The Best-Ever Oscar Winners for Best Writing (Original Screenplay)
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- Television producer, Film Producer, ScreenwriterFargo, 1997
- Television director, Television producer, Film ProducerCitizen Kane, 1942More Orson Welles
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- Television director, Film Producer, ScreenwriterDjango Unchained, 2013
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- Screenwriter, Actor, Film Director
Parasite, 2019
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- Spokesperson, Television producer, Film ProducerGood Will Hunting, 1998
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- Songwriter, Television producer, Film ProducerThe Usual Suspects, 1996
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- ScreenwriterLittle Miss Sunshine, 2007
- Comedian, Television producer, Musician
Get Out, 2018
- Television producer, Film Producer, ScreenwriterDead Poets Society, 1990
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- #38 of 61 onWho Are The Best Jewish Film Directors Of All Time?
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- Screenwriter, Actor, Film DirectorChinatown, 1975
- Novelist, Screenwriter, AuthorButch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, 1970More William Goldman
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- Television director, Television producer, Film ProducerAmerican Beauty, 2000
- Film Producer, Screenwriter, WriterThe Apartment, 1961
- Journalist, Film Producer, ScreenwriterSunset Blvd., 1951More Billy Wilder
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- Television producer, Theatrical producer, Film ProducerThe Producers, 1969
- Television producer, Screenwriter, WriterThelma and Louise, 1992
- Film Producer, ScreenwriterRain Man, 1989
- Stripper, Journalist, MemoiristJuno, 2008More Diablo Cody
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- Film Score Composer, Comedian, MusicianHannah and Her Sisters, 1987; Midnight in Paris, 2012More Woody Allen
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- #63 of 140 onThe Funniest Jewish Comedians Of All Time
- Novelist, Film Producer, ScreenwriterThe Hospital, 1972; Network, 1977
- Journalist, Television producer, NovelistOn the Waterfront, 1955
- Television director, Television producer, ScreenwriterDog Day Afternoon, 1976
- ScreenwriterGuess Who's Coming to Dinner? 1968
- Film Score Composer, Film Producer, ScreenwriterBirdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), 2015
- #55 of 324 onThe Greatest Directors In Movie History
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Film Producer, Screenwriter, Film DirectorThe Piano, 1994More Jane Campion- Dig Deeper...The Best Movies Directed by Jane Campion
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- Novelist, Film Producer, ScreenwriterWitness, 1986