39. Cameron Crowe
Notable Scripts:
Say Anything
(1989),
Jerry Maguire
(1996),
Almost Famous
(2000),
Vanilla Sky
(2001)
Oscars: Nominated: Best Original Screenplay,
Jerry Maguire
. Won: Best Original Screenplay,
Almost
Famous.
Crowe’s best work makes you feel the pain of men who shouldn’t have much to complain
about, and who manage to find loneliness in the funniest places: at parties, in winning NFL
locker rooms, and on the packed tour buses of famous bands. Credit his allergy to
caricature and cynicism, and his skill for creating big, perfectly calibrated emotional
moments, many of which are so thoroughly hardwired into our cultural memory that it’s
unnecessary to mention the word “hello” or the title of a certain Peter Gabriel song here.
“Cameron was the first screenwriter who made me understand that my experiences could
be translated into human comedies that reflect my specific sense of humor,” says Judd
Apatow. “I related to his characters in a way I’d never related to any characters before.”
40. Nancy Meyers
Notable Scripts:
Private Benjamin
(1980),
The Parent Trap
(1998),
Something’s Gotta Give
(2003),
It’s
Complicated
(2009)
Oscars: Nominated: Best Original Screenplay,
Private Benjamin.
Only after Nancy Meyers cemented herself as one of the top-grossing writer-directors of
the new millennium — the six movies she’s directed since 1998 have grossed more than $1
billion internationally — did she earn her due acclaim as a razor-sharp writer for
Hollywood royalty. Early writing credits like the Oscar-nominated
Private Benjamin
,
Protocol,
Jumpin’ Jack Flash, Father of the Bride
, and
Baby Boom
demonstrate that classic
Meyers wit, but her storytelling became soundly more sentimental (and relatable) when she
started helming her own work. This is especially obvious in the heartbreakingly funny
Something’s Gotta Give,
starring Diane Keaton and Jack Nicholson in a will-they-won’t-
they love story set in the Hamptons, but which still feels grounded.
Later, in the love-
triangle comedy
It’s Complicated,
Meyers gave Steve Martin, Meryl Streep, and Alec
Baldwin a rare chance to
let loose and get a little lusty. There’s simply no one better at
writing middle-aged characters who are just as clever and sexually charged as their 25-
year-old rom-com counterparts. “Only recently has Nancy gotten the attention she
deserves,” says Andrea Berloff. “Her films have always been popular, but were often
dismissed as ʻwomen’s movies’ and critics would spend an undue amount of time focusing
on the fantasy of her kitchen sets. Nancy has a knack for creating flesh-and-blood women;
women who feel and are relatable. I, for one, am done with having women’s work like hers
dismissed.”
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