20th-century American screenwriters

Australian screenwriter (1910–1999)

American songwriter, film and television producer and writer

screenwriter, actor, and director (1936-2009)

American actor (1914-2003)

American actor and comedian

film director (1898-1951)

American film director, producer and screenwriter (1899–1981)

American music critic and screenwriter (1872–1945)

screenwriter (1899-1967)

American actress (1904-1989)

American actor (1908–1978)

American playwright (1922–2008)

American writer (1906–1983)

American filmmaker (1891–1938)

American actress (1876-1958)

American screenwriter

American writer, director and producer

silent film actor, director, and writer (1886-1970)

Greek screenwriter

American actress (1881-1950)

American actor, director and songwriter

American screenwriter, actor, and film director (1886-1937)

Native American actor and comedian (1951–2013)

American film producer and screenwriter (1918–1997)

American dramatist

American theater and film director (1857-1939)

American television writer and producer (1935–2023)

playwright, screenwriter, director (1911-1992)

American politician (1915-1997)

American actor, director, and librettist (1897-1958)

American screenwriter (1884–1965)

American writer

American film director, actor and screenwriter (1880–1943)

American screenwriter and playwright

American actor (1938–2002)

American film director (1911–1993)

Austrian-born American producer and director (1900-1979)

American screenwriter (1882–1941)

American screenwriter and film director

American sportswriter

American filmmaker (1923-2004)

actress (1848-1924)

American screenwriter and television executive/producer (1927-1996)

American film director and screenwriter (1914-2008)

American screenwriter (1880–1961)

American producer and writer (1911–2005)

American screenwriter, producer and voice actor (1932-2006)

American screenwriter (1906–1995)

American writer and filmmaker

American screenwriter

American television producer

American television director, producer and writer

Hollywood screenwriter and film producer (1913-1994)

American writer (1902–1977)

Screenwriter, producer

screenwriter, television producer, television writer (1914-1971)

American writer, screenwriter (1890-1974)

American writer (1946–2025)

American screenwriter

Norwegian-Canadian novelist and screenwriter (1900-1963)