The Writers: A History of American Screenwriters and Their Guild (46 page)

Komack, James:
My Favorite Martian
(1963–1966),
The Courtship of Eddie’s Father
(1969–1972, EAn),
Welcome Back, Kotter
(1975–1979, with Alan Sacks, George Yanok, and Eric Cohen)

Koppelman, Brian:
Runaway Jury
(2003, with David Levien, Rick Cleveland, and Matthew Chapman),
Tilt
(2005, creator with David Levien),
Ocean’s Thirteen
(2007, with David Levien)

Kubrick, Stanley:
Dr. Strangelove
(1964, with Terry Southern and Peter George, AAn, WGAA),
2001: A Space Odyssey
(1968, with Arthur C. Clarke, AAn),
Full Metal Jacket
(1987, with Michael Herr and Gustav Hasford, AAn, WGAAn)

Kudrow, Lisa:
The Comeback
(2005, creator with Michael Patrick King),
Web Therapy
(2008–present, web series, creator with Dan Bucatinski and Don Roos),
Web Therapy
(2011–present, television series, creator with Dan Bucatinsky and Don Roos)

Lardner, Ring, Jr.:
Woman of the Year
(1942, with Michael Kanin, AA),
The Adventures of Robin Hood
(1955–1960),
M*A*S*H
(1970, AA, WGAA), Laurel Award (1989), Hunter Award (1992), blacklisted

Lavery, Emmet:
Behind the Rising Sun
(1943), SWG president (1945–1947),
The Magnificent Yankee
(1950, with Francis Biddle),
The First Legion
(1957, WGAAn),
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
(1955, with Milton Sperling, AAn)

Lawson, John Howard:
Blockade
(1938, AAn),
Algiers
(1938),
Action in the North Atlantic
(1943),
Cry, the Beloved Country
(1951, with Alan Paton, credit restored), SWG founding member, blacklisted

Lazarus, Erna:
The Body Disappears
(1941, with Scott Darling),
The Donna Reed Show
(1958–1966),
Surfside 6
(1960–1962),

Lear, Norman:
Divorce American Style
(1967, with Robert Kaufman, AAn, WGAAn),
All in the Family
(1971–1979, creator, EAn),
Maude
(1972–1978, creator),
The Jeffersons
(1975–1985), Davies Award (1978), Peabody Award (1978), Laurel Award (1993), National Medal of Arts (1999)

Lee, Ang:
The Wedding Banquet
(1993, with Neil Peng and James Schamus),
Eat Drink Man Woman
(1994, with Wang Hui-Ling and James Schamus)

Lee, Spike:
Do the Right Thing
(1989, AAn),
Malcolm X
(1992, with Arnold Perl),
25th Hour
(2002)

Lehman, Ernest:
Sabrina
(1954, with Billy Wilder and Samuel Taylor, AAn, WGAA),
The King and I
(1956, WGAA),
Sweet Smell of Success
(1957, with Clifford Odets),
North by Northwest
(1959, AAn, WGAAn),
West Side Story
(1961, AAn, WGAA),
The Sound of Music
(1965, WGAA),
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
(1966, AAn, WGAA), Laurel Award (1972), WGAw president (1983–1985)

Leight, Warren:
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
(2001–2011), Jablow Award (2006),
In Treatment
(2008–2011, Humanitas Prize),
Lights Out
(2011)

Lenard, Kay:
Ma and Pa Kettle at Home
(1954),
Father Knows Best
(1954–1960),
Combat!
(1962–1967),
Day of Our Lives
(1965–present, EA, WGAAn)

Lesser, Frank:
The Colbert Report
(2005–present, EA, WGAA)

Levien, Sonya:
State Fair
(1933, with Paul Green, AAn),
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
(1939),
Ziegfeld Girl
(1941, with Marguerite Roberts), Laurel Award (1953),
Oklahoma!
(1953, with William Ludwig, WGAAn),
Interrupted Melody
(1955, with William Ludwig, AA)

Levine, Ken:
M*A*S*H
(1972–1983, with David Isaacs, EAn, WGAAn),
Cheers
(1982–1993, with David Isaacs, EAn, WGAA),
Frasier
(1993–2004, with David Isaacs, EAn)

Levinson, Chris:
Law & Order
(1990–2010),
Dawson’s Creek
(1998–2003),
Touch
(2012–2013)

Levinson, Richard:
My Sweet Charlie
(1970, with William Link, EA),
Columbo
(1971–2003, with William Link, EA, WGAAn),
That Certain Summer
(1972, with William Link, EAn, WGAA),
Murder, She Wrote
(1984–1996, creator with William Link and Peter S. Fischer), Laurel Award (1986, with William Link)

Levitt, Alfred L., and Helen Levitt (as Tom and Helen August while blacklisted, credit restored 1997):
The Misadventures of Merlin Jones
(1964),
The Monkey’s Uncle
(1965),
That Girl
(1966–1971), Cox Award (1995), blacklisted

Lilly, Courtney:
Arrested Development
(2003–2006, WGAAn),
Everybody Hates Chris
(2005–2009, WGAAn),
My Boys
(2006–2010),
The Cleveland Show
(2009–2013)

Link, William:
My Sweet Charlie
(1970, with Richard Levinson, EA),
Columbo
(1968–2003, with Richard Levinson, EA, WGAAn),
That Certain Summer
(1972, with Richard Levinson, EAn, WGAA),
Murder, She Wrote
(1984–1986, creator with Richard Levinson and Peter S. Fischer), Laurel Award (1986, with Richard Levinson),
The Boys
(1991)

Livier, Ruth:
Ylse
(2008–2010, web series, creator)

Loh, Sandra Tsing:
Clueless
(1996–1999),
Chicken Little
(2005, additional dialogue)

Loos, Anita:
Intolerance
(1916, with D. W. Griffith),
The Women
(1939, with Jane Murfin),
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
(1953, with Joseph Fields and Charles Lederer)

Lord, Stephen:
Death Valley Days
(1952–1970),
CHiPs
(1977–1983),
Fantasy Island
(1977–1984)

Love, Jasmine:
Moesha
(1996–2001),
The District
(2000–2004),
The Division
(2001–2004)

Lubitsch, Ernst:
Trouble in Paradise
(1932, with Samson Raphaelson and Grover Jones),
To Be or Not to Be
(1942, with Edwin Justus Mayer), Honorary AA (1947)

Lucas, George:
American Graffiti
(1973, with Gloria Katz and William Huyck, AAn, WGAAn),
Star Wars: A New Hope
(1977, AAn, WGAAn),
Raiders of the Lost Ark
(1981, WGAAn)

Ludwig, William:
Love Crazy
(1941, with David Hertz and Charles Lederer),
Oklahoma!
(1954, with Sonya Levien, WGAAn),
Interrupted Melody
(1955, with Sonya Levien, AA), Davies Award (1973), Cox Award (1976), North Award (1992)

Lynch, David:
The Elephant Man
(1980, with Christopher DeVore and Eric Bergren, AAn, WGAAn),
Blue Velvet
(1986, WGAAn),
Twin Peaks
(1990–1991, creator with Mark Frost, EAn),
Mulholland Drive
(2001)

MacDougall, Ranald:
Mildred Pierce
(1945, AAn),
Objective, Burma!
(1945, with Alvah Bessie and Lester Cole),
Westinghouse Playhouse
(1961, creator), WGAw president (1971–1973), North Award (1974)

Macpherson, Jeanie:
The Cheat
(1915, with Hector Turnbull),
Male and Female
(1919),
The Ten Commandments
(1923), AMPAS co-founder

Mahin, John Lee:
Captains Courageous
(1937, with Marc Connelly and Dale Van Every, AAn),
Show Boat
(1951, WGAAn),
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
(1957, with John Huston, AAn, WGAAn), Laurel Award (1958)

Maltz, Albert:
The Naked City
(1948, with Malvin Wald, WGAAn),
Broken Arrow
(1950, with Michael Blankfort as front, credit restored 1991, AAn, WGAA),
The Robe
(1953, with Philip Dunne, credit restored 1997),
Two Mules for Sister Sara
(1970), blacklisted

Mankiewicz, Herman J.:
Dinner at Eight
(1933, with Frances Marion),
Citizen Kane
(1941, with Orson Welles, AA),
The Pride of the Yankees
(1942, with Jo Swerling, AAn)

Mankiewicz, Joseph L.:
Alice in Wonderland
(1933),
A Letter to Three Wives
(1949, AA, WGAA),
All About Eve
(1950, AA, WGAA),
The Barefoot Contessa
(1954, AAn, WGAAn), Laurel Award (1963)

Mann, Michael:
Vega$
(1978–1981, creator),
The Jericho Mile
(1979, EA),
Thief
(1981),
Manhunter
(1986),
Heat
(1995),
The Insider
(1999, with Eric Roth, AAn, Selvin Award, WGAAn), Humanitas Prize (2000),
Ali
(2001, with Gregory Allen Howard, Stephen J. Rivele, Christopher Wilkinson, and Eric Roth)

Manoff, Arnold:
Man from Frisco
(1944, with Ethel Hill),
Casbah
(1948, with Leslie Bush-Fekete),
You Are There
(1953–1957, uncredited),
Naked City
(1958–1963, pseudonym Joel Carpenter), blacklisted

Marcus, Ellis:
Lux Video Theatre
(1950–1959),
I Led Three Lives
(1954–1956),
Ben Casey
(1961–1966, WGAAn),
Knots Landing
(1981–1982)

Marion, Frances:
The Son of the Sheik
(1926, with Fred De Gresac),
The Big House
(1930, AA),
The Champ
(1931, AA),
Dinner at Eight
(1933, with Herman J. Mankiewicz),
The Prize-fighter and the Lady
(1933, AAn),
Camille
(1936, with Zoe Akins and James Hilton)

Markes, Larry:
McHale’s Navy
(1962–1966),
For Love or Money
(1963, with Michael Morris),
The Dean Martin Comedy Hour
(1965–1974)

Marshall, Garry:
The Odd Couple
(1970–1975, creator),
Happy Days
(1974–1984, creator),
Laverne & Shirley
(1976–1983, creator), Davies Award (1995), Laurel Award (2014)

Martel, Jay:
TV Nation
(1994–1995),
The Awful Truth
(1999–2000),
Key & Peele
(2012–present, EAn, WGAAn)

Marx, Christy:
Jem
(1985–1988),
Conquests of Camelot: The Search for the Grail
(1989, video game),
Hypernauts
(1996, creator with Ron Thornton),
The Legend of Alon D’ar
(2001, video game), Animation Award (2000)

Marx, Samuel:
Society Doctor
(1935, with Michael Fessier),
Duel in the Jungle
(1954, with T. J. Morrison),
Naked City
(1958–1963)

Mathis, June:
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
(1921),
Blood and Sand
(1922),
Greed
(1924, with Erich von Stroheim),
Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ
(1925, with Lew Wallace, Carey Wilson, and Bess Meredyth)

Mathison, Melissa:
The Black Stallion
(1979, with Jeanne Rosenberg and William D. Wittliff),
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
(1982, AAn, WGAA),
Kundun
(1997)

Maugham, W. Somerset:
Trio
(1950, with Noel Langley),
Somerset Maugham Hour
(1960–1963, stories)

May, Elaine:
A New Leaf
(1971, WGAAn),
Heaven Can Wait
(1978, with Warren Beatty, AAn, WGAA),
The Birdcage
(1996, WGAAn),
Primary Colors
(1998, AAn, WGAAn)

Mazin, Craig:
Scary Movie 4
(2006, with Jim Abrahams and Pat Proft),
The Hangover Part II
(2011, with Scot Armstrong and Todd Phillips),
Identity Thief
(2013)

McCall, Mary C., Jr.:
Craig’s Wife
(1936), SWG president (1942–1944 and 1951–1952),
The Fighting Sullivans
(1944, with Edward Doherty and Jules Schermer),
The Millionaire
(1955–1960), Davies Award (1962),
Gilligan’s Island
(1964–1967), North Award (1985)

McCall, Ross:
Just Shoot Me!
(1997–2003),
The Andy Dick Show
(2001–2003)

McGuinness, James K.:
A Girl in Every Port
(1928, with Howard Hawks and Seton I. Miller),
A Night at the Opera
(1935),
Rio Grande
(1950, WGAAn)

McKenna, Aline Brosh:
The Devil Wears Prada
(2006, WGAAn),
27 Dresses
(2008),
Annie
(2014, with Will Gluck and Emma Thompson)

McNutt, Patterson:
Curly Top
(1935, with Arthur J. Beckhard),
Come Live with Me
(1941)

Meadow, Herb:
The Lone Ranger
(1949–1957),
Have Gun—Will Travel
(1957–1963, creator with Sam Rolfe),
The Virginian
(1962–1971, WGAAn)

Medford, Harold:
Berlin Express
(1948, WGAAn),
The Damned Don’t Cry
(1950, with Jerome Weidman),
Mannix
(1967–1975)

Mendelsohn, Carol:
Melrose Place
(1992–1999),
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
(2000–present, WGAAn),
CSI: Miami
(2002–2012, creator with Ann Donahue and Anthony E. Zuicker)

Meredyth, Bess:
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
(1925, with Lew Wallace, June Mathis, and Carey Wilson),
Wonder of Women
(1929, with Marian Ainslee, AAn),
The Mark of Zorro
(1940, with John Taintor Foote and Garrett Fort), AMPAS co-founder

Monaster, Nate:
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
(1950–1958),
The Donna Reed Show
(1958–1966),
That Touch of Mink
(1962, with Stanley Shapiro, AAn, WGAA), WGAw president (1963–1965), Cox Award (1984)

Morris, Edmund:
Colt .45
(1957–1960),
Lawman
(1958–1962),
Walk on the Wild Side
(1962, with John Fante)

Moss, Carlton:
The Negro Soldier
(1944, documentary short),
Frederick Douglass: The House on Cedar Hill
(1953, documentary short)