Aug 12, 2025

8 Authors Who Also Wrote Screenplays

Aanya Mehta

Salman Rushdie

The Booker Prize winning author co-wrote the screenplay for Midnight’s Children (2012), adapting his own novel for film.

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Cormac Mc Carthy

Known for The Road and No Country for Old Men, McCarthy also wrote the screenplay for The Counselor (2013).

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Ismat Chughtai

The iconic Urdu writer penned screenplays for Bollywood classics like Ziddi (1948) and Arzoo (1950).

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William Faulkner

The Nobel laureate worked in Hollywood, contributing to films like To Have and Have Not (1944) and The Big Sleep (1946).

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Graham Greene

Author of The Quiet American and The Power and the Glory, he wrote the screenplay for The Third Man (1949).

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Ruth Prawer Jhabhwala

Best known for Heat and Dust, she won Oscars for her Merchant Ivory screenplays like A Room with a View (1985).

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Amrita Pritam

The legendary Punjabi poet contributed to Bollywood films, writing lyrics and storylines, including Kadambari.

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Roald Dahl

Beloved children’s author of Matilda also wrote the screenplays for You Only Live Twice (1967) and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968).

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