1
Neil Simon
(Playwright & Screenwriter)
17
3
Birthdate: July 4, 1927
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: The Bronx, New York
Died: August 26, 2018
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
2
Max Landis
(Screenwriter, Film actor, Film director)
18
4
Birthdate: August 3, 1985
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Beverly Hills
3
S. E. Hinton
(Writer)
16
3
Birthdate: July 22, 1948
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
4
Elaine May
(Actor, Film director, Screenwriter, Writer, Playwright)
15
3
Birthdate: April 21, 1932
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
5
Wyatt Cooper
(Author)
17
3
Birthdate: September 1, 1927
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Quitman, Mississippi, United States
Died: January 5, 1978
Wyatt Cooper was an American author, actor, and screenwriter. He is remembered for his marriage with socialite Gloria Vanderbilt—a union that produced Anderson Cooper, a popular television journalist. While being married to Gloria Vanderbilt, Wyatt Cooper often made public appearances and enjoyed hogging the limelight.
6
Eric Kripke
(Screenwriter, Television director, Film director)
14
3
Birthdate: April 24, 1974
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Toledo
7
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
(Writer, Director, Producer)
14
3
Birthdate: February 11, 1909
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: February 5, 1993
Polish-American screenwriter and director Joseph L. Mankiewicz won Academy Awards for his work in the movies All About Eve and Letter to Three Wives. He was associated with Paramount, MGM, and Twentieth Century Fox. He also had his own production company, Figaro, and directed the film Cleopatra, starring Elizabeth Taylor.
8
Damon Lindelof
(Screenwriter)
16
3
Birthdate: April 24, 1973
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Teaneck, New Jersey, United States
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
9
Mike Henry
(Comedian)
14
3
Birthdate: November 7, 1965
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Pontiac, Michigan, United States
10
Stephen J. Cannell
(Television producer)
13
3
Birthdate: February 5, 1941
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States
Died: September 30, 2010
11
Alex Kurtzman
(Screenwriter, Film director, Film producer)
15
3
Birthdate: September 7, 1973
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Los Angeles
12
Christopher Lloyd
(American Television Producer and Screenwriter)
12
2
Birthdate: June 18, 1960
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Stamford, Connecticut, United States
13
Diablo Cody
(Screenwriter, Producer, Director, Dancer, Writer, Journalist)
15
3
Birthdate: June 14, 1978
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Lemont, Illinois, United States
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
14
Paula Pell
(Screenwriter)
13
3
Birthdate: April 15, 1963
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Joliet, Illinois, United States
15
Bryan Fuller
(Screenwriter, Television producer)
15
3
Birthdate: July 27, 1969
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Lewiston
16
Nicholas Pileggi
(American Novelist, Producer, Screenwriter and Journalist)
13
3
Birthdate: February 22, 1933
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
17
Burnie Burns
(Screenplay Writer, Actor, Entrepreneur, Filmmaker)
14
3
Birthdate: January 18, 1973
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Rochester, New York, United States
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
18
Lillian Hellman
(Dramatist and Screenwriter)
12
2
Birthdate: June 20, 1905
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana
Died: June 30, 1984
19
Sam Simon
(Poker player, Writer, Sportsperson, Screenwriter, Actor)
14
3
Birthdate: June 6, 1955
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Los Angeles
Died: March 8, 2015
20
Steve Higgins
(American Writer, Producer and Actor)
13
3
Birthdate: August 13, 1963
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Des Moines, Iowa, United States
21
Paddy Chayefsky
(Screenwriter)
12
2
Birthdate: January 29, 1923
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States
Died: August 1, 1981
22
Dan Povenmire
(Director)
10
2
Birthdate: September 18, 1963
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: San Diego, California, United States
23
Robert Wuhl
(Actor)
11
2
Birthdate: October 9, 1951
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Union, New Jersey, United States
24
Robert Tapert
(Film producer)
13
3
Birthdate: May 14, 1955
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Royal Oak, Michigan, United States
25
John Logan
(American Playwright and Filmmaker)
11
2
Birthdate: September 24, 1961
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: San Diego, California, United States
26
Roy William Thomas Jr.
(Comic Book Writer)
10
2
Birthdate: November 22, 1940
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Jackson, Missouri, United States
27
Josh Schwartz
(Screenwriter)
11
2
Birthdate: August 6, 1976
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Providence
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
28
Robert Towne
(Screenwriter, Film director, Actor)
10
2
Birthdate: November 23, 1934
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States
29
Terrance McNally
(Playwright)
11
2
Birthdate: November 3, 1938
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: St. Petersburg, Florida, United States
Died: March 24, 2020
30
Charles Osgood
(journalist)
10
2
Birthdate: January 8, 1933
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: New York City
31
Nicholas Stoller
(Director Known for Directing the 2008 Comedy Forgetting Sarah Marshall)
10
2
Birthdate: March 19, 1976
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: London, England, United Kingdom
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
32
Brian Helgeland
(Screenwriter, Film producer, Film director, Writer)
10
2
Birthdate: January 17, 1961
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Providence
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
33
Neale Donald Walsch
(Spiritual Author)
9
2
Birthdate: September 10, 1943
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
34
Joel Hodgson
(Actor, Writer, Screenwriter, Film producer, Television actor)
10
2
Birthdate: February 20, 1960
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Stevens Point
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
35
Michael Arndt
(Screenwriter)
9
2
Birthdate: November 22, 1970
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: McLean, Virginia, United States
36
Melissa Rosenberg
(Screenwriter, Writer)
9
2
Birthdate: August 28, 1962
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Marin County
37
Bob Gale
(Screenwriter)
7
1
Birthdate: May 25, 1951
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: University City
38
Mervyn LeRoy
(Film Director and Producer)
8
2
Birthdate: October 15, 1900
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: San Francisco, California, United States
Died: September 13, 1987
39
Ted Elliott
7
1
Birthdate: July 4, 1961
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Santa Ana, California, United States
40
Gene Markey
(Officer, Screenwriter)
7
1
Birthdate: December 11, 1895
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Jackson
Died: May 1, 1980
41
Peter Viertel
(Officer, Screenwriter, Writer, Playwright)
7
1
Birthdate: November 16, 1920
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Dresden
Died: November 4, 2007
42
Joe Eszterhas
(Screenwriter, Writer, Journalist)
8
2
Birthdate: November 23, 1944
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Csákánydoroszló
43
Howard Fast
(Novelist)
7
1
Birthdate: November 11, 1914
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: New York City, New York
Died: March 12, 2003
44
George Axelrod
(Screenwriter)
5
1
Birthdate: June 9, 1922
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: June 21, 2003
45
John Rogers
(American Screenwriter)
4
1
Birthplace: Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
46
Sean Whitesell
(Actor, Screenwriter)
5
1
Birthdate: March 11, 1963
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Iowa Falls, Iowa, United States
Died: December 28, 2015
47
Frances Marion
(One of the Most Renowned Female Screenwriters of the 20th Century)
4
1
Birthdate: November 18, 1888
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: San Francisco, California, United States
Died: May 12, 1973
Height: 5'3" (160 cm)
48
Lee Falk
(Writer)
4
1
Birthdate: April 28, 1911
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
Died: March 13, 1999
49
James Redfield
(Writer)
5
1
Birthdate: March 19, 1950
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Birmingham, Alabama, United States
50
Robert Rossen
(Film Director, Producer, Screenwriter)
4
1
Birthdate: March 16, 1908
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States
Died: February 18, 1966
