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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: 100385

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 Moribunny
Fri May 06, 2016 6:57 am
Forum: Filmmakers
Topic: Top 10 avgs for screenwriters who aren't directors
Replies: 18
Views: 100385

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 13, 2013 8:59 am
Forum: Filmmakers
Topic: Top 10 avgs for screenwriters who aren't directors
Replies: 18
Views: 100385

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)