Screenwriters from Wisconsin

The list Screenwriters from Wisconsin includes Orson Welles, Gene Wilder, Tom Laughlin, Linda Wallem and William Bast. The list consists of 71 members.

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Wisconsin

State in the upper Midwest region of the United States

1.

Orson Welles

American actor and filmmaker (1915–1985)

Overview: George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) was an American director, actor, writer, and producer who is remembered for his innovative work in film, radio, and theatre. He is considered to be ...

Date of birth: 6 May 1915

Date of death: 10 October 1985

Age: 70 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)

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Shakespearean directors 55T

Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement recipients 97T

Federal Theatre Project people 65T
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Gene Wilder

Comedic actor

Overview: Jerome Silberman (June 11, 1933 – August 29, 2016), known professionally as Gene Wilder, was an American actor, filmmaker, singer-songwriter, comedian and author.

Date of birth: 11 June 1933

Date of death: 29 August 2016

Age: 83 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

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Film producers from Wisconsin 30T

Film producers from Connecticut 33T

20th-century American male writers 6,911T
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Tom Laughlin

American actor and political activist

Overview: Thomas Robert Laughlin Jr. (August 10, 1931 – December 12, 2013) was an American actor, director, screenwriter, author, educator, and activist.

Date of birth: 10 August 1931

Date of death: 12 December 2013

Age: 82 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

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Deaths from pneumonia in California 473T

Film directors from Wisconsin 57T

Screenwriters from Minnesota 82T
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William Bast

American screenwriter and author

Overview: William Bast (April 3, 1931 – May 4, 2015) was an American screenwriter and author. In addition to writing scripts for motion pictures and television, he was the author of two biographies of the screen ...

Date of birth: 3 April 1931

Date of death: 4 May 2015

Age: 84 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Author

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

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American male non-fiction writers 4,581T

Male biographers 725T

American male screenwriters 3,908T
5.

Linda Wallem

American actress, writer, and producer

Overview: Linda Wallem (born May 29, 1961) is an American actress, writer, and producer.

Date of birth: 29 May 1961

Age: 63

Nationality: American

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Female

Partner: Melissa Etheridge (Married)

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American lesbian actresses 144T

American lesbian writers 466T

20th-century American screenwriters 2,097T
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Zack Snyder

American filmmaker

Overview: Zachary Edward Snyder (born March 1, 1966) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He made his feature film debut in 2004 with a remake of the 1978 horror film Dawn of the Dead. Since ...

Date of birth: 1 March 1966

Age: 59

Nationality: American

Occupation: Director

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

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Film producers from Wisconsin 30T

Film producers from Connecticut 33T

Superhero film directors 65T
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Howard Hawks

Film director

Overview: Howard Winchester Hawks (May 30, 1896 – December 26, 1977) was an American film director, producer and screenwriter of the classic Hollywood era. Critic Leonard Maltin called him "the greatest A ...

Date of birth: 30 May 1896

Date of death: 26 December 1977

Age: 81 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Director

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)

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20th-century American screenwriters 1,746T

Film producers from Wisconsin 30T

Pasadena High School (California) alumni 41T
8.

Dan Harmon

American television writer

Overview: Daniel James Harmon (born January 3, 1973) is an American writer, producer, actor and comedian. Harmon created and produced the NBC sitcom Community (2009–2015), co-created the Adult Swim animated series ...

Date of birth: 3 January 1973

Age: 52

Nationality: American

Occupation: Screenwriter

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

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American male television writers 1,879T

21st-century American screenwriters 625T

21st-century American male writers 3,233T
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David Zucker

American film director

Overview: David S. Zucker (born October 16, 1947) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. Associated mostly with parody comedies, Zucker is recognized as the director and writer of the critically ...

Date of birth: 16 October 1947

Age: 77

Nationality: American

Occupation: Film/TV Producer

Gender: Male

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Shorewood High School (Wisconsin) alumni 27T

Comedy film directors 139T

Film directors from Wisconsin 49T
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Jerry Zucker

American film director

Overview: Jerry G. Zucker (born March 11, 1950) is an American film producer, director, and writer known for his role in directing comedy spoof films such as Airplane! and Top Secret!, and the Best Picture-nominated ...

Date of birth: 11 March 1950

Age: 75

Nationality: American

Occupation: Film/TV Producer

Gender: Male

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Shorewood High School (Wisconsin) alumni 27T

Comedy film directors 139T

Film directors from Wisconsin 49T
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Joel Hodgson

American writer, comedian and television actor

Overview: Joel Hodgson (born February 20, 1960) is an American writer, comedian and television actor. He is best known for creating Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K) and starring in it as the character Joel ...

Date of birth: 20 February 1960

Age: 65

Nationality: American

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

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American male television writers 2,229T

Screenwriters from California 1,162T

21st-century American comedians 2,204T
12.

George Tillman Jr.

American film director

Overview: George Tillman Jr. (born January 26, 1969) is an American film producer, screenwriter, and director.

Date of birth: 26 January 1969

Age: 56

Nationality: American

Occupation: Director

Gender: Male

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Film producers from Wisconsin 30T

Film directors from Wisconsin 49T

Businesspeople from Milwaukee 200T
13.

Sean Anders

American film director and screenwriter (born 1969)

Overview: Sean Anders is an American film director and screenwriter.

Date of birth: 19 June 1969

Age: 55

Nationality: American

Occupation: Film Director

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

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Comedy film directors 155T

People from DeForest, Wisconsin 10T

Film directors from Wisconsin 53T
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J.D. Walsh

American screen actor, writer and producer (born 1974)

Overview: John Douglas Walsh (born December 24, 1974) is an American actor, writer, producer, and improv comedy leader. He is best known for his role as Gordon on Two and a Half Men. He wrote, produced and directed ...

Date of birth: 24 December 1974

Age: 50

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

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Madison West High School alumni 35T

American male television writers 2,159T

21st-century American screenwriters 877T
15.

Jay Leggett

American actor, comedian and director

Overview: Jay Michael Leggett (August 9, 1963 – November 23, 2013) was an American actor, improvisational comedian, producer, director, and screenwriter.

Date of birth: 9 August 1963

Date of death: 23 November 2013

Age: 50 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

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American male television writers 1,879T

21st-century American screenwriters 625T

21st-century American male writers 3,233T
16.

Ben Hecht

American writer, director, and producer (1894–1964)

Overview: Ben Hecht (February 28, 1894 – April 18, 1964) was an American screenwriter, director, producer, playwright, journalist, and novelist. A journalist in his youth, he went on to write 35 books and some of ...

Date of birth: 28 February 1894

Date of death: 18 April 1964

Age: 70 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

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20th-century American screenwriters 1,746T

20th-century American male writers 6,911T

Screenwriters from New York (state) 1,175T
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Ayad Akhtar

American actor

Overview: Ayad Akhtar (born October 28, 1970) is an American-born playwright, novelist, and screenwriter of Pakistani heritage who received the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. His work has received two Tony Award ...

Date of birth: 28 October 1970

Age: 54

Nationality: American

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

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21st-century American screenwriters 625T

21st-century American male writers 3,233T

American dramatists and playwrights of Pakistani descent 1T
18.

David Koepp

American screenwriter (born 1963)

Overview: David Koepp (born June 9, 1963) is an American screenwriter and film director. Koepp is the ninth most successful screenwriter of all time in terms of U.S. box office receipts with a total gross of over ...

Date of birth: 9 June 1963

Age: 61

Nationality: American

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 3" (190 cm)

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20th-century American screenwriters 2,308T

American male television writers 2,229T

21st-century American screenwriters 1,138T
19.

Luther Reed

American screenwriter and film director

Overview: Luther A. Reed (July 14, 1888 – November 16, 1961) was an American screenwriter and film director.

Date of birth: 14 July 1888

Date of death: 16 November 1961

Age: 73 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Producer

Gender: Male

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20th-century American screenwriters 2,419T

20th-century American male writers 9,850T

Film directors from Wisconsin 59T
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Reed De Rouen

American actor

Overview: Reed De Rouen (10 June 1917 – 11 June 1986) was an American actor and screenwriter who worked mostly in the British film and television industry. He appeared in the Doctor Who serial The Gunfighters in ...

Date of birth: 10 June 1921

Date of death: 11 June 1986

Age: 65 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Screenwriter

Gender: Male

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20th-century American screenwriters 1,746T

20th-century American male writers 6,911T

Writers from Green Bay, Wisconsin 26T