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Brad Bird

Brad Bird is a screenwriter and director recognized for his innovative approach to animation. His work frequently blends...

Action Modern Animation Director

9.2 Excellent

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Phoebe Waller-Bridge

Phoebe Waller-Bridge is a screenwriter recognized for her innovative work in television drama and comedy. She gained sig...

Modern Television Drama Comedy

9.2 Excellent

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Martin McDonagh

Martin McDonagh is a prominent screenwriter known for his darkly comedic narratives exploring complex human relationship...

Modern Crime Comedy Director

9.2 Excellent

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Katsuhiro Otomo

Katsuhiro Otomo is a prominent figure in modern animation and science fiction. He gained international recognition for d...

Modern Sci Fi Animation Director

9.2 Excellent

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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

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Pete Docter

Pete Docter is a prominent screenwriter and director recognized primarily for his work at Pixar Animation Studios. He ha...

Modern Animation Pixar Director

9.0 Excellent

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Andrew Stanton

Andrew Stanton is a prominent screenwriter recognized for his contributions to modern animation. He co-wrote *Toy Story*...

Modern Animation Pixar Director

9.0 Excellent

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Daniel Scheinert

Daniel Scheinert is a screenwriter known for his innovative and often surreal comedic storytelling. He gained significan...

Modern INDIE Comedy Director

9.0 Excellent

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James L. Brooks

James L. Brooks is a prominent screenwriter recognized for his insightful and often humorous portrayals of modern relati...

Modern Television Comedy Director

8.9 Great

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Lee Sung Jin

Lee Sung Jin is a screenwriter primarily working in television drama and comedy. He gained significant recognition for h...

Modern Television Drama Comedy

8.8 Great

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Makoto Shinkai

Makoto Shinkai is a prominent Japanese animator and screenwriter recognized primarily for his visually stunning and emot...

Modern Animation Japanese Director

8.8 Great

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I.A.L. Diamond

I.A.L. Diamond was a Romanian-born American screenwriter who won an Academy Award in 1960 for co-writing the classic com...

Classic Comedy Golden Age Wilder

8.7 Great

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Tony McNamara

Tony McNamara is an Australian screenwriter and director who received Academy Award nominations for co-writing the accla...

Modern Comedy Period Director

8.7 Great

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Taika Waititi

New Zealand filmmaker and actor who won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Jojo Rabbit (2019) and directe...

Modern Comedy Superhero Director

8.6 Great

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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

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Christopher Miller

American screenwriter and director who collaborates with Phil Lord, co-creating The LEGO Movie (2014) and Spider-Man: In...

Modern Animation Comedy Producer

8.5 Great

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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

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Cameron Crowe

American screenwriter-director who won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Almost Famous (2000), a semi-a...

Modern Drama Comedy Director

8.5 Great

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Shane Black

American screenwriter who wrote Lethal Weapon (1987) and later commanded a then-record spec-script fee for The Last Boy...

Action Modern Comedy Neo Noir

8.2 Great

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David O. Russell

American screenwriter-director known for Three Kings (1999), The Fighter (2010), and Silver Linings Playbook (2012), ear...

Modern Drama Comedy Director

8.2 Great