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Novelist and screenwriter – Game of Thrones (2011-2019).
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Playwright and screenwriter – Moonlight (2016), and In the Red and Brown Water (2016).
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Playwright and screenwriter – Angels in America (2003), West Side Story (2021), Caroline, or Change (2002), and The Fabelmans (2022).
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Playwright and TV writer – The Americans (2013), Fosse/Verdon (2019), and Respect (2021).
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Playwright and TV writer – The Wire (2002) and Force Continuum (2000).
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Writer, actress, and producer – Ted Lasso (2020) and A Black Lady Sketch Show (2019).
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Actress, writer, and producer – The Maria Bamford Show (2007), Ave Maria Bamford (2017), and Old Baby (2017).
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TV writer – HBO Latino’s Joint Venture (2019).
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Playwright, screenwriter, and actor – The Princess Bride (1987), My Dinner with Andre (1981), Aunt Dan and Lemon (1985), and The Fever (2004).
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Writer/director – About Elly (2009), The Salesman (2016), A Separation (2011), and The Past (2013).
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Screenwriter – Captain Phillips (2013), Shattered Glass (2003), and The Hunger Games (2012).
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Playwright – The Invisible Hand (2015), The War Within (2005), and Disgraced (2013).
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Writer/director – Spider-Man (2002), The Evil Dead (1981), and Army of Darkness (1992).
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Playwright and Screenwriter – Gladiator (2000), Any Given Sunday (1999), RED (2009), and The Aviator (2004).
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Playwright and TV writer – Succession (2018), Heroes of the Fourth Turning (2019), and Corsicana (2022).
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Writer, producer, and performer – The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015-2022), The Colbert Report (2005-2014), The Daily Show (1997-2015), and Strangers with Candy (1999-2000).
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Creator – the Black List.
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Playwright and TV writer – Maid (2021), Shameless (2017-2020), and Orange is the New Black (2017).
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Playwright and TV writer – Sex with Strangers (2011), The Loudest Voice (2019), and House of Cards (2014-2017).
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Playwright – Quills (2000), Grey Gardens (2006), and I Am My Own Wife (2003).
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TV writer and producer – All in the Family (1968-1979), and The Jeffersons (1975-1985).
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Writer and director – Straight White Men (2014), and The Shipment (2009).
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Writer/director – Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995), Happiness (1998), Life During Wartime (2009), and Wiener-Dog (2016).
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Playwright and TV writer – Watchmen (2019) and PEN15 (2019).
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Writer and actress – Seinfeld (1990-1998), Enough Said (2013), The New Adventures of Old Christine (2006-2010), and Veep (2012-2019).