Screenwriters from Missouri

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

American filmmaker (1925–2006)

James Francis Gunn Jr. is an American filmmaker. He began his career as a screenwriter in the mid-1990s, starting at Troma Entertainment with Tromeo and Juliet (1996). He then began working as a director, starting with the horror-comedy film Slither (2006), and moving to the superhero genre with Super (2010), Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), The Suicide Squad (2021), and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023).

American author and critic

American actor and comedian

American screenwriter and director

American film director, screenwriter, actor (1946-2009)

American animator, cartoonist, director, and producer (1906–1995)

American actress and director

Playwright, poet, author (1886–1958)

American screenwriter, producer and film director

American playwright (born 1977)

American actor and screenwriter (1961–2017)

American film director, screenwriter and actor (1888-1950)

American actor

American actor and screenwriter (1885-1966)

American comics and screenwriter

actor, Film director, Screenwriter (1883-1964)

American comic writer (1947–2008)

American actress and screenwriter (1916–2017)

American film director, television director, television producer and screenwriter

American animator and film director (1880–1940)

American screenwriter

American novelist (1889–1968)

screenwriter, director, producer, television composer (1898-1974)

American film director, producer, and screenwriter (1894-1968)

American screenwriter (1914-1987)

American screenwriter, film actor, director and producer

actor, screenwriter (1910-1994)

American screenwriter

American film director (1934–2011)

American film director (1939–2024)

American writer (1897-1972)

American stage and film director

American playwright

American author and screenwriter (1912-1991)

American screenwriter (1885-1931)

American screenwriter

American actor (1908–1978)

American producer and writer (1911–2005)

American screenwriter and dramatist (1884–1933)

American filmmaker

American screenwriter and film editor (1889–1950)

American actress, film director and screenwriter (1890-1925)

Comedian, television writer and columnist (1899–1982)

American film director

American writer, producer, actress and comedian (1925-2015)

American playwright

US Navy officer

Recipient of the Purple Heart medal (1943-1999)

American director and screenwriter

American writer

American writer

American filmmaker

American journalist (1867-1954)

screenwriter (1898-1976)