Screenwriters from Ohio

Steven Allan Spielberg is an American filmmaker. A major figure of the New Hollywood era and pioneer of the modern blockbuster, Spielberg is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema and he is the second highest-grossing film director of all time. Among other accolades, he has received three Academy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, four BAFTA Awards, twelve Emmy Awards, a Tony Award, and a Grammy Award, as well as the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1995, an honorary knighthood in 2001, the Kennedy Center Honor in 2006, the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2009, the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015, and the National Medal of Arts in 2023. According to Forbes, he is one of the world's wealthiest celebrities. He is one of 22 people to achieve EGOT status.

American filmmaker (1939–2015)

American film director, screenwriter and actor

American filmmaker (born 1958)

American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

David Khari Webber Chappelle is an American stand-up comedian, actor and former sketch comedian. He debuted his half-hour TV special in 1998 and his hour-long TV special in 2000. He co-created and starred in the sketch comedy series Chappelle's Show (2003–2006) on Comedy Central before quitting in the middle of production of the third season. After a hiatus, Chappelle returned to performing stand-up comedy across the United States. By 2006, Chappelle was called the "comic genius of America" by Esquire magazine and, in 2013, "the best" by a Billboard writer. In 2017, Rolling Stone ranked him No. 9 in their "50 Best Stand Up Comics of All Time".

American film and television directors

American screenwriter, television director, television producer

American effects animator and film director (born 1960)

American novelist, slam poet, and screenwriter

American radio, television, film, and voice actor (1913–1989)

American writer

American author and screenwriter.

American screenwriter

American actor

American actress (1889-1956)

American film & TV director and actor (1934–2010)

American director, producer, and screenwriter

American actress, screenwriter and film director (1893-1967)

American film studio executive (1887-1927)

American writer, director, actor and comedian

actor, film director (1878-1938)

American actor, producer, writer, director (1923-2020)

American film actor, director, writer, and producer (1867-1943)

American filmmaker

Hungarian-American screenwriter

American actor and director

American Television Producer

American actor and director (1877–1961)

American author and screenwriter (1894-1980)

American film director (1899–1954)

American television writer and producer

novelist, screenwriter (1899-1982)

American film director, producer, and screenwriter

American actor and producer

American comic book writer

actor, director, screenwriter (1884-1961)

American director, actor, television producer, and screenwriter (1917–2000)

American screenwriter and actor (1900–1977)

Screenwriter, born 1962

American stage director and librettist. (born 1949)

American director and screenwriter

American novelist (1889–1968)

American actor (1860-1952)

American dramatist and screenwriter (1909–1981)

American writer, co-founder and editor of National Lampoon (1946-1980)

American writer

American actor (1940-2015)

American actor (1937-2004)

American screenwriter

American singer

film director (1886-1973)

American YouTuber and film critic

writer, playwright, novelist

writer (1928–1984)

writer/Director 1931-1952

American author, screenwriter, and director (1947-2013)

American filmmaker

American actor

American actor, film director, television director and screenwriter