Hollywood Screenwriters

Hollywood Screenwriters Sept 20, 2017 23:27:25 GMT spiderwort and petrolino like this

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Post by kijii on Sept 20, 2017 23:27:25 GMT

Sept 20, 2017 21:20:30 GMT spiderwort said:

like your idea, kijii . I'd like to add a few completely original screenplays by one writer only, not adapted from anything (even their own play or whatever) and not directed by the writer. A few of my favorites, without repeating any of yours.

William Inge - Splendor in the Grass (Oscar)
David Seidler - The King's Speech (Oscar)
Bo Goldman - Shoot the Moon, Melvin and Howard (Oscar)
Paddy Chayefsky - Network (Oscar), The Hospital (Oscar)
Horton Foote - Tender Mercies (Oscar)
Dead Poets Society - Tom Schulman (Oscar)
Abraham Polansky (blacklisted) - Body and Soul (Oscar nom)
Carl Foreman - The Men (Oscar nom)
Nia Vardalos - My Big Fat Greek Wedding (Oscar nom)
Walter Bernstein (blacklisted) - The Front (Oscar nom)
Robert Towne - Chinatown (Oscar)

Trying to add to your list with your criteria ---and starting with more familiar names:

Arthur Miller - Everybody Wins (1990) / The Misfits (1961)
Tennessee Williams - Baby Doll (1956) / The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond (2008)
John Steinbeck - Viva Zapata! (1952)
Sylvester Stallone - Rocky (1976)
Neil Simon - The Goodbye Girl (1977) / The Out of Towners (1970) / Murder by Death (1976) / The Cheap Detective (1978) / The Marrying Man (1991) / The Slugger's Wife (1985) / Max Dugan Returns (1983)--I think he wrote these all directly for the screen.
Waldo Salt - The Flame and the Arrow (1950)
Edward Anhalt - Hour of the Gun (1967) / The Gentleman from Nowhere (1948)
Stanley Shapiro - The Seniors (1978) / Carbon Copy (1981)
David Mamet - The Edge (1997) / Hoffa (1992)
Colin Welland - Chariots of Fire (1981) / Twice in a Lifetime (1985)

(I will try to find more and add by editing here)