Screenwriters from Washington (state)

The list Screenwriters from Washington (state) includes Justin Theroux, Dyan Cannon, Joel McHale, Barbara La Marr and Gene Nelson. The list consists of 66 members.

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Washington (state)

State of the United States of America

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Justin Theroux

Actor

Overview: Justin Paul Theroux (born August 10, 1971) is an American actor, producer, director, and screenwriter. He gained recognition for his work with director David Lynch in the mystery film Mulholland Drive ...

Date of birth: 10 August 1971

Age: 53

Nationality: American

Occupation: Film/TV Producer

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

Partner: Nicole Brydon Bloom (Married)

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Buxton School (Massachusetts) alumni 10T

Screenwriters from Massachusetts 188T

Screenwriters from Washington, D.C. 51T
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Dyan Cannon

American actress and filmmaker

Overview: Dyan Cannon (born Samille Diane Friesen; January 4, 1937) is an American actress, director, screenwriter, producer, and editor. She has been nominated for three Academy Awards.

Date of birth: 4 January 1937

Age: 88

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

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American Ashkenazi Jews 219T

21st-century American Jews 7,670T

West Seattle High School alumni 11T
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Joel McHale

American actor

Overview: Joel Edward McHale (born November 20, 1971) is an American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and television host. He is best known for hosting The Soup (2004–2015) and his role as Jeff Winger on the NBC ...

Date of birth: 20 November 1971

Age: 53

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 4" (193 cm)

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Tiger King 13T

Male actors of Irish descent 682T

Mercer Island High School alumni 26T
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Barbara La Marr

American actress (1896–1926)

Overview: Barbara La Marr (born Reatha Dale Watson; July 28, 1896 – January 30, 1926) was an American film actress and screenwriter who appeared in twenty-seven films during her career between 1920 and 1926 ...

Date of birth: 28 July 1896

Date of death: 30 January 1926

Age: 29 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)

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Tuberculosis deaths in California 41T

20th-century American screenwriters 1,971T

Screenwriters from Oregon 58T
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Gene Nelson

American actor, dancer, screenwriter, director

Overview: Gene Nelson (born Leander Eugene Berg, March 24, 1920 – September 16, 1996) was an American actor, dancer, screenwriter, and director.

Date of birth: 24 March 1920

Date of death: 16 September 1996

Age: 76 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

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20th-century American male writers 6,911T

Dancers from Washington (state) 14T

Dancers from Oregon 6T
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Sarah Nean Bruce

American film director

Overview: Sarah Nean Bruce is an American film & television movie producer, director and writer. She was born in Seattle, Washington and resides in Hollywood.

Nationality: American

Occupation: Film/TV Producer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 1" (155 cm)

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American women television producers 668T

Film producers from Washington (state) 36T

Women television producers 947T
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Lynn Shelton

American filmmaker (1965–2020)

Overview: Lynn Shelton (August 27, 1965 – May 15, 2020) was an American filmmaker known for writing, directing, and producing such films as Humpday and Your Sister's Sister.

Date of birth: 27 August 1965

Date of death: 15 May 2020

Age: 54 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Editor

Gender: Female

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2020 deaths 11,737T

University of Washington School of Drama alumni 33T

Film producers from Washington (state) 36T
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Phil Lord

American directors, screenwriters, producers, animators and voice actors

Overview: Philip Anderson Lord (born July 12, 1975) and Christopher Robert Miller (born September 23, 1975) are an American filmmaking duo. Having met at Dartmouth College, they are best known for directing and ...

Date of birth: 25 July 1975

Age: 49

Nationality: American

Occupation: Film Director

Gender: Male

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American male television writers 1,879T

Film producers from Washington (state) 36T

Animators from Florida 3T
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Bryan Fuller

American screenwriter and television producer

Overview: Bryan Fuller (born July 27, 1969) is an American television writer and producer who has created a number of television series, including Dead Like Me, Wonderfalls, Pushing Daisies, Hannibal, and American ...

Date of birth: 27 July 1969

Age: 55

Nationality: American

Occupation: Screenwriter

Gender: Male

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21st-century American LGBT people 2,387T

American gay writers 1,150T

21st-century LGBT people 3,964T
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Don Simpson

American film producer, screenwriter, actor (1943–1996)

Overview: Donald Clarence Simpson (October 29, 1943 – January 19, 1996) was an American film producer, screenwriter, and actor. Simpson, along with his producing partner Jerry Bruckheimer, produced such hit films ...

Date of birth: 29 October 1943

Date of death: 19 January 1996

Age: 52 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Film/TV Producer

Gender: Male

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20th-century American screenwriters 1,962T

Film producers from Washington (state) 40T

20th-century American male writers 8,827T
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Chuck Jones

Animator

Overview: Charles Martin Jones (September 21, 1912 – February 22, 2002) was an American animated filmmaker and cartoonist, best known for his work with Warner Bros. Cartoons on the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies ...

Date of birth: 21 September 1912

Date of death: 22 February 2002

Age: 89 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Cartoonist

Gender: Male

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MGM Animation/Visual Arts 4T

Warner Bros. Cartoons directors 20T

20th-century American screenwriters 2,110T
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Nell Shipman

Canadian, Actress

Overview: Nell Shipman (born Helen Foster-Barham; October 25, 1892 – January 23, 1970) was a Canadian actress, author, screenwriter, producer, director, animal rights activist and animal trainer.

Date of birth: 25 October 1892

Date of death: 23 January 1970

Age: 77 (age at death)

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

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Film producers from British Columbia 72T

Screenwriters from British Columbia 116T

Canadian animal rights activists 17T
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Gillian Spencer

American actor

Overview: Gillian Spencer (born December 18, 1939) is an American soap opera actress and writer.

Date of birth: 18 December 1939

Age: 85

Nationality: American

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Female

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American women television writers 652T

Women soap opera writers 153T

Actresses from Seattle, Washington 76T
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Annika Marks

American actress

Overview: Annika Marks (born 12 May 1986) is an American actress, writer and producer of Swedish descent. She had a supporting role in 2012 film The Sessions, and played leading roles in independent movies Grace ...

Date of birth: 12 May 1986

Age: 39

Nationality: English

Occupation: Film Director

Gender: Female

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Film producers from Washington (state) 36T

American women film producers 581T

Film directors from Washington (state) 41T
15.

Kirsten Smith

American screenwriter

Overview: Kirsten "Kiwi" Smith (born August 12, 1970) is an American screenwriter and novelist whose credits include Legally Blonde and Ella Enchanted. She has written most of her screenplays with her screenwriter ...

Date of birth: 12 August 1970

Age: 54

Nationality: American

Occupation: Screenwriter

Gender: Female

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People from Port Ludlow, Washington 6T

American women film directors 688T

American women screenwriters 959T
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Roy Huggins

American writer (1914–2002)

Overview: Roy Huggins (July 18, 1914 – April 3, 2002) was an American novelist and an influential writer/creator and producer of character-driven television series, including Maverick, The Fugitive, and The ...

Date of birth: 18 July 1914

Date of death: 3 April 2002

Age: 87 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Screenwriter

Gender: Male

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20th-century American screenwriters 1,746T

American male television writers 1,879T

20th-century American male writers 6,911T
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Sherman Alexie

Native American children's writer and filmmaker

Overview: Sherman Joseph Alexie Jr. (born October 7, 1966) is a Spokane-Coeur d'Alene-American novelist, short story writer, poet, and filmmaker. His writings draw on his experiences as an Indigenous American with ...

Date of birth: 7 October 1966

Age: 58

Nationality: American

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)

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Spokane writers 1T

21st-century American male writers 3,233T

20th-century American male writers 6,911T
18.

Frank Buxton

American actor (1930–2018)

Overview: Frank Buxton (February 13, 1930 – January 2, 2018) was an American actor, television writer, author, and television director. Buxton grew up in Larchmont, New York. He was a graduate of Northwestern U ...

Date of birth: 13 February 1930

Date of death: 2 January 2018

Age: 87 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

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American male television writers 1,879T

2018 deaths 9,219T

2018 deaths 7,472T
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Jak Knight

American actor (1993–2022)

Overview: Jakim Maulana (November 6, 1993 – July 14, 2022), known professionally as Jak Knight, was an American actor, comedian and writer. He was best known for his roles as DeVon in the animated Netflix sitcom ...

Date of birth: 8 November 1993

Date of death: 14 July 2022

Age: 28 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Comedian

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)

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21st-century African-American men 14T

2022 suicides 30T

2022 deaths 7,208T
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Rob Thomas

American fiction and script writer

Overview: Robert James Thomas (born August 15, 1965) is an American author, producer, director and screenwriter. He created the television series Veronica Mars (2004–2007, 2019), and co-creating 90210 (2008–2013) ...

Date of birth: 15 August 1965

Age: 59

Nationality: American

Occupation: Author

Gender: Male

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Schoolteachers from Texas 24T

American male television writers 1,879T

University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts alumni 228T