Screenwriters from Illinois

American animator, producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor and entrepreneur, founder of The Walt Disney Company (1901–1966)

American author and screenwriter (1920–2012)

American actor and filmmaker (1915–1985)

Gillian Leigh Anderson is an American actress. Her credits include the roles of FBI Special Agent Dana Scully in the series The X-Files, socialite Lily Bart in Terence Davies's film The House of Mirth (2000), DSU Stella Gibson in the BBC/RTÉ crime drama television series The Fall, sex therapist Jean Milburn in the Netflix comedy-drama Sex Education, and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the fourth season of Netflix drama series The Crown. Among other honors, she has won two Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards. She has resided in London since 2002, after earlier years divided between the United Kingdom and the United States.

American film critic and author (1942–2013)

American actor and comedian

American author, screenwriter, film director (1942–2008)

American screenwriter, film producer and director (born 1952)

American actress and comedian

American actor

American actor, producer, and screenwriter

American writer (1917–2007)

American actor (born 1970)

American actor (born 1965)

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

American actor (1949–1982)

American playwright and actor (1943–2017)

American film directors, screenwriters, and producers

American actress, screenwriter, singer, and songwriter (1939-2013)

American comedian and actor

American comedian and actor (1940–2005)

American television producer, television and film writer, and author

American director and producer (1935–2023)

American actor, comedian and filmmaker

American film director (1899–1981)

American film director, screenwriter and producer

American author and critic

American filmmaker (1950–2009)

American actress

American novelist, screenwriter and playwright (1931-2018)

American playwright, filmmaker and author (born 1947)

American filmmaker and producer

American comedian, television host and actor

American writer, director, and producer (1894–1964)

American actor (1948-2017)

Paul Andrew Richter is an American actor, comedian, writer, and talk show announcer. He is best known as the sidekick for Conan O'Brien on O'Brien's talk shows: Late Night, The Tonight Show on NBC, and Conan on TBS. He was also the star of the Fox television series Andy Richter Controls the Universe. He voiced Mort in the Madagascar film franchise and Ben Higgenbottom in the animated television series The Mighty B! on Nickelodeon. Since June 2019, Richter has hosted his own podcast, The Three Questions with Andy Richter on the Earwolf network.

American stand-up comedian

American writer and filmmaker (born 1954)

American screenwriter and author (born 1978)

American actor, director, producer and writer (born 1963)

American comedian and actor

American actor and director

American filmmaker

American actor and screenwriter

American film director (1889-1968)

American actor, film director (1864–1946)

American actor

American comedian and actor (born 1982)

American novelist, short story writer and screenwriter

American comedian and writer

American actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer

American actor and comedian

American screenwriter, producer, director and actor

actress, entertainer, singer, writer, and producer (born 1931)

American filmmaker (1947-2020)

American comedian and actor

American film director (born 1958)

American animator, storyboard artist, and director

American writer

American gossip columnist (1881-1972)