Literary Library

Mary Rodgers

by Angela Beck
January 11, 1931 - June 25, 2014American composer, screenwriter and children's book authorHer books include "Freaky Friday", "ESP TV" and "Summer S...
Children's Book Children's Book Author Children's Books Composer Film Filmmaker Films Music Music Writer Screenwriter

Ernest Pascal

by Angela Beck
January 11, 1896 - November 4, 1966English-born American screenwriter, author, playwright and poetAuthor of "The Dark Swan", "Virgin Flame" and "Th...
Author British Cannes Film Festival Drama Dramatist England English English-American Film Filmmaker Films Great Britain Play Plays Playwright Poem Poems Poet Poetry Screenwriter Theater Theatre

James Lapine

by Angela Beck
January 10, 1949 - American stage director, playwright, screenwriter and librettistAuthor of "Sunday in the Park with George" (for which he was no...
Drama Drama Desk Award Dramatist Film Filmmaker Films Librettist Libretto Music Music Writer Musical NY Drama Critics Circle Award Play Plays Playwright Pulitzer Pulitzer Prize Screenwriter Theater Theater Director Theatre Theatre Director Tony Tony Award

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

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

James Bridie

by Angela Beck
January 3, 1888 - January 29, 1951Scottish playwright, screenwriter and surgeonAuthor of "The Anatonomist", Jonah and the Whale" and "A Small Stir...
Doctor Drama Dramatist Film Filmmaker Films Medical Medicine Physician Play Plays Playwright Scotland Scottish Screenwriter Surgeon Surgery Theater Theatre

Charles Yu

by Angela Beck
January 3, 1976 - American novelist, short story writer, screenwriter and essayistAuthor of "How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe", ...
Essayist Essays Film Filmmaker Films National Book Award Novel Novelist Screenplay Screenwriter Short Stories Short Story

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

Robert Pirosh

by Angela Beck
April 1, 1910 - December 25, 1989American screenwriter and film directorAuthor of "Battleground" (for which he won an Academy Award for Best Writin...
Academy Award Film Film Director Filmmaker Marx Brothers Movie Movies Oscar Screenplay Screenwriter

Edgar Wallace

by Angela Beck
April 1, 1875 - February 10, 1932British crime writer, war correspondent, journalist, novelist, screenwriter, playwright and poetAuthor of "The Fo...
British Correspondent Crime England English Foreign Correspondent Great Britain Journalism Journalist Movie Movies News Correspondent Novel Novelist Play Plays Playwright Poem Poems Poet Poetry Screenwriter Theater Theatre War