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)
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- Fri Dec 26, 2014 3:47 am
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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)
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)