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Post by alfromni on Jan 2, 2022 1:29:11 GMT
13 more writers who have had other jobs outside literary or entertainment circles. War service OK but outside military.
01. Agatha Christie - nurse and apothecaries' assistant 02. Isaac Asimov - civil chemist during WWII, taught biochemistry at the Boston University School of Medicine 03. Somerset Maugham - Secret agent WWI 04. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien - college professor 05. Daniel Defoe - general merchant, dealing at different times in hosiery, general woollen goods, and wine. He became a secret agent for William III. 06. J. K. Rowling - researcher and bilingual secretary for Amnesty International 07. Henry Fielding - used his authority as a magistrate to found the Bow Street Runners, in 1749, London's first intermittently funded, full-time police force. 08. Arthur C. Clarke - assistant editor at Physics Abstracts 09. Dorothy L. Sayers - copywriter in an advertising agency. 10. Jane Smiley - professor of English at Iowa State University 11. Noël Coward - During WWII he worked with the Secret Service to use his influence in persuading the American public and government to help Britain. 12. Dashiell Hammett -- Pinkerton Detective Agency Operative 13. John Steinbeck ... He was variously employed as a sales clerk, farm laborer, ranch hand and factory worker. In 1925, he traveled by freight from Los Angeles to New York, where he was a construction worker. From 1926-1928, he was a caretaker in Lake Tahoe, CA.
14. John Mortimer - a barrister 15. Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle - physician 16. Dick Francis - jockey 17. Stephen King - High School teacher and took a job at a filling station pumping gas for the princely sum of $1.25 an hour. 18. Zane Grey - dentist 19. Erle Stanley Gardner - lawyer 20. Mark Twain - steamboat pilot 21. Leslie Charteris - He wrote while working at various jobs, sailor, barman, gold prospector, pearl diver, mined for tin and worked on a rubber plantation. He also toured Britain with a carnival, and drove a bus. 22. Jack London - sailor 23. John Creasey - politician 24. Dan Brown - English teacher at Amherst College and Phillips Exeter Academy 25. Andre Norton - librarian 26. Stella Rimington - first female Director General of MI5
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Post by ellynmacg on Apr 5, 2022 20:36:48 GMT
13 Screenwriters Who Have Also Directed/Produced Films (incl. TV movies), which may be, but need not be, the same works. Give at least one example of both for each writer. (No repeat writers or films)
01. Billy Wilder - Some Like It Hot (Director and co-screenwriter (with I.A.L. Diamond))
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Post by alfromni on Apr 6, 2022 4:12:38 GMT
13 Screenwriters Who Have Also Directed/Produced Films (incl. TV movies), which may be, but need not be, the same works. Give at least one example of both for each writer. (No repeat writers or films)
01. Billy Wilder - Some Like It Hot (Director and co-screenwriter (with I.A.L. Diamond)) 02. Alfred Hitchcock - Murder! (Director and co-screenwriter with Walter Mycroft & Alma Reville)
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Post by alfromni on Apr 6, 2022 9:37:48 GMT
13 Screenwriters Who Have Also Directed/Produced Films (incl. TV movies), which may be, but need not be, the same works. Give at least one example of both for each writer. (No repeat writers or films)
01. Billy Wilder - Some Like It Hot (Director and co-screenwriter (with I.A.L. Diamond)) 02. Alfred Hitchcock - Murder! (Director and co-screenwriter with Walter Mycroft & Alma Reville) 03. Quentin Tarantino - Jackie Brown (Director and screenwriter) 04. Woody Allen - Bananas (Director and co-screenwriter with Michael Rose)
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Post by mattgarth on Apr 6, 2022 13:19:17 GMT
13 Screenwriters Who Have Also Directed/Produced Films (incl. TV movies), which may be, but need not be, the same works. Give at least one example of both for each writer. (No repeat writers or films)
01. Billy Wilder - Some Like It Hot (Director and co-screenwriter (with I.A.L. Diamond)) 02. Alfred Hitchcock - Murder! (Director and co-screenwriter with Walter Mycroft & Alma Reville) 03. Quentin Tarantino - Jackie Brown (Director and screenwriter) 04. Woody Allen - Bananas (Director and co-screenwriter with Michael Rose) 05. Nunnally Johnson -- The Three Faces of Eve (Director and Screenwriter)
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Post by alfromni on Apr 6, 2022 15:27:01 GMT
13 Screenwriters Who Have Also Directed/Produced Films (incl. TV movies), which may be, but need not be, the same works. Give at least one example of both for each writer. (No repeat writers or films)
01. Billy Wilder - Some Like It Hot (Director and co-screenwriter (with I.A.L. Diamond)) 02. Alfred Hitchcock - Murder! (Director and co-screenwriter with Walter Mycroft & Alma Reville) 03. Quentin Tarantino - Jackie Brown (Director and screenwriter) 04. Woody Allen - Bananas (Director and co-screenwriter with Michael Rose) 05. Nunnally Johnson -- The Three Faces of Eve (Director and Screenwriter) 06. Kenneth Branagh - Henry V (1989) (Director and Screenwriter)
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Post by alfromni on Apr 7, 2022 12:39:16 GMT
13 Screenwriters Who Have Also Directed/Produced Films (incl. TV movies), which may be, but need not be, the same works. Give at least one example of both for each writer. (No repeat writers or films)
01. Billy Wilder - Some Like It Hot (Director and co-screenwriter (with I.A.L. Diamond)) 02. Alfred Hitchcock - Murder! (Director and co-screenwriter with Walter Mycroft & Alma Reville) 03. Quentin Tarantino - Jackie Brown (Director and screenwriter) 04. Woody Allen - Bananas (Director and co-screenwriter with Michael Rose) 05. Nunnally Johnson -- The Three Faces of Eve (Director and Screenwriter) 06. Kenneth Branagh - Henry V (1989) (Director and Screenwriter) 07. Paul Thomas Andersen - There Will Be Blood (Director and Screenwriter) 08. Laurence Olivier - Hamlet (1948) (Director & (uncredited) Screenwriter )
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Post by alfromni on Apr 9, 2022 18:11:18 GMT
13 Screenwriters Who Have Also Directed/Produced Films (incl. TV movies), which may be, but need not be, the same works. Give at least one example of both for each writer. (No repeat writers or films)
01. Billy Wilder - Some Like It Hot (Director and co-screenwriter (with I.A.L. Diamond)) 02. Alfred Hitchcock - Murder! (Director and co-screenwriter with Walter Mycroft & Alma Reville) 03. Quentin Tarantino - Jackie Brown (Director and screenwriter) 04. Woody Allen - Bananas (Director and co-screenwriter with Michael Rose) 05. Nunnally Johnson -- The Three Faces of Eve (Director and Screenwriter) 06. Kenneth Branagh - Henry V (1989) (Director and Screenwriter) 07. Paul Thomas Andersen - There Will Be Blood (Director and Screenwriter) 08. Laurence Olivier - Hamlet (1948) (Director & (uncredited) Screenwriter) 09. John Huston - Moby Dick (1956) (Director & co-writer with Ray Bradbury)
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Post by mattgarth on Apr 9, 2022 20:19:52 GMT
13 Screenwriters Who Have Also Directed/Produced Films (incl. TV movies), which may be, but need not be, the same works. Give at least one example of both for each writer. (No repeat writers or films)
01. Billy Wilder - Some Like It Hot (Director and co-screenwriter (with I.A.L. Diamond)) 02. Alfred Hitchcock - Murder! (Director and co-screenwriter with Walter Mycroft & Alma Reville) 03. Quentin Tarantino - Jackie Brown (Director and screenwriter) 04. Woody Allen - Bananas (Director and co-screenwriter with Michael Rose) 05. Nunnally Johnson -- The Three Faces of Eve (Director and Screenwriter) 06. Kenneth Branagh - Henry V (1989) (Director and Screenwriter) 07. Paul Thomas Andersen - There Will Be Blood (Director and Screenwriter) 08. Laurence Olivier - Hamlet (1948) (Director & (uncredited) Screenwriter) 09. John Huston - Moby Dick (1956) (Director & co-writer with Ray Bradbury) 10. Richard Brooks: Blackboard Jungle (1955) -- Director & Screenwriter
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Post by alfromni on Apr 9, 2022 23:02:23 GMT
13 Screenwriters Who Have Also Directed/Produced Films (incl. TV movies), which may be, but need not be, the same works. Give at least one example of both for each writer. (No repeat writers or films)
01. Billy Wilder - Some Like It Hot (Director and co-screenwriter (with I.A.L. Diamond)) 02. Alfred Hitchcock - Murder! (Director and co-screenwriter with Walter Mycroft & Alma Reville) 03. Quentin Tarantino - Jackie Brown (Director and screenwriter) 04. Woody Allen - Bananas (Director and co-screenwriter with Michael Rose) 05. Nunnally Johnson -- The Three Faces of Eve (Director and Screenwriter) 06. Kenneth Branagh - Henry V (1989) (Director and Screenwriter) 07. Paul Thomas Andersen - There Will Be Blood (Director and Screenwriter) 08. Laurence Olivier - Hamlet (1948) (Director & (uncredited) Screenwriter) 09. John Huston - Moby Dick (1956) (Director & co-writer with Ray Bradbury) 10. Richard Brooks: Blackboard Jungle (1955) -- Director & Screenwriter 11. Ken Russell - The Devils (1971) - Director and Screenwriter
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Post by mattgarth on Apr 9, 2022 23:28:43 GMT
13 Screenwriters Who Have Also Directed/Produced Films (incl. TV movies), which may be, but need not be, the same works. Give at least one example of both for each writer. (No repeat writers or films)
01. Billy Wilder - Some Like It Hot (Director and co-screenwriter (with I.A.L. Diamond)) 02. Alfred Hitchcock - Murder! (Director and co-screenwriter with Walter Mycroft & Alma Reville) 03. Quentin Tarantino - Jackie Brown (Director and screenwriter) 04. Woody Allen - Bananas (Director and co-screenwriter with Michael Rose) 05. Nunnally Johnson -- The Three Faces of Eve (Director and Screenwriter) 06. Kenneth Branagh - Henry V (1989) (Director and Screenwriter) 07. Paul Thomas Andersen - There Will Be Blood (Director and Screenwriter) 08. Laurence Olivier - Hamlet (1948) (Director & (uncredited) Screenwriter) 09. John Huston - Moby Dick (1956) (Director & co-writer with Ray Bradbury) 10. Richard Brooks: Blackboard Jungle (1955) -- Director & Screenwriter 11. Ken Russell - The Devils (1971) - Director and Screenwriter 12. Stanley Kubrick: Barry Lyndon (1975) -- Director and Screenwriter
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Post by alfromni on Apr 10, 2022 0:00:11 GMT
13 Screenwriters Who Have Also Directed/Produced Films (incl. TV movies), which may be, but need not be, the same works. Give at least one example of both for each writer. (No repeat writers or films)
01. Billy Wilder - Some Like It Hot (Director and co-screenwriter (with I.A.L. Diamond)) 02. Alfred Hitchcock - Murder! (Director and co-screenwriter with Walter Mycroft & Alma Reville) 03. Quentin Tarantino - Jackie Brown (Director and screenwriter) 04. Woody Allen - Bananas (Director and co-screenwriter with Michael Rose) 05. Nunnally Johnson -- The Three Faces of Eve (Director and Screenwriter) 06. Kenneth Branagh - Henry V (1989) (Director and Screenwriter) 07. Paul Thomas Andersen - There Will Be Blood (Director and Screenwriter) 08. Laurence Olivier - Hamlet (1948) (Director & (uncredited) Screenwriter) 09. John Huston - Moby Dick (1956) (Director & co-screenwriter with Ray Bradbury) 10. Richard Brooks: Blackboard Jungle (1955) -- Director & Screenwriter 11. Ken Russell - The Devils (1971) - Director and Screenwriter 12. Stanley Kubrick: Barry Lyndon (1975) -- Director and Screenwriter 13. David Lean - Summertime (1955) - Director & co-screenwriter with H.E. Bates
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