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Fading_Gigolo — 9 years ago(October 14, 2016 11:38 PM)

Who do you think are the best screenplay writers of all time. And I don't mean writer-directors like Coppola or Woody Allen; I mean people whose work was distinctive even in films directed by other people.
We know Salim-Javed will make the cut. I'd also include Charlie Kauffman, maybe Nora Ephron; even though both of them turned director later in life, their primary success was as a screenplay writer.
Any more names on the list?
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Without question it is GEORGE S. KAUFMAN, who wrote the screenplays for some of the immortal Marx Brothers movies. He also won the PULITZER PRIZE twice.
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Wajahat Mirza.
Wrote Mother India, Yahudi, Kohinoor, Mughal-e-Azam, Gunga Jumna, Leader. One after the other.

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I agree. I think he did manage to make some movies that were entertaining and melodramatic while not being too cringey.

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SREENIVASAN - malayali writer-director. but more of a prolific writer than director. wrote these hilarious and touching comedies about the malayali middle class in the 80s and 90s.

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DANIEL CLOWES - graphic comic artist. wrote GHOST WORLD, ART SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL and WILSON (2017). his screenplays are filled with cynical characters with a very dark outlook of the world.
JAMES.C.STROUSE - writer-director but more well known for his screenplays. work includes LONESOME JIM.
EVERETT DE ROCHE - aussie writer well known for his screenplays set in the outback. famous work includes ROAD GAMES, LONG WEEKEND etc. tarantino is a huge fan.

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