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David Koepp (/ k ɛ p /; [1] born June 9, 1963) is an American screenwriter and director. He is the ninth most successful screenwriter of all time in terms of U.S. box office receipts with a total gross of over $2.3 billion. [2]
Number of books Nationality William Shakespeare: 2 billion [1] 4 billion [2] English: Plays and poetry, e.g. Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, and Hamlet: 42 British: Agatha Christie: 2 billion [3] 4 billion [2] English Whodunits, including the Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot series 86 British Barbara Cartland: 500 million [4] 1 billion [5] English ...
Ben Hecht (/ h ɛ k t /; February 28, 1894 [1] [2] – April 18, 1964) was an American screenwriter, director, producer, playwright, journalist, and novelist. A journalist in his youth, he went on to write 35 books and some of the most enjoyed screenplays and plays in America.
Christopher Markus (born October 16, 1969) and Stephen McFeely (born February 24, 1970) are American screenwriters and producers.McFeely and Markus are the second and the third most successful screenwriters of all time in terms of U.S. box office receipts, with a shared total gross of over $12.3 billion.
Considered one of the greatest screenwriters of all time, Towne also wrote ‘Shampoo’, ‘Days of Thunder’ and ‘Mission: Impossible’ Robert Towne, Oscar-winning Chinatown writer, dead at ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 24 February 2025. American playwright, writer, and academic (1927–2018) Neil Simon Simon in 1974 Born Marvin Neil Simon (1927-07-04) July 4, 1927 The Bronx, New York City, U.S. Died August 26, 2018 (2018-08-26) (aged 91) Manhattan, New York City, U.S. Occupation Playwright screenwriter author Education ...
The best-selling novel, which follows Reid’s first successful book “Daisy Jones & the Six,” centers on the famous Rivas siblings whose lives take a dramatic turn after their annual end-of ...
Pritchett was born in London, England in 1968, [2] and raised in South London by her parents, Josephine Haworth, an author, and Oliver Pritchett, a journalist and columnist. Her brother Matt is a cartoonist, and her grandfather is writer and literary critic, V. S. Pritchett .