), a movie based on a character from the Mexican comic Los Supermachos of Mexican cartoonist Rius, who co-wrote the screenplay.

Through the 1980s and 1990s, Brooks co-wrote ( with longtime collaborator Monica Johnson ), directed and starred in a series of well-received comedies, playing variants on his standard neurotic and self-obsessed character.

The Birth of a Nation ( originally called The Clansman ) is a 1915 silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and based on the novel and play The Clansman, both by Thomas Dixon, Jr. Griffith co-wrote the screenplay ( with Frank E. Woods ), and co-produced the film ( with Harry Aitken ).

He also wrote or co-wrote songs for other artists such as " Calypso Rock " for Dave Day and The Red Coats on Kapp in 1956, " A. B. C.

Ingram, older than the rest of the members of the band, left to serve active duty in Vietnam, and was later replaced by Walter " Clyde " Orange, the second lead singer who wrote or co-wrote many of their hit tunes before Lionel Richie came on board.

While the compositions and performances were credited to " Jimmy Thudpucker ", they were in fact co-written and sung by Brewer, who also co-wrote and provided the vocals for " Ginny's Song ", a 1976 single on the Warner Bros. Label, and Jimmy Thudpucker's Greatest Hits, an LP released by Windsong Records, John Denver's subsidiary of RCA Records ).

Parton is featured on " The Right Time ," which she co-wrote with Cyrus and Morris Joseph Tancredi.

Rumble Fish was based on the novel of the same name by S. E. Hinton, who also co-wrote the screenplay.

Establishing a close working relationship with Alberto Lattuada, Fellini co-wrote the director ’ s Senza pietà ( Without Pity ) and Il mulino del Po ( The Mill on the Po ).

In 1978, Chapman co-wrote ( with Bernard McKenna ) and starred in The Odd Job alongside David Jason who had previously appeared on Do Not Adjust Your Set with Idle, Jones, and Palin.

Kenny Tudrick also played on 2007's " New Orleans " off Rock N Roll Jesus and co-wrote Rock N Roll Jesus.

Created by two Canadian filmmakers, Mark Achbar and Peter Wintonick, it expands on the ideas of Chomsky's earlier book, Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media, which he co-wrote with Edward S. Herman.

Top musicians who played on Nirvana sessions include: Lesley Duncan, Herbie Flowers, Billy Bremner ( later of Rockpile / Dave Edmunds fame ), Luther Grosvenor, Clem Cattini and the full lineup of rock band Spooky Tooth, Pete Kelly ( Keyboards ) who also co-wrote ' Modus Operandi ' on the ' Local Anaesthetic ' album.

Also that year, Abdul co-wrote the song " Spinning Around " with songwriter and producer Kara DioGuardi, who became a fellow judge on American Idol in 2009.

Deal co-wrote Doolittles " Silver " with Francis, and they share lead harmony vocals on the track.

That same year, Sakamoto began a long-standing collaboration with David Sylvian when he co-wrote and performed on the Japan track " Taking Islands In Africa ".

Hell also co-wrote and sang lead vocals on the song " Never Mind " by The Heads, a 1996 collaborative effort between three former members of Talking Heads.

This became the one-act play The Bed-Sitting Room, which Milligan co-wrote with John Antrobus, and which premiered at the Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury on 12 February 1962.

In fact, singing duties on the group's albums were evenly divided among all of the band's members, all of whom wrote or co-wrote their songs.

His plays include The Designated Mourner, Aunt Dan and Lemon, and Grasses of a Thousand Colors ; he also co-wrote the screenplay for My Dinner with Andre with Andre Gregory, and scripted Vanya on 42nd Street, a film adaptation of Anton Chekov's play Uncle Vanya.

According to former stage manager David Blayney ( 15 years with ZZ Top ) in his book, Sharp Dressed Men, sound engineer Linden Hudson co-wrote much of the material on the album as a live-in high-tech music teacher to Beard and Gibbons.

Gelbart also co-wrote the golden-era film spoof Movie Movie ( 1978 ) starring George C. Scott in dual roles, the racy comedy Blame It on Rio ( 1984 ) starring Michael Caine and Demi Moore, and the 2000 remake of Bedazzled with Elizabeth Hurley and Brendan Fraser.

Gelbart co-wrote the long-running Broadway musical farce A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum with Burt Shevelove and Stephen Sondheim in 1962.

In 1942, Antonioni co-wrote Un pilota ritorna with Roberto Rossellini and worked as assistant director on Enrico Fulchignoni's I due Foscari.

In addition to the many songs recorded by him, in 1956 he co-wrote, with Jody Williams, the pioneering pop song " Love Is Strange ", a hit for Mickey & Sylvia in 1957.

Fuller went into a collaborative partnership with composer Ben Weisman and co-wrote one song, " Rock-A-Hula Baby ", for the film.

He co-wrote the screenplay with Nick Castle.

Coppola co-wrote the script for Patton in 1970 along with Edmund H. North.

the Life Without Zoe segment starring his sister Talia Shire, and also co-wrote the film with his daughter Sofia Coppola.

He also co-wrote ( along with director Wes Anderson and cousin Roman Coppola ) and starred in the 2007 film The Darjeeling Limited.

In 1992, Claude Sautet co-wrote ( with Jacques Fieschi ) and directed Un Coeur en Hiver, considered by many to be a masterpiece.

Chapman also co-wrote several episodes with Bernard McKenna and David Sherlock.

Following the breakup of the group, Shearer co-wrote the film Real Life with Albert Brooks and started writing for Martin Mull's television series Fernwood 2 Night.

The group began composing and performing their own songs during this time including a Brown composition called " Goin ' Back to Rome " and a ballad Brown co-wrote with Terry titled " Please, Please, Please ".

Ramone co-wrote and recorded the song " Meatball Sandwich " with Youth Gone Mad.

In 1754 he co-wrote, with Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, an obituary for J. S.

Lewis followed The Bellboy by directing several more films which he co-wrote with Richmond, including The Ladies Man ( 1961 ), The Errand Boy ( 1961 ), The Patsy ( 1964 ) and the well-known comedy, The Nutty Professor ( 1963 ).

In, Bench co-wrote the book Catch Every Ball: How to Handle Life's Pitches with Paul Daugherty, published by Orange Frazer Press.

Palin frequently co-wrote sketches with Terry Jones, including " The Lumberjack Song " and " Spam ".

In 1980, Palin co-wrote Time Bandits with Terry Gilliam.

Later in life he purportedly discovered a half-brother named James Owen, with whom he co-wrote the song " Theme from A Summer Place ".