Sturley's allusion probably explains why Greville took out the patent in the names of Best and Wells, for Sir Anthony Ashley described Best as `` a scrivener within Temple Bar, that deals in many matters for my L. Essex '' through Sir Gelly Merrick, especially in `` causes that he would not be known of ''.

Best known for his novels including Brave New World and a wide-ranging output of essays, Huxley also edited the magazine Oxford Poetry, and published short stories, poetry, travel writing, film stories and scripts.

Best known for his play Ubu Roi ( 1896 ), which is often cited as a forerunner to the surrealist theatre of the 1920s and 1930s, Jarry wrote in a variety of genres and styles.

Best known in his time as a publisher, he is most familiar today as the composer of the waltz on which Ludwig van Beethoven wrote his set of thirty-three Diabelli Variations.

A similar prize known as The Best of the Booker was awarded in 2008 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the prize.

Published in 1985, it is also known variously as Chapterhouse Dune, Chapter House Dune, and Chapter House: Dune, and rose to # 2 on The New York Times Best Seller list.

Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre.

* Charlotte Best, Australian actress, known for her role as Annie Campbell on Home and Away

Best known for directing The Silence of the Lambs, which won him the Academy Award for Best Director, he has also directed the acclaimed movies Philadelphia, Rachel Getting Married, the Talking Heads concert movie Stop Making Sense and a trilogy of Neil Young documentary / concert movies.

He was forced to sell drugs out of a car wash he worked at by a local drug gang known as the " Best Friends ".

The current electoral system based on the Westminster system, was devised by the British and incorporates what is commonly known as " Best losers ", which maintains ethnic representation of MPs in the legislative assembly.

Busby's team also became associated with the liberalisation of Western society during the 1960s ; George Best, known as the " fifth Beatle " for his iconic haircut, was the first footballer to significantly develop an off-the-field media profile.

Best known for his dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 ( 1953 ) and for the science fiction and horror stories gathered together as The Martian Chronicles ( 1950 ) and The Illustrated Man ( 1951 ), Bradbury was one of the most celebrated 20th-century American writers.

He is best known for his collaborations with writer Charlie Kaufman, which include the 1999 film Being John Malkovich ( that gave him an Academy Award for Best Director nomination ) and the 2002 film Adaptation, and as the co-writer / director of the 2009 film Where the Wild Things Are.

The most known examples of which being Aquila ( TV series ) ( 1997 – 1998 ) based on the novel by Andrew Norriss and Jeopardy ( BBC TV series ) ( 2002 – 2004 ) which won the 2002 BAFTA for Best Children's Drama.

Best known for his empiricism and rational skepticism, advanced doctrines of naturalism and material causes.

Best known as the director of Dracula ( 1931 ), the cult classic Freaks ( 1932 ), and classic silent film collaborations with Lon Chaney, Browning directed many movies in a wide range of genres.

* August 20 – Dudley D. Watkins, Scottish illustrator for D. C. Thomson & Co. Best known for Oor Wullie, The Broons, The Dandy, The Beano, and The Topper.

* July 1 – John Ford ( musician ), Best known for penning Part of the Union whilst in Strawbs

Best known for its sewing machines, it was renamed Singer Manufacturing Company in 1865, then The Singer Company in 1963.

Best known for his " trilogy on modernity and its discontents "— L ' Avventura ( 1960 ), La Notte ( 1961 ), and Eclipse ( 1962 )— Antonioni " redefined the concept of narrative cinema " and challenged traditional approaches to storytelling, realism, drama, and the world at large.

The first AS / 400 systems ( known by the development code names Silverlake and Olympic ) were delivered in 1988 under the tag line " Best of Both Worlds " and the product line has been refreshed continually since then.

Best known for his work with Fairport Convention, Mattacks has also worked both as a session musician, and as a performance artist.

The film won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1930 for its producer Carl Laemmle Jr., and an Academy Award for Directing for Lewis Milestone.

Heathers brought director Michael Lehmann and producer Denise Di Novi the 1990 Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature.

* 1959 – Alan Best, Canadian director and producer

In addition, as a producer she received nominations for Tony Awards and Drama Desk Awards for MTM's productions of Noises Off in 1984 and Benefactors in 1986, and won a Tony Award for Best Reproduction of a Play or Musical in 1985 for Joe Egg.

Hammerstein won eight Tony Awards, six for lyrics or book, and two as producer of the Best Musical ( South Pacific and The Sound of Music ).

Following a dispute over ownership of Casablancas Oscar for Best Picture, head producer Hal B. Wallis broke with Warner and resigned.

* May 2 – Alan Best, Canadian animation director and producer

* Edgar Allan Poe Awards: Edgar ; Best Motion Picture, John Paxton ( screenwriter ), Richard Brooks ( author ), Dore Schary ( producer ), Adrian Scott ( associate producer ) and Edward Dmytryk ( director ); 1948.

* Best Picture-Adrian Scott, producer.

* Best Picture: Warner Bros. ( Henry Blanke, producer )

* Academy Award for Best Picture-Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ( Hunt Stromberg, producer )

Hawn's box office success continued with comedies like Seems Like Old Times ( 1980 ), Protocol ( 1984 ), and Wildcats ( 1986 ) — Hawn also served as executive producer on the latter two — and dramas like Best Friends ( 1982 ) and Swing Shift ( 1984 ).

The following year he collaborated with producer John Longenecker as co-writer, film editor and music composer for The Resurrection of Broncho Billy ( 1970 ), which won an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film.

* Wins: Harold Prince has won 21 Tony Awards, more than anyone else, including eight for directing, eight for producing, two as producer of a year's Best Musical, and three special Tony Awards.

At the 46th Academy Awards, Julia Phillips became the first female producer to win Best Picture.

He has won three Golden Globes and two Academy Awards ; as producer of 1975's Best Picture, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and as Best Actor in 1987 for his role in Wall Street.

* Kathryn Bigelow, film producer, director, first woman to win the Academy Award for Best Director

* Tom Scharpling ( born 1969 ), comedian, host of The Best Show on WFMU with Tom Scharpling and a writer / executive producer of the television series Monk.

* Tom Scharpling ( born 1969 ), comedian, host of The Best Show on WFMU with Tom Scharpling and a writer / executive producer of the television series Monk.

The Best of Blood, Sweat & Tears ( 1995 ) Compilation producer: Bob Irwin

Zimmer acted as score producer for the 1987 film The Last Emperor, which won the Academy Award for Best Original Score.

Hulce was a lead producer of the Broadway hit Spring Awakening, which won eight Tony Awards in 2007, including one for Best Musical.

In 2010 Aronofsky was an executive producer on The Fighter and his fifth feature film, Black Swan, received further critical acclaim and many accolades, being nominated for five Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director.