Literary Library

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

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

Thomas McGuane

by Angela Beck
December 11, 1939 - American novelist, short fiction writer, screenwriter and essayist"Ninety-two in the Shade" (for which he was nominated for th...
Essayist Essays Film Filmmaker Films Movie Movies National Book Award Novel Novelist Screenplay Screenwriter Short Story

Pare Lorentz

by Angela Beck
December 11, 1905 - March 4, 1992American filmmaker, critic, magazine columnist and screenwriterAuthor of "The Plow That Broke the Plains", "The R...
Columnist Critic Film Filmmaker Films Magazine Movie Movies Nuremberg Screenplay Screenwriter

Naguib Mahfouz

by Angela Beck
December 11, 1911 - August 30, 2006 Egyptian novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, newspaper columnist, playwright and civil servant Author ...
Civil Servant Egypt Egyptian Film Filmmaker Films Movie Movies Newspaper Newspaper Columnist Newspapers Nobel Prize Novel Novelist Play Plays Playwright Screenplay Screenwriter Short Story Theater Theatre

Jim Harrison

by Angela Beck
December 11, 1937 - March 26, 2016American poet, novelist, essayist, screenwriter and nonfiction & children's book authorAuthor of "Returning ...
Author Children's Book Author Essayist Essays Film Filmmaker Films Movie Movies Nonfiction Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poetry Screenplay Screenwriter

Rumer Goddard

by Angela Beck
December 10, 1907 - November 8, 1998English author of fiction and nonfictionAuthor of more than 60 books including "Black Narcissus", "The Greenga...
British England English Fiction Film Films Great Britain Movie Movies Nonfiction

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

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