Sentences with phrase «greatest comedy writers»

On television Gelbart got his start on the Red Buttons Show then went on to work with some of America's greatest comedy writers, including Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner, Neil Simon and Woody Allen on Your Show of Shows.

You may enjoy seeing some of your favorite comedians portray some of your older favorite comedians in A Futile and Stupid Gesture, but David Wain, Jonathan Stern and Peter Principato really made the film to shine a light on Doug Kenney, the late great comedy writer who co-founded the National Lampoon magazine, and co-wrote the screenplays to Animal House and Caddyshack, then abruptly fell off a Hawaiian cliff and died at age 33.

Not exact matches

The Simpsons is now a grim specter of a once great idea created by a generation of amazing comedy writers.

«The Nice Guys» is a wall - to - wall - funny action - comedy, a great refinement of director / writer Shane Black's style and one of this summer's best.

Deathtrap Pinole Community Players present Ira Levin's dark comedy thriller about a once successful author who goes to great lengths to produce new work amid a bout with writer's block.

His debut turn behind the camera, however, came a lot later than the scripts that made his name (you can read our rundown of those right here), and while it was hardly the box office blockbuster it may have been hoped the «Lethal Weapon» writer would turn out, it's in fact a great, great film; a hugely enjoyable comedy / murder msytery / noir hybrid romp with plenty of meta flourishes and sideways - winking humour.

Kevin Smith's «Tusk» may not have ignited the box office back in September 2014, but the outlandish horror - comedy did earn the writer - director some great reviews after a three - year hiatus from filmmaking.

The 60 - year - old actor was «delighted» to be asked by writer - and - director Sally Potter to star in the black comedy, and had a great experience working alongside Kristin Scott Thomas, Emily Mortimer, Cillian Murphy, Patricia Clarkson, Bruno Ganz, and Cherry Jones on the film.

[Read more...] about Writer - director Rebecca Miller discusses her great remarriage screwball comedy Maggie's Plan

In this new comedy from the writers of The Hangover, Amy has a seemingly perfect life — a great marriage, over-achieving kids, beautiful home and a career.

For a movie using a really great high - concept idea, it is mind - boggling that the screen writers and director didn't have guts to make a really daring and interesting comedy, while instead giving the film so many standard and unsatisfying sub-plots to drag the film down.

Writer / director Adam Brooks may not have a great track record when it comes to the romantic comedy genre, but he's certainly making up for it with his latest directorial effort.

Less a spoof of vampire flicks than a fish - out - of - water romantic comedy about a Victorian nobleman trying to negotiate the dating scene of Studio 54 - era Manhattan, this enjoyably silly film is no one's idea of great cinema, but writer Robert Kaufman's concept of a vampire being the standard bearer for old - style morality and romance is an inherently funny conceit helped immensely by a straight - faced lead performance by Hamilton.

«A dodgeball movie is uncharted film territory,» says Rawson Marshall Thurber, the film's writer / director, «but at the same time it inhabits the same tradition of great underdog movies like «Stripes,» «The Bad News Bears» and «Meatballs,» which follow an archetypal comedy framework: scrappy underdogs take on the socially, financially or athletically gifted and prevail against all odds.»

Archer writer / producer / voice actor Adam Reed and Modern Family writer Megan Ganz teamed up to work on an animated, woman - centric, comedy - action show called Cassius and Clay, starring greats like Kaitlin Olson, Lake Bell and Susan Sarandon.

Comedy Writer Mr.J has written a very unusual book incorporating all aspects of writing and yet having a great many grammatical and spelling errors.

Written by Hollywood comedian writers and driven by the Improv Comedy Club, you get online drivers ed along with great laughs.

and a slew of great comedies, but he could have been known for his work with The Onion.Aziz wasn't a writer with the Onion, rather he worked as a business intern.