1 | * Creator/AlFranken, comedian, writer, talk radio host and U.S. senator, made an interesting turn as co-writer of the romantic drama ''When A Man Loves A Woman'', starring Creator/MegRyan as an alcoholic struggling to keep her marriage together. |
2 | ** The film is supposedly based on Franken's real life relationship with his wife, who is a recovering alcoholic. |
3 | * Leslie Dixon, usually a comedic writer for films such as the ''Film/{{Hairspray|2007}}'' remake, also wrote the sci-fi thriller ''Film/{{Limitless}}'', about a man who becomes addicted to a powerful mind drug. |
4 | * Aaron [=McGruder=], creator of the [[ComicStrip/TheBoondocks comic strip]] turned [[WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks animated series]] ''The Boondocks'', also co-wrote the non-comedic war film ''Film/RedTails'', about the Tuskegee Airmen in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. |
5 | * John Patrick Shanley, the UsefulNotes/PulitzerPrize winner playwright of ''Theatre/{{Doubt}}'' and UsefulNotes/AcademyAward winning writer of ''Film/{{Moonstruck}}'', also wrote the adaptations of ''WesternAnimation/WereBackADinosaursStory'' and ''Film/{{Congo}}'', along with the fantasy comedy ''Film/JoeVersusTheVolcano''. |
6 | * If this can be extended to television, Creator/StephenJCannell was not limited to cop dramas and adventure shows - as one newspaper article pointed out, do ''Series/TheGreatestAmericanHero'' and ''Series/BlackSheepSquadron'' have any real similarities other than both involving flying? |
7 | * Chris Thompson created the cross-dressing sitcom ''Series/BosomBuddies'', the acerbic Hollywood satire ''Series/{{Action}}'' and the tabloid sendup ''Series/TheNakedTruth''. He also created ''Series/ShakeItUp''... |
8 | * Vince Gilligan's background was in comedy before he joined ''Series/TheXFiles''' writing staff, dividing his time between writing comedic and serious episodes. As his own show ''Series/BreakingBad'' gets increasingly dark, it deviates further from his type, if it hasn't [[TomHanksSyndrome redefined it altogether]]. |
9 | ** Gilligan was also one of the (many) writers of ''Film/{{Hancock}}'', which combines comedy and science fiction. |
10 | * Jeremy Leven, the writer of romantic films such as ''Film/DonJuanDemarco'' and ''Film/TheNotebook'', also co-wrote the RatedMForManly science fiction film ''Film/RealSteel''. |
11 | * Tom Schulman more or less made playing against type an art form, writing the inspirational teacher drama ''Film/DeadPoetsSociety'' (based on his life and winning an Oscar in the process), co-writing the sci-fi comedy ''Film/HoneyIShrunkTheKids'' (which also happens to be this for Lovecraftian filmmakers Stuart Gordon and Brian Yuzna), writing the adventure film ''Film/MedicineMan'' and writing and directing the dark comedy ''Film/EightHeadsInADuffelBag''. |
12 | * After mostly writing raunchy comedies with lots of dialogue and pop culture references, Creator/KevinSmith went against type with a horror/action/thriller movie ''Film/RedState''. This movie was also [[PlayingAgainstType/FilmDirecting atypical for him as a director]]. |
13 | * Alec Berg, David Mandel, and Jeff Schaffer, the writers of multiple ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' episodes, also wrote the 2003 film adaptation of ''Film/TheCatInTheHat''. |
14 | * Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, known for subversive, GenreBusting comedies such as ''Film/{{Zombieland}}'' and ''Film/{{Deadpool|2016}}'', also wrote the straightforward sci-fi horror/thriller ''[[Film/Life2017 Life]]''. |
15 | * Television writers Glenn Leopold and Neal Barbera spent most of their careers writing for Creator/HannaBarbera cartoons, however they both wrote for the live action horror films Film/TheProwler and Film/TooScaredToScream. |
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