American male screenwriters

American filmmaker (born 1959)

American television screenwriter and producer (1921–1991)

Stanley Tucci Jr. is an American actor. Known as a character actor, he has played a wide variety of roles, earning numerous accolades for his work.

American actor, comedian, and screenwriter

American filmmaker (born 1958)

American actor and filmmaker (born 1966)

American film director and screenwriter (born 1943)

American fiction writer (1926–2013)

American actor and comedian (1952–2023)

American filmmaker (born 1969)

Canadian-American actor (born 1952)

German-American actor and film director (1892–1947)

American choreographer, dancer, and director (1927–1987)

American film director, producer, photographer and musician (born 1952)

American filmmaker (born 1968)

American actor

American filmmaker, composer and actor (born 1948)

American filmmaker (born 1966)

James Christian Kimmel is an American television host and comedian. He is best known as the host and executive producer of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, which has aired on ABC since 2003. Kimmel has hosted the Primetime Emmy Awards three times, in 2012, 2016 and 2020, and the Academy Awards four times, in 2017, 2018, 2023, and 2024.

American novelist and screenwriter

American director, screenwriter, and producer (born 1964)

American playwright and actor (1943–2017)

American actor (born 1957)

American film director, producer and screenwriter (1896–1977)

Austrian film director (1907-1997)

Paul Thomas Anderson, also known by his initials PTA, is an American filmmaker. Often described as one of the preeminent filmmakers of his generation, he is the recipient of three Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, four BAFTAs, three Critics Choice Awards, and nominations for a Grammy. He is the only person to have won the Academy Award for Best Director and directorial prizes at Europe's three major film festivals: Cannes Film Festival, Venice Film Festival, and the Berlin International Film Festival. In addition to those accolades, he won the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival.

Zachary Israel Braff is an American actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his role as John Michael "J.D." Dorian on the NBC/ABC television series Scrubs, for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series in 2005 as well as for three Golden Globe Awards from 2005 to 2007. He starred in The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy (2000), The Last Kiss (2006), The Ex (2006), and In Dubious Battle (2016). He has done voice-work for Chicken Little (2005) and Oz the Great and Powerful (2013).

American filmmaker (born 1970)

American film director, screenwriter and producer (1922-2010)

American actor, comedian, musician, and filmmaker (born 1983)

American film director (1925–1984)

American actor and comedian

American comedian and actor (1940–2005)

American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

American screenwriter, film director, actor, and producer

American actor, director, screenwriter, playwright, producer, author, and songwriter

American actor, animator and filmmaker (born 1969)

American film director, screenwriter, and producer (born 1943)

American director and screenwriter (born 1960)

American film director (1939–2022)

Greek-American actor, film director, and screenwriter (1929–1989)

French-American filmmaker

American filmmaker (born 1961)

Russian-American film director (1895-1980)

American filmmaker

American novelist (born 1943)

American actor, playwright and screenwriter (1892-1962)

American actor, animator and filmmaker (born 1971)

American film producer (1902–1965)

American actor, director and professional wrestler

American novelist (b. 1964)

American actor, comedian and filmmaker (born 1979)

American actor, screenwriter and director (born 1962)

American actor, comedian, and filmmaker (1944–2014)

David Khari Webber Chappelle is an American stand-up comedian, actor and former sketch comedian. He debuted his half-hour TV special in 1998 and his hour-long TV special in 2000. He co-created and starred in the sketch comedy series Chappelle's Show (2003–2006) on Comedy Central before quitting in the middle of production of the third season. After a hiatus, Chappelle returned to performing stand-up comedy across the United States. By 2006, Chappelle was called the "comic genius of America" by Esquire magazine and, in 2013, "the best" by a Billboard writer. In 2017, Rolling Stone ranked him No. 9 in their "50 Best Stand Up Comics of All Time".

American actor (1905–1994)

American cartoonist (1901-2000)

American director, writer, and producer (born 1940)

American film director, producer, screenwriter and cinematographer (1904–1975)

American film director, screenwriter and producer