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Screenwriter Biographies
Every archived life recorded as screenwriter, ordered by their place in the ledger.
Modern era
Rajinder Singh Bedi
September 1, 1915 – November 11, 1984
Indian author, director and screenwriter
Modern era
Bapsi Sidhwa
August 11, 1938 – December 25, 2024
Pakistani American author
Modern era
Naushad
December 25, 1919 – May 5, 2006
Indian composer (1919–2006)
Modern era
Waheed Murad
October 2, 1938 – November 23, 1983
Pakistani film actor, producer and script writer (1938–1983)
Modern era
Sultan Rahi
June 24, 1938 – January 9, 1996
Pakistani actor (1938–1996)
Contemporary era
Shaan Shahid
b. April 27, 1971
Pakistani actor, screenwriter and director
Contemporary era
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
b. November 12, 1978
Pakistani filmmaker and journalist (born 1978)
Modern era
Nargis
June 1, 1929 – May 3, 1981
Indian actress (1929–1981)
Modern era
Waheeda Rehman
b. May 14, 1938
Indian actress
Modern era
Ritwik Ghatak
November 4, 1925 – February 6, 1976
Indian Bengali filmmaker and script writer (1925–1976)
Modern era
Bimal Roy
July 12, 1909 – January 8, 1966
Indian film director (1909–1966)
Modern era
K. Asif
June 14, 1922 – March 9, 1971
Indian director (1922–1971)
Modern era
P. Ramlee
March 22, 1929 – May 29, 1973
Malaysian singer, actor and film director (1929–1973)
Modern era
Nazim Hikmet
January 15, 1902 – June 3, 1963
Turkish communist poet, playwright and novelist (1902–1963)
Contemporary era
Ruhul Amin
b. 1971
Film director
Modern era
Verghese Kurien
November 26, 1921 – September 9, 2012
Indian entrepreneur
Modern era
Phanishwar Nath Renu
March 4, 1921 – April 11, 1977
Indian writer and activist (1921-1977)
Modern era
Vaikom Muhammad Basheer
January 21, 1908 – July 5, 1994
Indian author (1908–1994)
Modern era
Kalki Krishnamurthy
September 9, 1899 – December 5, 1954
Indian writer, journalist, freedom fighter and Tamil novelist (1899–1954)
Modern era
Bharathidasan
April 29, 1891 – April 21, 1964
Tamil poet, rationalist writer and Dravidian movement activist
Modern era
Jyoti Prasad Agarwala
June 17, 1903 – January 17, 1951
Playwright, songwriter, poet, writer and filmmaker (1903–1951)
Modern era
Dadasaheb Phalke
April 30, 1870 – February 16, 1944
Indian film producer, director and screenwriter (1870–1944)
Modern era
Ardeshir Irani
December 5, 1886 – October 14, 1969
Indian film director (1886–1969)
Modern era
Himansu Rai
1892 – May 19, 1940
Indian filmmaker (1892–1940)
Modern era
Fatma Begum
1892 – 1983
Indian actress and director
Modern era
Pramathesh Barua
October 24, 1903 – November 29, 1951
Indian actor (1903–1951)
Modern era
V. Shantaram
November 18, 1901 – October 30, 1990
Indian film director and actor (1901–1990)
Modern era
A. R. Kardar
October 2, 1904 – November 22, 1989
Indian actor and director
Modern era
Uday Shankar
December 8, 1900 – September 26, 1977
Indian dancer, choreographer, and actor (1900-1977)
Modern era
Georges Clemenceau
September 28, 1841 – November 24, 1929
Prime Minister of France, 1906–1909 and 1917–1920 (1841–1929)
Modern era
Fred Hoyle
June 24, 1915 – August 20, 2001
British astronomer (1915–2001)
Modern era
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
March 6, 1806 – June 29, 1861
English poet (1806–1861)
Modern era
Joseph Conrad
December 3, 1857 – August 3, 1924
Polish-British writer (1857–1924)
Modern era
Henry James
April 15, 1843 – February 28, 1916
American and British writer (1843–1916)
Modern era
E. M. Forster
January 1, 1879 – June 7, 1970
English novelist (1879-1970)
Modern era
W. H. Auden
February 21, 1907 – September 29, 1973
British-American poet (1907–1973)
Modern era
Dylan Thomas
October 27, 1914 – November 9, 1953
Welsh poet and writer (1914–1953)
Modern era
Dorothy Parker
August 22, 1893 – June 7, 1967
American poet, short story writer, critic and satirist (1893-1967)
Modern era
Truman Capote
September 30, 1924 – August 25, 1984
American writer (1924-1984)
Modern era
Joseph Heller
May 1, 1923 – December 12, 1999
American writer
Modern era
Joan Didion
December 5, 1934 – December 23, 2021
American writer (1934-2021)
Modern era
Susan Sontag
January 16, 1933 – December 28, 2004
American writer and filmmaker, professor, and activist (1933–2004)
Modern era
Jack Kerouac
March 12, 1922 – October 21, 1969
American writer (1922–1969)
Modern era
Charles Bukowski
August 16, 1920 – March 9, 1994
German-American writer (1920–1994)
Modern era
Astrid Lindgren
November 14, 1907 – January 28, 2002
Swedish writer of fiction and screenplays (1907–2002)
Modern era
Clarice Lispector
December 10, 1920 – December 9, 1977
Ukrainian-Brazilian writer, poet, and journalist (1920–1977)
Modern era
Julio Cortazar
August 26, 1914 – February 12, 1984
Argentine writer and translator (1914–1984)
Modern era
Erich Maria Remarque
June 22, 1898 – September 25, 1970
German-born novelist (1898–1970)
Modern era
Gunter Grass
October 16, 1927 – April 13, 2015
German novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, and sculptor (1927-2015)
Modern era
Milan Kundera
April 1, 1929 – July 11, 2023
Franco-Czechoslovak poet and novelist (1929—2023)
Modern era
Yasunari Kawabata
June 11, 1899 – April 16, 1972
Japanese novelist (1899–1972)
Modern era
Munshi Premchand
July 31, 1880 – October 8, 1936
Indian writer of Hindi and Urdu fiction (1880–1936); pioneer of social realism in Hindustani literature
Modern era
R. K. Narayan
October 10, 1906 – May 13, 2001
Indian English-language writer (1906–2001)
Contemporary era
Salman Rushdie
b. June 19, 1947
Indian-born English and American novelist (born 1947)
Modern era
Ursula K. Le Guin
October 21, 1929 – January 22, 2018
American fantasy and science fiction author (1929–2018)
Contemporary era
Terry Pratchett
April 28, 1948 – March 12, 2015
English fantasy author (1948–2015)
Modern era
Ayn Rand
February 2, 1905 – March 6, 1982
Russian-born American writer and public philosopher (1905–1982)
Modern era
Man Ray
August 27, 1890 – November 18, 1976
American and French visual artist (1890–1976)
Modern era
Ken Saro-Wiwa
October 10, 1941 – November 10, 1995
Nigerian social rights activist (1941–1995)
Modern era
Janusz Korczak
July 21, 1878 – August 7, 1942
Polish-Jewish educator and physician (1878–1942)