2012 Event At the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, screenwriter and filmmaker Michael Haneke wins the Palm D'Or for 'Love' 2002 Death Adolph Green, "lyricist, screenwriter", Singin' in the Rain, dies at 86 2000 Death "Ring Lardner, Jr", writer, M*A*S*H screenwriter, dies at 85 1998 Death Jerome Bixby, screenwriter/writer, Twilight Zone, dies at 75 1997 Death Tom Blackburn, writer, author, screenwriter, lyricist, worked for Walt Disney's story department, dies at 71 1996 Death Steve Tesich, screenwriter/playwright, dies at 53 1996 Death Lonne Elder, playwright/screenwriter, dies at 69 1996 Death Stirling Silliphant, screenwriter, dies at 78 1996 Death Lucio Fulci, director, screenwriter, actor, known for directing gore films, dies at 68 1995 Death John Patrick, screenwriter, dies at 90 1995 Death Jack Rose, screenwriter, dies at 83 1995 Death Howard Koch, screenwriter, dies at 92 1995 Death Eleanore Griffin, screenwriter, dies 1995 Death Charles Bennett, screenwriter, dies at 95 1995 Death Irving Shulman, author/screenwriter, dies at 81 1995 Death Albert Maurice Hackett, playwright/screenwriter, dies at 95 1994 Death James Hill, English director/screenwriter (Born Free), dies at 75 1994 Death Robert Bloch, screenwriter (Psycho), dies of cancer at 77 1994 Death Jack Davies, screenwriter, dies at 80 1994 Death Joeri Nagibin, Russian screenwriter (Babje Karstvo), dies at 74 1994 Death Sidney Gilliat, British screenwriter/director, dies at 86 1994 Death Rupert Haselden, journalist/screenwriter, dies at 36 1993 Death Herve Bromberger, French director/screenwriter, dies at 75 1993 Death Walter Brown Newman, U.S. screenwriter (Cat Ballou), dies at 77 1993 Death Richard Landau, U.S. screenwriter (Back to Bataan), dies at 79 1993 Death Bob Verstraete, Dutch actor/screenwriter/director (Alicia), dies at 71 1993 Death Ken England, U.S. screenwriter (Good Girls Go to Paris), dies at 82 1993 Death Daniel Fuchs, U.S., screenwriter (Hard Way), dies at 84 1993 Death Jean Negulesco, film director and screenwriter dies at 93 1993 Death Michael Kanin, screenwriter (Woman of the Year), dies at 83 1993 Death Wells Root, U.S. screenwriter (Prisoner of Zenda), dies at 92 1993 Death Paul D Zimmerman, U.S. screenwriter (King of Comedy), dies at 54 1993 Death Aben Kandel, screenwriter (Dinner at 8), dies of heart failure at 96 1992 Death Henry Ephron, U.S. screenwriter (Daddy Long Legs), dies at 81 1992 Death Philip Dunne, screenwriter, dies of cancer at 84 1992 Death Helen Deutsch, screenwriter, dies of natural causes 1992 Death Meade Roberts, screenwriter, dies of congestive heart failure at 61 1991 Death William Gordon, screenwriter (Back to Bataan), dies 1990 Death Juliet Berto, screenwriter/actress (Bastienne Bastien), dies at 42 1989 Death Pierre Boileau, screenwriter (Vertigo), dies at 82 1987 Death Mervyn Leroy, actor/screenwriter/director (Quo Vadis), dies at 86 1984 Death John Lee Mahin, screenwriter, dies of emphysema at 81 1981 Death Georges Brassens, French screenwriter, dies 1981 Death Paddy Chayefsky, screenwriter (Network, Hospital) dies of cancer at 58 1973 Death Samuel N Behrman, U.S. stage/screenwriter (Quo Vardis), dies at 80 1973 Death Frances Marion, screenwriter (Pollyanna, Camille), dies at 85 1972 Birthday Ben Affleck, born in Berkeley, California, actor, director, screenwriter, Academy-award winner for Good Will Hunting, 1987, founded production company LivePlanet with actor Matt Damon 1971 Birthday Matt Stone, born in Houston, Texas, musician, actor, screenwriter, co-creator of 'South Park' Emmy-Award winning television series, co-created film, 'Team America: World Police' 1970 Birthday Doug E. Doug, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, screenwriter, comedian, played Griffith Vesey on television sitcom Cosby, voice of Bernie in the animated movie Shark Tale, and Sanka Coffie in film Cool Runnings 1968 Birthday Guy Ritchie, born in Hatfield, England, filmmaker, screenwriter, music video director, directed 'Snatch', 'Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels' 1967 Birthday Liev Schreiber, born in San Francisco, California, actor, director, screenwriter, appeared in 'X-Men Origins', 'The Manchurian Candidate', 'Salt' 1967 Death Frank Butler, actor/screenwriter (Road to Bali, China), dies at 76 1964 Birthday Joss Whedon, born in New York City, New York, screenwriter, producer, director, head writer for 'Dollhouse', 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' 'Angel' television programs 1963 Birthday Mike Myers, born in Scarborough, Canada, comedian, voice actor, screenwriter, film producer, movies include 'Wayne's World', 'Austin Powers', 'Shrek' 1963 Birthday Quentin Tarantino, director and screenwriter, Pulp Fiction 1962 Birthday Nia Vardalos, born in Winnipeg, Canada, actress, screenwriter, producer, appeared in film 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding' and 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' television show 1961 Birthday Alexander Payne, born in Omaha, Nebraska, film director, screenwriter, co-wrote, 'About Schmidt' and 'I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry' 1960 Death Dudley Nichols, American Screenwriter 1959 Death Preston Sturges, Edmund Biden, U.S. director/screenwriter, dies at 60 1959 Birthday John Singleton, born in Los Angeles, California, director and screenwriter, 'Boyz n The Hood' 1958 Birthday Charlie Kaufman, American Screenwriter 1958 Birthday Julie Brown, born in Van Nuys, California, singer, comedienne, screenwriter, appeared in 'Earth Girls are Easy', songs include, 'The Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun' 1958 Birthday Mitch Albom, born in Passaic, New Jersey, author, screenwriter, sold over 26 million books worldwide, works include, 'Tuesdays with Morrie', 'The Five People You Meet in Heaven' 1957 Death John W. Van Druten, U.S. stage/screenwriter (I Remember Mama), dies at 56 1957 Birthday Rupert Haselden, journalist/Screenwriter 1957 Birthday Brad Bird, born in Kalispell, Montana, director, screenwriter, animator known for 'The Incredibles' and 'Ratatouille', directed and animated the 2-D film, 'The Iron Giant' 1956 Birthday Mark Handley, born in Hollywood, California, writer, screenwriter, playwright, married, lived in log cabin with his wife to live in isolation, wrote play Idioglossia, which became the film, Nell, starring Jodie Foster, 1994, directed by Michael Apted 1954 Birthday Alex Cox, born in Bebington, Mereyside, England, screenwriter, film director, independent film producer, actor, author, directed film 'Repo Man', wrote book '10,000 Ways to Die' 1952 Birthday Roberto Benigni, born in Manciano, Italy, actor, comedian, screenwriter, best known for movie, 'Life Is Beautiful', Academy-Award winner for Best Actor 1951 Birthday Pedro Almodovar, Spain, director/screenwriter, Kika, Matador 1951 Birthday Dean Pitchford, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, prolific songwriter, screenwriter, director, actor, novelist, Oscar, Golden Globe award-winner, wrote with composers Alan Menken, Rupert Holmes, collaborated on songs for movie, Fame, wrote screenplay for movie, 'Footloose' 1945 Birthday Andrew Bergman, director/screenwriter, Soapdish, Honeymoon in Vegas 1944 Birthday Joe Eszterhas, screenwriter, Basic Instinct, Showgirls 1942 Birthday Steve Tesich, screenwriter/playwright 1942 Birthday Tom Mankiewicz, born in Los Angeles, California, screenwriter, Diamonds are Forever 1941 Birthday Nora Ephron, New York, novelist/screenwriter/director, Michael, Heartburn 1934 Birthday Robert Towne, producer/screenwriter, Chinatown 1932 Birthday Terence Frisby, poet/screenwriter, There's a Girl in My Soup 1930 Birthday Buck Henry, New York City, screenwriter/comedian, SNL, Get Smart 1928 Birthday Ernest R Tidyman, Ohio, novelist/screenwriter, French Connection 1927 Birthday Lucio Fulci, born in Rome, Italy, director, screenwriter, actor, known for directing gore films, Zombi 2 and The Beyond, other genres, including giallo, western, comedy 1924 Birthday Jean J A Girault, French director/screenwriter, l'Amour 1923 Birthday Tom Blackburn, born in Raton, New Mexico, writer, author, screenwriter, lyricist, worked for Walt Disney's story department, wrote lyrics to The Ballad of Davy Crockett 1922 Birthday Stewart Stern, screenwriter, Rebel Without A Cause 1920 Birthday I. A. L. Diamond, screenwriter, 1960 Academy Award-Apartment 1919 Birthday John Michael Hayes, born in Massachusetts, screenwriter, scripted several famous Alfred Hitchcock films 1918 Birthday Rene de Obaldia, French writer/screenwriter, Fugue Waterloo 1918 Birthday Ida Lupino, actress screenwriter director/producer, Jennifer 1918 Birthday Stirling Silliphant, screenwriter 1918 Birthday Ted Willis, prolific English screenwriter, It's Great to be Young 1915 Birthday Lardner Ring, Jr., Chicago, screenwriter, Woman of the Year 1914 Birthday Howard Fast, New York City, screenwriter, Rachel and the Stranger, Spartacus 1914 Birthday George Tabori, born in Budapest, Gyorgy Tabori, writer, theater director, worked for BBC in London, moved to United States, became screenwriter, translated works by Bertolt Brecht, Max Frisch 1913 Birthday Jack Davies, screenwriter 1913 Birthday Irving Shulman, author/screenwriter 1911 Birthday Jack Rose, screenwriter 1911 Birthday John Paxton, screenwriter, On The Beach, Kotch, Farewell My Lovely 1909 Birthday Joan Harrison, screenwriter 1909 Birthday Richard Maibaum, New York City, screenwriter, Goldfinger 1908 Birthday Leendert P J Braat, Dutch sculptor/screenwriter 1906 Death Guiseppe Giacosa, Italian screenwriter (libretti opera Puccini), dies 1905 Birthday John Patrick, screenwriter 1903 Birthday Walter Reisch, U.S., screenwriter, Ninotchka, Gaslight, Titanic 1903 Birthday Niven Busch, U.S. screenwriter, Postman Always Rings Twice 1902 Birthday Howard Koch, screenwriter 1902 Birthday Cesare Zavattini, Italian screenwriter, Ladri di Biciclette 1902 Birthday Cesare Zavattini, Italian screenwriter, Bicycle Thiefs 1900 Birthday Jean Negulesco, born in Craiova, Dolj, Romania, film director, screenwriter, directed The Mask of Dimitrios, Three Strangers, Academy award nominee for Johnny Belinda 1900 Birthday Albert Maurice Hackett, playwright/screenwriter 1900 Birthday Jacques Prevert, France, poet/screenwriter, Paroles 1899 Birthday Charles Bennett, screenwriter 1895 Birthday Dudley Nichols, American Screenwriter 1893 Birthday Samuel N. Behrman, U.S. screenwriter, Tale of 2 Cities, Daddy Long Legs 1893 Birthday Ben Hecht, New York City, novelist/playwright/screenwriter, Front Page 1891 Birthday Wallace Reid, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor/dir/screenwriter, Every Inch a Man 1890 Birthday Marcel L'Herbier, French director/screenwriter, El Dorado 1888 Birthday Frances Marion, born in San Francisco, California, screenwriter/actress, Pollyanna 1853 Birthday Joseph Sickman Corsen, Curacao, musician/composer/screenwriter
