Screenwriters from New Jersey

Steven Allan Spielberg is an American filmmaker. A major figure of the New Hollywood era and pioneer of the modern blockbuster, Spielberg is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema and he is the second highest-grossing film director of all time. Among other accolades, he has received three Academy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, four BAFTA Awards, twelve Emmy Awards, a Tony Award, and a Grammy Award, as well as the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1995, an honorary knighthood in 2001, the Kennedy Center Honor in 2006, the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2009, the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015, and the National Medal of Arts in 2023. According to Forbes, he is one of the world's wealthiest celebrities. He is one of 22 people to achieve EGOT status.

George Raymond Richard Martin, also known by the initials G.R.R.M., is an American author, screenwriter, and television producer. Martin is best known as the author of the epic fantasy novel series A Song of Ice and Fire, which was adapted by HBO into the Primetime Emmy Award–winning television series Game of Thrones (2011–2019) and its prequel series House of the Dragon (2022–present). Martin also wrote a related series of novellas, Tales of Dunk and Egg, which have been adapted by HBO as A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (2026–present). Outside of A Song of Ice and Fire and its related media, Martin helped create the Wild Cards anthology series and contributed worldbuilding for the video game Elden Ring (2022).

American comedian, actor and film director (1926–2017)

Edward Allen Harris is an American actor and filmmaker. Harris received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performances in Apollo 13 (1995), The Truman Show (1998), and The Hours (2002). He also directed and starred in Pollock (2000) and Appaloosa (2008).

American novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter (1947-2024)

American actor

American poet, short story writer, critic and satirist (1893-1967)

American and French visual artist (1890–1976)

American film director, producer and actor (1881–1959)

American film director and screenwriter

American actor (born 1936)

American comedian, actor, screenwriter, producer, and director

American comedian, writer, producer, activist, and television host

American television screenwriter and producer (1921–1991)

Stephen Tyrone Colbert is an American comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, actor, and television host. He is best known for hosting the Comedy Central news satire show The Colbert Report from 2005 to 2014, and the CBS talk show The Late Show with Stephen Colbert since September 2015.

Zachary Israel Braff is an American actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his role as John Michael "J.D." Dorian on the NBC/ABC television series Scrubs, for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series in 2005 as well as for three Golden Globe Awards from 2005 to 2007. He starred in The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy (2000), The Last Kiss (2006), The Ex (2006), and In Dubious Battle (2016). He has done voice-work for Chicken Little (2005) and Oz the Great and Powerful (2013).

American actor (1945–2013)

French-American filmmaker

American film director, writer and producer

American actor, playwright and screenwriter (1892-1962)

American director, writer, and producer (born 1940)

American film director

American actor and filmmaker (1936–1991)

American screenwriter, producer and director (born 1968)

American actor, writer and film director

American pornographic actress and director

American author (1940–2006)

American screenwriter, director and producer

American actress

American silent film actress, singer, model (1889–1946)

American director and producer

American comedian, actor, artist, musician, writer, and humorist

American film director (1913–1972)

American playwright and screenwriter (born 1961)

American actor and director

American actor, comedian and writer

American director, writer, producer, actor (1941-2012)

American screenwriter (1939–2019)

American television writer (born 1966)

American film and television actor (1923–1995)

American screenwriter and film director

American journalist, novelist and screenwriter (1904-1977)

American writer (1940–2023)

American film producer (1950-2005)

American actor and comedian

American television screenwriter, producer, and director

American actor and comedian

American screenwriter and executive producer

American comedian

American screenwriter and producer

American television director

American historian and novelist (1892–1962)

American author and screenwriter

American actress

American writer (1906-1995)

American filmmaker, YouTuber, and Internet personality

American writer (1890-1984)

American actress, film director and writer

American comedian and actor (1933-1998)

American actor and writer