I can’t think of a single writer’s name in Hollywood. This seems weird because the writers are the ones who create the idea of the story. Actors, actresses, and sometimes directors get most of the credit and without them, the movie is not made but there is no movie without a writer too. For a country that prides the inventor over the innovator, you would think the writer would get more credit toward fame. Instead, you see things listed as ‘the writer of blank film’ instead of ‘written by Miranda’.
The author is known and celebrated in other literary endeavors like journalism and novels. Now you might say that is because they are the sole creator but in plays and musicals the playwrights are known and like a film, there are performers and directors too. At the Academy Awards, the awards are called best-adapted screenplay or best original screenplay whereas others are the best actor and best director. Unlike other parts of cinema, it is not about the person but the writing. The most powerful thing in the world is a story and its creators should reap the benefit of what they put into the world just as much as Shakespeare did, Lin-Manuel Miranda does, and actors and actresses will continue to do.
:: Writers of shows and movies should receive more credit and fame. ::