Screenwriters from Arkansas

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.

American filmmaker (born 1975)

American film director

American filmmaker (born 1978)

American film director and screenwriter (1936-1993)

American writer and film director

American playwright and director

American sci-fi writer and producer

American actress and writer (1886-1974)

American film director

American actress (1913-2008)

American writer, musician and blues producer (1945–1997)

Director, screenwriter, producer, set decorator, cinematographer, and actor (1938-2010)

American screenwriter (1929-2007)

American actor and comedian

African American novelist, memoirist (1955–2009)