New York, ‘the city that never sleeps’ is famous for
so many things in the world. From its skyscrapers to its shopping plazas and
world’s best restaurants and discos and everything else one can think of, this
city gave birth to a lot of top entertainment writers of USA and mainstream English movies. These
screenwriters with their credit, are now not only famous in the USA or any other
English speaking country, but also all over the world for their fine skill of
writing. Some of the best entertainment writers of New York
are
Woody
Allen – this American director, screenwriter and producer
needs no introduction; he is a genius whose career span is more than 50 years
old. He started as a comedy writer in the UK and then moved to USA again and
started his career as a screenplay writer and director. His first movie was’
What's new pussycat?’ This 7 time BAFTA winner had penned several comedy plays
and books like Don't Drink the Water: A comedy in two acts, Play It Again, Sam
(1969), God: A comedy in one act (1975), The Floating Light Bulb (1981). In his
career, he also acted in some comedy movies as well, in them Annie Hall (1977),
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), and Husbands and Wives (1992) are worth
mentioning.
Martin Charles Scorsese – this New York born director is regarded as one of
the finest director and screenwriter the world has ever seen. He has won almost
all the international movie and entertainment awards like Cannes Film Festival
Best Director Award, Silver Lion, Grammy Award, Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs,
and DGA Awards and certainly academy award many times in his career. With
“Who's That Knocking at My Door” he started his journey in the world of movies.
He is not only a great director and producer but also one of the finest and
unarguably one of the best screenwriters in the world for main stream English
movies. Some of his best creations which gained him several awards are
Goodfellas (1990), Cape Fear (1991), The Age of Innocence (1993),Casino
(1995),Gangs of New York (2002),The Aviator (2004),The Departed (2006),Shutter
Island (2010),Hugo (2011),The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) and so on. This wizard
of modern films is a living legend. His
winnings of various prestigious awards can tell us as to how talented and
skillful he is in scripting and directing. Till now he has won 22 Academy
Award, 21 BAFTA Award, and 27 Golden Globe Award for his films.
Francis Ford Coppola – “The God Father”, this one film is enough to tell us
as to what kind of talented this man is in scripting stories. This New York
resident not only showed his talent in writing great screenplays but also
proved himself as a finest director and producer. Patton (1970) is the first
film in which he wrote the screenplay and the academy awarded him with the best
original screenplay award to him for the film. The Godfather Part I, II, III, Bram Stoker's
Dracula (1992), Jack (1996), The Rainmaker (1997) are his other creations.
Ernest Lehman – the Honorary Academy Award of 73 academy awards is
another talented New Yorker who also written and directed several good projects
one of it is the ‘sound of music’ which is still recognized as one of the best.
Hello, Dolly, The King and I, North by Northwest, Sabrina, Sweet Smell of
Success, and West Side Story are his some of the best creations.
William Oliver Stone – this American screenwriter and director came into
the limelight in the 1980’s for his exceptional and unique style of writing and
directions. Along with various awards, he is also a proud winner of academy awards
for Platoon, Midnight Express, and Born on the Fourth of July.
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