Literary Library

Damon Runyon

by Angela Beck
October 4, 1880 - December 10, 1946American newspaperman and short story writerAuthor of "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown" and "Blood Pressure" (wh...
American Film Films Journalism Journalist Movie Movies News News Correspondent Newspaper Newspaper Columnist Newspaper Editor Newspapers Short Stories Short Story

Rian James

by Angela Beck
October 3, 1899 - April 26, 1953American screenwriter and authorAuthor of "42nd Street", "Down Argentine Way" and "Dead Ringer" #literarycalendar#b...
American Author Film Filmmaker Films Movie Movies Screenplay Screenwriter

Henri Alain-Fournier

by Angela Beck
October 3, 1886 - September 22, 1914French soldier, novelist and poetAuthor of "Le Grand Meaulnes" (which has been made into 2 movies", "Lettre au...
Army Film Films France French French Writer Movie Movies Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poetry Soldier

Ruth Bryan Owen

by Angela Beck
October 2, 1885 - July 26, 1954American politician and writerWas a director, producer and screenwriter of the film "Once Upon a Time/Scheherazade"...
American Film Film Director Film Producer Filmmaker Govern Government Government Official Movie Movies Political Politician Politics Screenwriter US Ambassador William Jennings Bryan

Julie Andrews Edwards

by Angela Beck
October 1, 1935 -English actress, singer and authorAuthor of "The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles", "Little Bo" and "Home Work: A Memoir" #l...
Act Acting Actor Actress British England English Film Films Great Britain Movie Movies Sing

Fran Walsh

by Angela Beck
January 9, 1959 - New Zealand screenwriter, film producer and lyricistAuthor of "Heavenly Creatures" (for which she was nominated for an Academy A...
Academy Award Film Film Producer Filmmaker Films Heavenly Creatures Lyricist Lyrics Movie Movies Music Musical New Zealand Oscars Peter Jackson Screenplay Screenwriter The Lord of the Rings The Lovely Bones

Zora Neale Hurston

by Angela Beck
January 7, 1903 - January 28, 1960African-American novelist, anthropologist, filmmaker, short story writer, essayist and playwrightAuthor of "Barr...
African American Alabama Writers Hall of Fame American Library Association Anthropologist Anthropology Drama Dramatist Essayist Essays Film Filmmaker Films Harlem Renaissance Movie Movies National Women's Hall of Fame New York Writers Hall of Fame Novel Novelist Play Plays Playwright Short Stories Short Story Theater Theatre

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

Drew Daywalt

by Angela Beck
January 5, 1970 - American children's book author, filmmaker and scriptwriterAuthor of "The Day the Crayons Quit", "The Day the Crayons Came Home"...
Children's Book Children's Book Author Children's Books Film Filmmaker Films Movie Movies Script Scripts Scriptwrier

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

Jimmy Santiago Baca

by Angela Beck
January 2, 1952 - American poet, memoirist and screenwriterAuthor of "Immigrants in Our Own Land", "Martin and Meditations on the South Valley" (f...
American Book Award Film Filmmaker Films Memoir Memoirist Movie Movies National Endowment for the Arts Poem Poems Poet Poetry Pushcart Prize Screenwriter

Teddi Sherman

by Angela Beck
April 1, 1924 - January 16, 2019American actress, television writer and screenwriterAuthor of films including "Ten Seconds to Hell", "The Man From ...
Acting Actor Actress Film Films Movie Movies Screenwriter Television Television Writer TV Writer