<p>I don’t think there is such a thing as a “sreenplay Writing” major. However, the University of Michigan has produced some major screenplay writers over the years. Here are a few that I know of:</p>
<p>DUDLEY NICHOLS (graduated all the way back in the 1920s I think) screenwriter for For Whom the Bell Tolls, Stagecoach and The Informer.</p>
<p>VALENTINE DAVIES (also graduated all the way back in the 1920s) was a screenwriter for Miracle on 34th Street.</p>
<p>ROGER L. STEVENS (graduated in the 1930s) was a stage producer for West Side Story, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, A Man for All Seasons and Annie.</p>
<p>ARTHUR MILLER (Graduated in the 1930s) wrote Death of a Salesman, The Crucible, The Misfits and Playing For Time.</p>
<p>MAX HODGE (graduated in the 1940s) was a TV writer for Wild, Wild West, Mission Impossible, Marcus Welby and The Waltons. </p>
<p>HAL COOPER (graduated in the 1940s) was a TV producer/director for Maude, Dick Van Dyke Show, Mayberry RFD, That Girl, I Dream of Jeannie and Empty Nest.</p>
<p>JOHN RICH (graduated in the 1950s) was a producer for Maude, That Girl, Mayberry RFD and MacGyver.</p>
<p>JOHN BRILEY (graduated in the 1950s) was a screenwriter/novelist of Gandhi.</p>
<p>DAVID NEWMAN (graduated in the 1950s) was a screenwriter for Superman I, II, III, Bonnie & Clyde, What’s Up Doc? and Still of the Night.</p>
<p>LESLIE NEWMAN (graduated in the 1950s) was a screenwriter for Superman.</p>
<p>ROBERT K. SHAYE (graduated in the 1960s) was a producer for Nightmare on Elm Street and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. He is the president of New Line Cinema.</p>
<p>JACK OBRIEN (graduated in the 1960s) is a Broadway producer of The Full Monty and Hairspray for which he won a Tony in 2003. He also was the producer of His Girl Friday in London for the National Theatre of Great Britain. </p>
<p>LAWRENCE KASDAN (graduated in the 1970s) was a screenwriter/director for The Big Chill, Body Heat, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Return of the Jedi and Silverado. </p>
<p>GARY HARDWICK (graduated in the 1980s) is a novelist and filmmaker of Deliver Us From Eva. Hardwick wrote the screenplay and directed the romantic comedy, which starred LL Cool J. </p>
<p>DAVID LEVIEN (graduated in the 1980s) co-wrote and co-directed The Knockaround Guys, a movie about the sons of New York gangsters. Levien also co-wrote the poker movie Rounders, which starred Matt Damon.</p>
<p>TODD SAMOVITZ (graduated in the 1990s) is co-author of the screenplay Wonderland, which starred Val Kilmer and Lisa Kudrow.</p>
<p>DAVID MURRAY (graduated in the 1990s) had his film Livermore shown nationwide on the PBS series Independent Lens.</p>