The Best-Ever Oscar Winners for Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
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- Television director, Television producer, Film ProducerThe Godfather, 1972; The Godfather Part II, 1975More Francis Ford Coppola
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- #634 of 752 onThe Greatest Minds of All Time
- Television producer, Screenwriter, PlaywrightOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, 1976
- Film Producer, Screenwriter, Film EditorSchindler's List, 1994
- Film Producer, Screenwriter, Cinematographer
Call Me by Your Name, 2018
- Screenwriter, Writer, PlaywrightThe Silence of the Lambs, 1992
- Screenwriter, WriterCasablanca, 1944
- Film Producer, Screenwriter, ActorTo Kill a Mockingbird, 1963
- Comedian, Film Producer, ScreenwriterSense and Sensibility, 1996More Emma Thompson
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- Musician, Singer-songwriter, ScreenwriterSling Blade, 1997More Billy Bob Thornton
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- Film Producer, Screenwriter, LyricistThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, 2004
- Television producer, ScreenwriterForrest Gump, 1995
- Screenwriter, AuthorThe Bridge on the River Kwai, 1958
- Journalist, Novelist, Film ProducerThe Departed, 2007
- Film Producer, Screenwriter, Film DirectorL.A. Confidential, 1998
- Television producer, Film Producer, ScreenwriterNo Country for Old Men, 2008More Joel Coen
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- Novelist, Screenwriter, AuthorBrokeback Mountain, 2006
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James L. Brooks
Television producer, Film Producer, ScreenwriterTerms of Endearment, 1984More James L. Brooks- #73 of 184 onThe Greatest Living Directors, Ranked
- #102 of 324 onThe Greatest Directors In Movie History
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- Screenwriter, PlaywrightGone with the Wind, 1940
- Television producer, Screenwriter, ActorThe Social Network, 2011More Aaron Sorkin
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- Novelist, Screenwriter, AuthorAll the President's Men, 1977More William Goldman
- #80 of 142 onThe Greatest American Writers of All Time
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- Television producer, Film Producer, Screenwriter12 Years a Slave, 2014
- Screenwriter, Author, PlaywrightAmadeus, 1985
- Novelist, Screenwriter, WriterA Room with a View, 1987; Howards End, 1993
- Theatre Director, Film Producer, ScreenwriterMiracle on 34th Street, 1948; The Country Girl, 1955
- Soldier, Screenwriter, PlaywrightDoctor Zhivago, 1966; A Man for All Seasons, 1967
- Television producer, Film Producer, ScreenwriterIn the Heat of the Night, 1968
- Screenwriter, Actor, Writer
CODA, 2021
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Florian Zeller, Christopher Hampton
The Father (2020)