http://www.imdb.com/list/oQaa6Cunhl8/ Although some novelists were excellent screen writers, adapting both their own work, as that of others to the big screen, top original screen play writers are mostly a breed of their own. (s.a. "[link=http://www.imdb.com/list/IbUF6RYb7WA/]Favorite Dozen Bestseller-Authors adapted to Film[/link]" and "[link=http://www.imdb.com/list/qDnlEQ1iIbc/]Favorite Dozen Top-Playrights adapted to Film[/link]") PS. Admittedly, these lists overlap somewhat as a number of authors should have been included in two or more but weren't simply because I needed the room :-). Disclaimer: I purposefully named this listing a "Favorite" and not a "Top"-list. I know I have left out a number of top candidates (due to the fact that a dozen = 12, grr) and am afraid I've left out even more authors I never even thought of in the first place. Mon, 24 Oct 2011 01:29:43 GMT Mon, 24 Oct 2011 05:16:47 GMT Mon, 24 Oct 2011 01:34:26 GMT http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000697/ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000697/ Mon, 24 Oct 2011 01:34:40 GMT http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0372942/ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0372942/ Mon, 24 Oct 2011 01:36:37 GMT http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000581/ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000581/ Mon, 24 Oct 2011 01:56:08 GMT http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000095/ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000095/ Mon, 24 Oct 2011 02:02:59 GMT http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001054/ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001054/ ... and Ethan Coen of course, aka "The Coen Brothers". Mon, 24 Oct 2011 02:08:16 GMT http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0102818/ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0102818/ Mon, 24 Oct 2011 02:26:53 GMT http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000985/ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000985/ Mon, 24 Oct 2011 02:29:14 GMT http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000184/ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000184/ Mon, 24 Oct 2011 02:30:40 GMT http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000076/ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000076/ Mon, 24 Oct 2011 02:35:00 GMT http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001188/ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001188/ Mon, 24 Oct 2011 03:09:32 GMT http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000264/ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000264/ Mon, 24 Oct 2011 03:14:47 GMT http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000233/ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000233/