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Dalton Trumbo (1905 - 1976) was one of the most successful screenwriters in the country when he was subpoenaed in 1947 to testify before the House American Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) investigating citizens suspected of having Communist leanings.

Joe Eszterhas was the most successful screenwriter in Hollywood at the time, selling scripts for «Jagged Edge,» «Basic Instinct,» «Sliver» and, uh, «Showgirls» for record - breaking sums.

Dan is a successful screenwriter in his own right, and now Nightcrawler is his directorial feature debut (he's also the sole writer credited.)

Not exact matches

Though screenwriter Mark Malone isn't completely successful in avoiding the Obvious, there is much to cherish in Signs of Life.

Successful Hollywood screenwriter Dalton Trumbo is also a member of the Communist Party in the 1940s.

For example: last summer screenwriter / director Charlie Kaufman and former «Community» writer / producer Dan Harmon (two pretty successful guys in their own right) hit the crowdfunding site looking for backers to help get the stop - motion animated «Anomalisa» off the ground.

In addition to being an actor and screenwriter, How I Met Your Mother alum Jason Segel is also a successful children's author.

As the title suggests, the film takes place in an idyllic Paris, where a successful but unhappy screenwriter, Gil (Owen Wilson), and his fiancée, Inez (Rachel McAdams), are on vacation with her parents.

Synopsis: The successful career of Hollywood screenwriter, Dalton Trumbo, comes to an end when he's blacklisted in the 1940s for being a Communist.

It's a testament to The Howling «s quality that the main creative team behind it went on to even bigger accomplishments later in their careers — Joe Dante directed the hugely - successful Gremlins for Steven Spielberg, Sayles became a highly respected independent filmmaker and Oscar - nominated screenwriter, and Bottin would be nominated for an Academy Award six years later for his work on Legend, before being awarded a Special Achievement Oscar in 1991 for his spectacular makeup effects on Paul Verhoeven's Total Recall.

The successful collaboration between star Ryan Reynolds, director Tim Miller, and screenwriters Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick set a new standard for comic book accuracy in film, and they did it with an R - rating and a $ 58 million budget to boot.

In what the screenwriters feel is a necessary subplot, one of crewmen (Affleck, Phantoms) is getting it on with his Stamper's daughter (Tyler, U Turn) and they will soon be married should the mission be successful.

In 1947, successful screenwriter Dalton Trumbo (Bryan Cranston) and other Hollywood figures get blacklisted for their political beliefs.

Nicolas Cage plays a screenwriter named Charlie Kaufman who's stuck in his attempt to adapt a bestseller; it doesn't help when his successful brother (also played by Cage) shows up.

The Woman (Director: Lucky McKee; Screenwriters: Jack Ketchum and Lucky McKee)-- When a successful country lawyer captures and attempts to «civilize» the last remaining member of a violent clan that has roamed the Northeast coast for decades, he puts the lives of his family in jeopardy.

It's an acknowledged classic now, but this fourth feature from director Martin Scorsese and the third produced screenplay from critic turned master screenwriter Paul Schrader was as controversial in the bicentennial year of 1976 as successful movies get.

A Riesling to Die The Wine Trail Mysteries # 1 By J. C. Eaton ISBN 978516107988 jceatonauthor.com Brought to you by OBS Reviewer Jeanie Synopsis: Norrie Ellington is a successful screenwriter living in New York City.

Working as book publicists in Hollywood these many years has given us the ability to personally know and work with numerous movie and TV star celebrities as well as famous best seller celebrity authors, studio heads, producers, directors and many successful screenwriters as well.