Los Angeles is called the city of Angeles. Its
scenic beauty and mountains may have earned this name for the city, but the
Angelinos have also contributed vastly in earning this name. Los Angeles is a
city with a second largest population in the USA after New York, but possibly
in terms of having most talented people, it is unarguably the number one. It is
home to many successful actors, directors and people who showed their talent in
many fields of activity. But how many of you are aware of the fact that it is
the home to some of the most successful and top rated screenwriters. Among them
the most famous are
David Koepp – this UCLA graduate in film studies is unarguably
the most famous scriptwriters in Los Angeles. This 50 years American writer, to
his credit, wrote several megahit projects like Toy Soldiers, Jurassic Park,
Mission Impossible, Spider Man, Panic room, Jathura, War of the Worlds and
Angles and Demons, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, The
Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 and so on. He is
one of the top paid screenwriters of all time. He has the niche for writing any
kind of entertainment scripts. He has received academy awards several times in
his career.
Thomas H. Schulman – he got Academy Award for dead poets society in Best
Screenplay Academy Award for 1989. We experienced his fine craftsmanship many
times in movies like Honey, I Shrunk the
Kids, 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag, Welcome to Mooseport, What About Bob?, , Holy
Man and Medicine Man. He is the vice president of the Writers Guild of America,
West.
Terry Rossio – Rossio’ss immense talent in writing scripts is the
result of the success of the films like Little Monsters, Aladdin, The Puppet
Masters, Men in Black, The Mask of Zorro, Antz, Godzilla, Small Soldiers, The
Road to El Dorado, Shrek, Treasure Planet, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse
of the Black Pearl 2003 Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas, National Treasure,
The Legend of Zorro, Déjà Vu, The Lone Ranger and so on. He has done his
bachelor’s degree from California State University. He has been awarded several
international awards, including the Academy Awards, numerous times in his life.
This powerhouse of talent is fluent in writing all genres of scripts and the
success of the films are the proof of that.
Steve Martin - Martin is unarguably one of the finest actors in
comic role the world has ever seen, but he also penned several scripts for many
successful films as well. He has been nominated many times for Academy
Awards and won it 3 times and once with Alec Baldwin for his acting. Some of
his famous writings are L.A. Story and Roxanne: Two Screenplays , Pure Drive,
Bowfinger, Eric Fischl, Modern Library Humor and Wit Series, Shopgirl , Kindly
Lent Their Owner, The Underpants: A Play, The Pleasure of My Company. He is
also a singer and producer as well.
Joe Eszterhas – this 69 year old Hungarian – American writer is one
of the best in writing thriller stories. He is also one of the highest paid
writers in Hollywood as well. 16 films in which he wrote the scripts have done
business of more than one billion. Hearts of Fire (1987), Betrayed (1988), Checking
Out (1989), Music Box (1989), Basic Instinct (1992), Nowhere to Run (1993), Sliver
(1993), Showgirls (1995), Jade (1995), and Telling Lies in America (1997) are
some of his greatest creations.
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