Screenwriters from Washington, D.C.

American writer (1925–2012)

Stephen Tyrone Colbert is an American comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, actor, and television host. He is best known for hosting the Comedy Central news satire show The Colbert Report from 2005 to 2014, and the CBS talk show The Late Show with Stephen Colbert since September 2015.

American comedian, actor, and filmmaker (born 1967)

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".

Justin Paul Theroux is an American actor and filmmaker. He gained recognition for his partnership with David Lynch on the surrealist art films Mulholland Drive (2001) and Inland Empire (2006). He also appeared in films such as Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997), American Psycho (2000), Zoolander (2001), Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003), Miami Vice (2006), The Girl on the Train (2016), Bumblebee (2018), and Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024).

American politician, military officer and author (born 1946)

American actor

American author, journalist, and television writer and producer

American actress, comedian and writer (born 1982)

American actress (1955–2023)

American actor, writer, film director

American film director, producer and screenwriter (born 1969)

Nicaraguan-American playwright, screenwriter, comic book writer and showrunner

American film director, screenwriter and cinematographer

American author (born 1957)

American writer

American television writer and producer

American actress and screenwriter (1888–1973)

American film director

American television writer

American comic book author and novelist

American documentary filmmaker

American actor (1883–1956)

screenwriter (1880-1956)

American film director (1924-1998)

American actor

American film director (1926-2017)

American screenwriter and producer

American film director

American writer; daughter of Al and Tipper Gore

American journalist and TV writer (1961-2010)

American filmmaker

American author

American film director, producer and screenwriter

American television writer and producer