett

by Angela Beck
December 7, 1915 - March 17, 1978American science fiction writer and screenwriterAuthor of the books "The Long Tomorrow", "The Hounds of Skaith" a...
Film Filmmaker Films Movie Movies Sci-Fi Science Fiction Screenplay Screenwriter Writer

Peter Handke

by Angela Beck
December 6, 1942 - Austrian novelist, playwright, translator, poet, film director and screenwriterAuthor of the novels "A Sorrow Beyond Dreams", "...
Austria Austrian Drama Dramatist Film Film Director Filmmaker Films Nobel Prize Novel Novelist Plays Playwright Poem Poems Poet Poetry Screenplay Screenwriter Translator

Garth Stein

by Angela Beck
December 6, 1964 - American author, film producer, documentary filmmaker, playwright, teacher and amateur racerAuthor of "Raven Stole the Moon", "T...
Academy Award Author Car Racer Drama Dramatist Film Film Producer Filmmaker Films Play Plays Playwright Racer Teach Teacher

Walt Disney

by Angela Beck
December 5, 1901 - December 15, 1966American entrepreneur, animator, writer and film producerProduced more than 100 feature films; His "Flowers an...
Academy Award Animation Animator Disney Entrepreneur Film Film Producer Filmmaker Films Mickey Mouse Writer

Nunnally Johnson

by Angela Beck
December 5, 1897 - March 25, 1977American screenwriter, film director, producer and playwrightWrote scripts for over 50 films including "The Grape...
Academy Award Drama Dramatist Film Film Director Film Producer Filmmaker Films Play Plays Playwright Screenplay Screenwriter Theater Theatre

Joan Didion

by Angela Beck
December 5, 1934 - December 23, 2021 American writer, novelist, playwright and screenwriterAuthor of "Slouching Towards Bethlehem", the screenpla...
Drama Film Movie Movies National Book Award Novel Novelist Plays Playwright Screenplay Screenwriter Theater Theatre Writer

Al Boasberg

by Angela Beck
December 5, 1891 - June 18, 1937American comedy writer for vaudeville, radio & film and film directorAuthor of 47 films including "The General"...
Comedian Comedy Film Film Director Filmmaker Humor Humorist Marx Brothers Radio Screenplay Screenwriter Script Writer Vaudeville

Cornell Woolrich

by Angela Beck
December 4, 1903 - September 23, 1968American novelist and short story writerAuthor of dozens of novels and short stories including "The Bride Wor...
Film Movie Movies Novel Novelist Short Story

Stephen Elliot

by Angela Beck
December 3, 1971 - American writer, editor and filmmakerAuthor of "Happy Baby", "The Adderall Diaries: A Memoir" and "Sometimes I Think About It"I...
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