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1911–PRESENT · TWO SOUTH BEND BIRTHS, CREDITS NAMED
Notable People tested actors and screen figures and never tested writers as a class. The class is tested now, through the Writers Guild of America and AFI-catalogue-derived records, and both names grade to the city of South Bend. George Seaton (born George Edward Stenius, April 17, 1911, in South Bend; died July 28, 1979), carried by his writing credits as the checklist requires: first major screen credit A Day at the Races (1937); The Song of Bernadette (1943; Academy Award nomination); Academy Awards for Best Adapted Screenplay for Miracle on 34th Street (1947) and The Country Girl (1954); Airport (1970; nomination); president of the Screen Writers Guild 1948–49. Larry Karaszewski (born November 20, 1961, in South Bend; raised in South Bend, where he worked as a television film critic before USC), carried by the credits he shares with Scott Alexander: Problem Child (1990), Ed Wood (1994), The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996; Golden Globe for Best Screenplay), Man on the Moon (1999), 1408 (2007), Big Eyes (2014), The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story (2016; Emmy, Golden Globe, PGA and WGA awards) and Dolemite Is My Name (2019). Both are South Bend births at birth-and-raising strength. At CDP strength the class is a tested negative: no screenwriter born or raised in the Granger CDP was found in the Guild, AFI or trade records searched.
Sources: Writers Guild of America, George Seaton guild history page (birth place, the two screenplay Oscars, the named credits); Writers Guild Foundation and Encyclopedia.com author records for Karaszewski's South Bend birth and raising and the Alexander–Karaszewski credits.