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Billy Bob Thornton
Billy Bob Thornton is an American actor, filmmaker, screenwriter, and singer-songwriter. He received international attention after writing, directing and starring in the independent drama film Sling Blade (1996), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. For his role in A Simple Plan (1998), he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
David Gordon Green
American filmmaker (born 1975)
Jeff Nichols
American film director
Lee Isaac Chung
American filmmaker (born 1978)
James Bridges
American film director and screenwriter (1936-1993)
Jeb Stuart
American writer and film director
David Auburn
American playwright and director
Kenneth Johnson
American sci-fi writer and producer
Ouida Bergère
American actress and writer (1886-1974)
Jay Russell
American film director
Kay Linaker
American actress (1913-2008)
Robert Palmer
American writer, musician and blues producer (1945–1997)

Charles B. Pierce
Director, screenwriter, producer, set decorator, cinematographer, and actor (1938-2010)
Jack B. Sowards
American screenwriter (1929-2007)
Matt Besser
American actor and comedian
E. Lynn Harris
African American novelist, memoirist (1955–2009)