This is a research list of movies listed by year and title having credits indicating that three or more screenwriters worked on the script as a single writing team ("Written by A & B & C"), possibly with additionally credited writers having worked on it prior or later. It does not include movies with the more commonplace two-writer team ("Written by A & B") unless such a movie also had a three-writer team or more.
This list is provided as a free research service to the film community by American writer James A. Conrad, coauthor of Filmmaker's Dictionary. According to the Writers Guild of America's rules (United States), the writers' names in a writing team are separated by an ampersand "&" or in some instances open space if there are many writers in the team. If the producer decides to hire another writer or writing team to work on the script, the word "and" is placed between the two distinct writing entities. This is the commonly accepted practice even for non-union films. "Screenplay by" is used if the script is based on other material, such as an already existing story (a film treatment, a novel, life story, etc.); otherwise, "Written by" is used. These rules may not necessarily apply to early films and films produced outside the United States, unless the foreign producer is a signatory to the Writers Guild of America's Agreement. Writing teams of four or more writers require a "team waiver" if any of them is a member of the Writers Guild of America West or East. The writer-member(s) submit the waiver request to the Guild (see the WGA websites for more info). All credits were checked at the websites of the Internet Movie Database and Academy Awards prior to placement on this list. Additions and updates welcome. UPDATE: This list is now in the Public Domain and is no longer being updated. It is preserved here in its original form and wording. See the declaration at the bottom of this web page. |
What this list list is about:
"Written by A & B & C"
"by A & B & C & D"
"by A and B & C & D"
"by A & B & C and D & E" (etc.)
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What this list is not about:
"Written by A and B and C"
"by A & B and C"
"by A & B and C & D" (etc.)
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How to cite this page:
Conrad, James A. Movies Written by a Collaborative Team of Three or More Screenwriters. https://jamesaconrad.com/writing/multi-screenwriting-teams.html; accessed [month] [day], [year].
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PUBLIC DOMAIN DECLARATION: The text on this list and list appearance were placed in the Public Domain on March 20, 2022 by the author James A. Conrad. This list will no longer be updated (by him) from this date forward. Feel free to recreate and continue to update this list on another website in the current style or different one. Click on the Creative Commons Public Domain icon for additional legal information. All web pages on this website with this Public Domain Declaration have been saved in the Internet Archive. |