Alvin Sargent, a fine example of the 20th Century Hollywood screenwriter. He’s definitely up there with William Goldman Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Paul Schrader, Robert Towne and company.
His writing credits included “Ordinary People,” “Paper Moon,” “Julia”,” Straight Time,” “What About Bob,” and “Spider-Man 2,” one of the greatest superhero movies ever made. He was also the writer of other webslinger-led movies such as “Spider Man 2,” “Spider Man 3,” “Julia,” and “The Amazing Spider Man.”
The “Hollywood" screenwriter” has all but gone extinct in the industry, if anything, moving to television with the likes of Vince Gilligan, Noah Hawley, Aaron Sorkin making an auteur mark on the small tube.