swap_horiz I.A.L. Diamond Alternatives

1

Paddy Chayefsky

Paddy Chayefsky was a significant figure in 20th-century American screenwriting. He created impactful television dramas...

Television Classic Drama Golden Age

9.5 Brilliant

2

Ben Hecht

Ben Hecht was a highly productive screenwriter during Hollywood’s Golden Age. His work frequently tackled social and pol...

Classic Drama Golden Age Prolific

9.2 Excellent

3

Preston Sturges

Preston Sturges was a significant American screenwriter and director working during Hollywood’s golden age. He is known...

Classic Comedy Golden Age Director

9.1 Excellent

4

Ernest Lehman

Ernest Lehman was a prominent American screenwriter recognized for his contributions to classic Hollywood entertainment....

Classic Thriller Musical Golden Age

9.1 Excellent

5

Herman J. Mankiewicz

Herman J. Mankiewicz was an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the screenplay for Orson Welles's landmark 1...

Classic Drama Golden Age Citizen Kane

8.8 Great

6

Julius J. Epstein

Julius J. Epstein was an American screenwriter who, alongside his twin brother Philip, won an Academy Award for co-writi...

Classic Drama Golden Age Casablanca

8.7 Great

7

Philip G. Epstein

Philip G. Epstein was an American screenwriter who, alongside his twin brother Julius, won an Academy Award for co-writi...

Classic Drama Golden Age Casablanca

8.7 Great

8

Dudley Nichols

Dudley Nichols was an American screenwriter and director who became the first person to refuse an Academy Award, declini...

Classic Drama Golden Age John Ford

8.6 Great

9

Robert Riskin

Robert Riskin was an American screenwriter celebrated for his 1930s collaborations with director Frank Capra, notably wr...

Classic Comedy Golden Age Capra

8.5 Great

10

Howard Koch

Howard Koch was an American playwright and screenwriter who co-wrote the screenplay for the 1942 film "Casablanca" and w...

Classic Golden Age Blacklist Casablanca

8.5 Great

11

Bo Goldman

American screenwriter who won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay twice, for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (...

Classic Drama Comedy New Hollywood

8.5 Great

12

Budd Schulberg

Budd Schulberg was an American screenwriter and novelist who won an Academy Award in 1955 for writing the screenplay for...

Classic Drama Golden Age Novelist

8.2 Great

13

Charles MacArthur

Charles MacArthur was an American playwright and screenwriter, best known for co-writing the 1928 hit Broadway play "The...

Classic Drama Playwright Golden Age

8.1 Great

14

Frances Marion

Frances Marion was an American journalist, author, and screenwriter who became the first writer to win two Academy Award...

Classic Pioneer Silent Era Golden Age

8.0 Great

15

Donald Ogden Stewart

Donald Ogden Stewart was an American screenwriter and playwright who won an Academy Award in 1941 for adapting "The Phil...

Classic Comedy Golden Age Blacklist

8.0 Great

16

Frank Nugent

American screenwriter closely associated with director John Ford, co-writing several of his classic Westerns including T...

Classic Western Golden Age John Ford

8.0 Great

17

Anita Loos

Anita Loos was an American screenwriter, playwright, and author best known for writing the 1925 comic novel "Gentlemen P...

Classic Pioneer Silent Era Golden Age

7.8 Good

18

Nunnally Johnson

Nunnally Johnson was an American filmmaker who wrote screenplays for over fifty movies, notably adapting the 1940 novel...

Classic Drama Producer Golden Age

7.8 Good

19

Sidney Howard

Sidney Howard was an American playwright and screenwriter who posthumously won an Academy Award for writing the screenpl...

Classic Drama Golden Age Gone With Wind

7.8 Good

20

William Peter Blatty

American novelist and screenwriter who adapted his own 1971 novel The Exorcist for the screen, winning the Academy Award...

Classic Horror Golden Age Novelist

7.8 Good