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by Moribunny
Sat Feb 01, 2020 9:24 am
Forum: Filmmakers
Topic: Top 10 avgs for screenwriters who aren't directors
Replies: 18
Views: 100416

Re: Top 10 avgs for screenwriters who aren't directors

2020 Update (at 4965 films).

Expanding the list again, still 5 film minimum. As usual, sorry to have to exclude some favorite writers who became full-time directors.

#. Writer.................... Avg (films ranked) ...more info.

1. Tullio Pinelli............ 78.40 (15) ...mostly for Fellini. (+1 films since last ranking, up 2 spots)
2. Ennio Flaiano........... 78.07 (14) ...mostly for Fellini. (+4 films, down 1 spot)
3. Bernardino Zapponi... 77.86 (7) ...for various Italian directors... (+1 film, up 3 spots)
4. Rodolfo Sonego........ 77.67 (6) ...for various Italian directors. (+1 film, no change)
5. Suso Cecchi D'Amico.. 76.76 (17) ...mostly Visconti and Monicelli. (+3 films, down 3 spots)
6. Marshall Brickman..... 76.20 (5) ...wrote early Woody Allens. (= films, down 1 spot)
7. Gyula Hernadi.......... 74.67 (6) ...mostly for Miklós Jancsó. (= films, up 4 spots)
8. Lorenzo Semple Jr..... 74.20 (5) ...for "Papillon" and thrillers. (= films, up 1 spot)
9. Agenore Incrocci....... 73.62 (21) ...often with Scarpelli, various Italian directors. (+4 films, down 1 spot)
10. Ruggero Maccari...... 73.61 (18) ...various Italian directors. (+6 films, up 6 spots)
11. Mario Puzo............ 73.17 (6) ...Godfather, Superman. (+1 film, up 8 spots)
12. Jean Aurenche........ 73.00 (8) ...Clément, Autant-Lara, Tavernier and Carné. (+1 film, down 5 spots)
13. Terence Rattigan..... 72.71 (7) ...playwright, mostly Anthony Asquith. (+1 film, down 3 spots)
14. Cesare Zavattini...... 72.67 (6) ...mostly De Sica plus Visconti's Bellissima. (= films, down 2 spots)
15. Jacques Prévert...... 72.60 (5) ...mostly Carné. (= films, down 2 spots)
16. Graham Chapman.... 72.14 (7) ...Monty Python. (= films, down 1 spot)
17. Furio Scarpelli........ 71.37 (19) ...often with Incrocci, various Italian directors. (+4 films, down 3 spots)
18. Irving Ravetch........ 70.80 (5) ...mostly Martin Ritt. (= films, down 1 spot)
19. Michael Wilson....... 69.60 (5) ...for Lean, Schaffner, Capra and George Stevens. (= films, up 1 spot)
20. Jim Thompson........ 69.20 (5) ...Kubrick, Peckinpah, Tavernier... (new entry)
21. William Goldman..... 68.78 (9) ...various American. (new entry)
22. Samson Raphaelson.. 68.67 (6) ...wrote for Lubitsch. (+1 film, down 5 spots)
23. Mardik Martin......... 68.60 (5) ...of Scorsese fame, lowered by "The Cut". (new entry)
24. Dalton Trumbo........ 68.00 (5) ...for "Papillon" and various American. (new entry)
25. Leonardo Benvenuti.. 67.50 (10) ...for various Italian directors. (new entry)
26. Harriet Frank Jr....... 67.20 (5) ...various American. (new entry)
27. Piero De Bernardi..... 67.14 (7) ...various Italian. (new entry)
28. Tonino Guerra......... 65.95 (19) ...mostly Antonioni and Rosi, various others. (new entry)
29. Shinobu Hashimoto... 66.60 (6) ...Kobayashi and Kurosawa (new entry)
30. Rafael Azcona......... 64.67 (6) ...Spanish, Italian and French productions (new entry)
by iconogassed
Sat Sep 28, 2019 10:01 pm
Forum: Filmmakers
Topic: Top 10 avgs for screenwriters who aren't directors
Replies: 18
Views: 100416

Re: Top 10 avgs for screenwriters who aren't directors

1 Kôgo Noda (90.00/7) Still killin' it
2 Val Lewton (89.38/8) A tough call that seems to go against the spirit of the thread. He seldom took credit for writing the films he produced but it's generally agreed his was the guiding hand in their scripts, and occasionally direction, always uncredited. Another user (not me) has gone through and added him as a writer on all of them, or at least the famous ones
3 George Toles (89.00/5) Once-frequent co-writer of Guy Maddin's
4 Philip Yordan (88.33/12) Contributor to some of the most distinctive and unusual films of the classic Hollywood era: Johnny Guitar, The Chase (1946), Day of the Outlaw, God's Little Acre, The Black Book, and many more, seven in toto with Anthony Mann
5 Borden Chase (88.13/8) Mann's other favourite screenwriter, four films. Also wrote great westerns for Hawks, Vidor, and John Sturges
6 Barry Wong (86.00/5) Scenarist for Sammo Hung and other HK action maestros
7 Waldemar Young (86.00/5) Another Old Hollywood goon, pretty diverse body of work including multiple films with Lubitsch and Tod Browning
8 Tsutomu Tamura (85.00/7) Regular collaborator with Nagisa Oshima and Yoshishige Yoshida
9 Ernesto Gastaldi (85.00/5) Giallo, mostly. Did eventually dabble in directing, with 4 or 5 now-very-obscure films.
10 Nicholas St. John (83.89/9) Only films were with Abel Ferrara, whom he befriended in high school. This a man who seen some shit. Left the business in the 90s. From a Ferrara interview earlier this year:
He was a deep, deep Christian, didn’t drink, didn’t do drugs. But when we started making money in the 1980s, I started spinning out of control. It got even worse in the 1990s, when we were in L.A. Meanwhile, he’s married and living in his mother’s house. We were making bread, we were making movies, and then he just said basta, man. No more. He walked away when he was the height of his earning power, but I mean, it was never about money for him. It was never really about money for me, either. But this business just had nothing to offer him. Its a dangerous game, man.
Right after that are two more writers identified strongly with one director: Ennio Flaiano (Fellini) and Bill Richmond (Jerry Lewis), a run that's probably a more apt portrait of my taste than I would care to admit
by snallygaster
Fri May 06, 2016 2:56 pm
Forum: Filmmakers
Topic: Top 10 avgs for screenwriters who aren't directors
Replies: 18
Views: 100416

Re: Top 10 avgs for screenwriters who aren't directors

Well, alright. Update, again with a 4-film minimum, and again strictly counting only screenwriters (not novelists, etc):

1. Kôgo Noda 9.33 / 9 films (all for Ozu)
2. Zenzô Matsuyama 9.00 / 4 films* (Human Condition Trilogy + 1 Naruse)
3. Yoshikata Yoda 8.00 / 8 films (all Mizoguchi)
4/5/6. Lawrence Kasdan 8.00 / 4 films (Star Wars 5/6/7 + Raiders of the Lost Ark)
Ennio Flaiano, Tullio Pinelli 8 / 4 films (same 4 films, all Fellini)
7. Shinobu Hashimoto 7.86 / 7 films (mostly Kurosawa)
8. Ryuzo Kikushima 7.80 / 5 films (top film is by Naruse; other 4 all Kurosawa. Somehow he lost a credit sometime since 2013)
9. Matsutarô Kawaguchi 7.75 / 4 films (all Mizoguchi)
10. Hideo Oguni 7.71 / 7 films (all Kurosawa)
by Moribunny
Fri May 06, 2016 6:57 am
Forum: Filmmakers
Topic: Top 10 avgs for screenwriters who aren't directors
Replies: 18
Views: 100416

Re: Top 10 avgs for screenwriters who aren't directors

2016 Update


I'm forced to exclude great writers like Scola, Frank Pierson, David Leland, and Campanile, who became full-time directors at some point in their careers.

#. Writer................. Avg (films ranked)

1. Ennio Flaiano......... 81.80 (10) ...mostly for Fellini.
2. Suso Cecchi d'Amico. 79.36 (14) ...for Visconti, Monicelli, Antonioni, De Sica and Rosi.
3. Tullio Pinelli.......... 79.14 (14) ...mostly for Fellini.
4. Rodolfo Sonego....... 78.60 (5) ...for Risi, Zampa, Monicelli, De Sica and Comencini.
5. Marshall Brickman.... 76.20 (5) ...wrote early Woody Allens.
6. Bernardino Zapponi.. 75.67 (6) ...for Fellini, Monicelli, Comencini, Argento...
7. Jean Aurenche........ 75.57 (7) ...for Clément, Autant-Lara, Tavernier and Carné.
8. Agenore Incrocci..... 75.18 (17) ...often with Scarpelli, for Monicelli, Scola, Risi and others.
9. Lorenzo Semple Jr.... 74.20 (5) ...for "Papillon", and a bunch of great thrillers.
10. Terence Rattigan..... 74.00 (6) ...playwright, mostly adapted by Anthony Asquith.
11. Gyula Hernádi....... 73.83 (6) ...mostly for Miklós Jancsó.
12. Cesare Zavattini..... 72.67 (6) ...mostly De Sica plus Visconti's "Bellissima".
13. Jacques Prévert...... 72.60 (5) ...mostly Carné.
14. Furio Scarpelli........ 72.53 (15) ...often with Incrocci, for Monicelli, Scola, Risi and others.
15. Graham Chapman.... 72.14 (7) ...Monty Python.
16. Ruggero Maccari..... 71.92 (12) ...for Pietrangeli, Risi, Scola and others.
=17. Irving Ravetch....... 70.80 (5) ...mostly Martin Ritt.
=17. Samson Raphaelson. 70.80 (5) ...for Ernst Lubitsch.
19. Mario Puzo............ 70.20 (5) ...Godfather, Superman.
20. Michael Wilson....... 69.60 (5) ... for Lean, Schaffner, Capra and George Stevens.

Honorable mentions: Eric Idle (82.75/4), Monica Mcgowan Johnson (76.5/4), Arlette Langmann (75.25/4), Jean-Claude Grumberg (74/4), Calder Willingham (72.5/4), Brunello Rondi (71.5/4)

Mardik Martin was very close to making it on my list, when I saw "The Cut". Harriet Frank Jr. was foiled by "Silver River".
by Moribunny
Fri Dec 26, 2014 3:47 am
Forum: Filmmakers
Topic: Top 10 avgs for screenwriters who aren't directors
Replies: 18
Views: 100416

Re: Top 10 avgs for screenwriters who aren't directors

2014 Update

#. Writer................. Avg (films ranked)

1. Ennio Flaiano......... 84.22 (9) ...mostly for Fellini.
2. Tullio Pinelli.......... 80.62 (13) ...mostly for Fellini.
3. Suso Cecchi d'Amico. 80.50 (12) ...for Visconti, Monicelli, Antonioni and others.
4. Furio Scarpelli........ 79.50 (8) ...often with Incrocci, for Monicelli, Scola, Risi and others.
5. Agenore Incrocci..... 78.09 (11) ...often with Scarpelli, for Monicelli, Scola, Risi and others.
6. Marshall Brickman... 76.20 (5) ...wrote early Woody Allens.
7. Ruggero Maccari..... 75.50 (6) ...for Pietrangeli, Risi, Scola and others.
~8. Jean Aurenche....... 75.20 (5) ...for Clément, Autant-Lara, Tavernier and others.
~8. Cesare Zavattini..... 75.20 (5) ...mostly of Vittorio de Sica fame.
10. Lorenzo Semple Jr... 74.20 (5) ...for "Papillon", and a bunch of great thrillers.

Honorable mentions: Terence Rattigan, John Cleese, Jacques Prévert, Gyula Hernádi, Mardik Martin (4), Frank Pierson (4), Jean-Claude Grumberg (4), Harriet Frank Jr. (4), Calder Willingham (4)
by snallygaster
Fri Dec 13, 2013 4:02 pm
Forum: Filmmakers
Topic: Top 10 avgs for screenwriters who aren't directors
Replies: 18
Views: 100416

Re: Top 10 avgs for screenwriters who aren't directors

It takes a bit of work to separate actual screenwriters from plain old writers (ie of source material). Setting my cutoff at 4 films.

1. Kôgo Noda 9.29 / 7 films (all for Ozu)
2. Ryuzo Kikushima 8.17 / 6 films (top film is by Naruse; other 5 all Kurosawa)
3. Shinobu Hashimoto 7.86 / 7 films (mostly Kurosawa)
4/5. Ennio Flaiano, Tullio Pinelli 7.75 / 4 films (same 4 films, all Fellini)
6. Ben Hecht 7.5 / 4 films (Hitchcock x 2, Hawks, De Palma)
7. Hideo Oguni 7.4 / 4 films (all Kurosawa again)
8. Bob Baker 7.25 / 4 films (Wallace & Gromit :lol: )
9. Tonino Guerra 6.5 / 4 films (mostly Antonioni)
10 Dan O'Bannon 5.75 /4 films ("Alien" movies + Total Recall)


Honourable mention to William Shakespeare (9.00 / 4 films but obviously not writing for film).
by Moribunny
Fri Dec 13, 2013 8:59 am
Forum: Filmmakers
Topic: Top 10 avgs for screenwriters who aren't directors
Replies: 18
Views: 100416

Top 10 avgs for screenwriters who aren't directors

Writing is that most basic, most essential element of narrative filmmaking that everyone loves to ignore, and since the "Filmmaker List" section of Criticker shows you your highest averages for screenwriters as well, it seemed about time that we did a topic on that.
Obviously, there will be a considerable overlap between your favorite writers and directors. It should still be interesting as not every high-scoring director would necessarily make the writers list, but because writing directors already tend to show up on directors lists, I decided to purify and exclude writer-directors. There were a few tough calls (In my list I exclude ones such as Scola and Sturges, who started out just writing but became full-time directors; and include Brickman who directed 2-3 works, but is much better known as a writer) but it's manageable.

So, I'm arbitrarily setting my cutoff at 5 films minimum, and here are my top 10 screenwriters who aren't (usually) directors:
(Following ShogunRua's example, I'm adding a few words of introduction for each)

#. Writer................. Avg (films ranked)

1. Ennio Flaiano......... 84.22 (9) ...mostly stuff he wrote for Fellini.
2. Tullio Pinelli.......... 83.13 (8) ...mostly stuff he wrote for Fellini.
3. Suso Cecchi d'Amico. 82.09 (11) ...wrote for Visconti, Monicelli and others.
4. Furio Scarpelli........ 81.00 (6) ...often with Incrocci, for Monicelli, Scola, and many others.
5. Agenore Incrocci..... 78.78 (9) ...often with Scarpelli, for Monicelli, Scola, and many others.
6. Marshall Brickman... 76.20 (5) ...wrote early Woody Allens.
7. Cesare Zavattini..... 75.20 (5) ...mostly of Vittorio de Sica fame.
8. Terence Rattigan.... 74.00 (6) ...Playwright and screenwriter, mostly for Anthony Asquith.
9. John Cleese........... 73.33 (6) ...Monty Python (nudge nudge, say no more).
10. Samson Raphaelson 70.80 (5) ...Wrote for Lubitsch.

Honorable mentions: Graham Chapman, William Goldman, Leonardo Benvenuti, Emeric Pressburger, Michael Wilson, Tonino Guerra, Paul Schrader, Shinobu Hashimoto, Lorenzo Semple Jr. (4), Gyula Hernádi (4), Ruggero Maccari (4), Jean-Claude Grumberg (4)