Unproduced Screenplays Collection, 1940-2011

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Title:: Unproduced Screenplays Collection
Dates:: 1940-2011
Creators:: Writers Guild Foundation
Abstract:: The Unproduced Screenplays Collection is a group containing approximately 485 screenplays for unproduced or unreleased film projects. Projects span 1940s through 2000s with the bulk being from the 1980s and 1990s.
Extent:: 485 Files
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Preferred citation:: Unproduced Screenplays Collection. Writers Guild Foundation Archive

Scope and content:: This collection contains unproduced or unreleased film scripts. Writers represented include Marlon Brando, James Cameron, Frank Darabont, Harlan Ellison, Nora Ephron, John Hughes, Nunnally Johnson, Laeta Kalogridis, Charlie Kaufman, David Lean, Arthur Laurents, George Lucas, David Lynch, Terrence Malick, Garry Marshall, Frank Miller, John Milius, Paul Monash, Sam Peckinpah, Robert Pirosh, Frank Pierson, Alvin Sargent, Dean Riesner, John Sayles, Paul Schrader, M. Night Shyamalan, John Singleton, Kevin Smith, Carol Sobieski, Steven Soderbergh, Aaron Sorkin, Steven Spielberg, Oliver Stone, the Wachowskis, Orson Welles, plus many more.
Biographical / historical:: These scripts were donated to the WGF Shavelson-Webb Library by a variety of donors over many years.
Acquisition information:: Donated to the Shavelson-Webb Library by a variety of donors over many years.

Collection Guide Author:: Finding aid created by Writers Guild Foundation Archive staff.
Date Prepared:: 1940-2011
Date Encoded:: This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on July 14, 2025, 2:54 p.m.

Access and use

Restrictions:: Available by appointment only.
Terms of access:: The responsibility to secure copyright and publication permission rests with the researcher.

Preferred citation:: Unproduced Screenplays Collection. Writers Guild Foundation Archive

Location of this collection:: Writers Guild Foundation Archive

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Los Angeles, CA 90048, US