Post by kijii on Sept 20, 2017 6:02:34 GMT
They are all original screenplays, or they are screenplays based upon source material of the writers of the screenplays, i.e. both Tennessee Williams screenplays were adapted from his own plays.
It was constructed on the idea that all movies-screenplay writers were example of writers who had written (or been part of writing) both the source story/play/novel etc. AND the final screenplay--first level and final level writing.
Also, every writer was an Oscar nominee for his/her screenplay writing (this Oscar only started in 1940).
And, every movie in the list had an at least one Best Oscar performer nominee--with no repeats.
Many of the writers were (are) part of a regular writing team. For example, I just chose one of the Coen Brothers, Ruth Gordon usually wrote with her husband, Garson Kanin; Wes Anderson often writes with Own Wilson; and Betty Comden was a representative of the Comden/Green team, etc.
If one copies any of the names on the list and then pastes the name onto the IMDb and then selects Writer, one can see that that person's writing filmography.