Category
page 1Screenwriters from Michigan

Francis Ford Coppola
American filmmaker (born 1939)

Sam Raimi
American filmmaker (born 1959)

John Hughes
American filmmaker (1950–2009)

Keegan-Michael Key
Keegan-Michael Key is an American actor, comedian, producer, and writer. He and Jordan Peele co-created and co-starred in the sketch series Key & Peele (2012–2015) for which he received one Primetime Emmy Award from ten nominations. He also acted in the sketch series Mad TV (2004–2009), sitcom Playing House (2014–2017), the comedy series Friends from College (2017–2019) and the series Reboot (2022). He also appeared alongside Peele in the first season of the series Fargo in 2014, and had a recurring role on Parks and Recreation from 2013 to 2015. Key later starred in the musical comedy series Schmigadoon! (2021–2023).

Mary Lynn Rajskub
American actress (born 1971)

Seth Meyers
American comedian, television host and actor

Andy Richter
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.
Harriet Quimby
American aviator, screenwriter (1875-1912)

Paul Schrader
American screenwriter and film director (born 1946)

David S. Goyer
American filmmaker, novelist, and comic book writer
Art Clokey
American animator (1921-2010)

Dax Shepard
American podcaster and actor

Ted Raimi
American actor

Butch Hartman
American animator (born 1965)

Paul Feig
American filmmaker and actor

Tim Meadows
American actor and comedian

James Lipton
poet, talk show host, writer, teacher (1926-2020)

Geoff Johns
American comic book writer

Vincenzo Natali
American-born Canadian director and screenwriter

Mark Waters
American film director

Al Jean
American television writer and producer (born 1961)

Richard Quine
American actor and director (1920-1989)

David Robert Mitchell
American director and writer

Bill Prady
American television writer and producer

Burt Kennedy
American film director and screenwriter (1922-2001)

Chris Savino
American comic book artist and animator (born 1971)

Gene Reynolds
American actor, producer, writer, director (1923-2020)

Stephanie Sheh
Taiwanese-American voice actress

Joel Surnow
American television producer

William Malone
American horror filmmaker

Joe Swanberg
American filmmaker

Jacqueline Kim
American actor and filmmaker

Sam Richardson
American actor, comedian, writer, and producer

Mike Binder
American actor

Michael Schur
American television producer and writer

Dan Scanlon
American animator

Howard Estabrook
actor, director, producer, screenwriter (1884-1978)

James Schamus
American filmmaker (born 1959)

David Magee
American screenwriter and actor

Terry Rossio
American writer (born 1960)

Dick Martin
American comedian and actor (1922–2008)
John Briley
American screenwriter (1925-2019)

Jane Murfin
American writer (1884-1955)

Bruce Joel Rubin
American screenwriter

Stirling Silliphant
American screenwriter (1918–1996)

Matthew Michael Carnahan
American screenwriter

Jon Glaser
American actor
Judith Guest
Novelist, screenwriter

Tim Robinson
American comedian

Horace B. Carpenter
actor, Film director (1875-1945)

Lule Warrenton
American actress, director, and producer (1862–1932)

Ivan Raimi
American physician

Kevin Jarre
American screenwriter (1954–2011)

William Dear
film director

Kerry Conran
American film director and screenwriter

Cherry Chevapravatdumrong
American writer
Kurt Luedtke
playwright, screenwriter (1939-2020)

Scott Spiegel
American film director

Walter Edwards
American director, screenwriter and actor (1870-1920)
Pete Dexter
American writer