Gage Skidmore · CC BY-SA 3.0

A screenwriter and director who wrote Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Empire Strikes Back back to back at the start of his career, then went on to direct Body Heat, The Big Chill, and Silverado, helping revive film noir and the western for a new era. He returned to Star Wars decades later, co-writing The Force Awakens (2015) and Solo (2018), and has been nominated for four Academy Awards across writing and producing.