Movie Directors, Writers and Actors on Twitter

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Update: You can read a more updated version of this list here.

Iron Man director Jon Favreau recently joined Twitter, and I was going to write a blog post about his entrance, but have decided instead to post a listing of all the writers, directors and actors that I’m aware of on the 140-character micro-blogging world. I’ve tried to concentrate on working actors over celebrities (for example, I didn’t include Britney Spears). I’ve tried to put everyone in the category that they are best known for. For example, Kevin Smith is better known as a director than actor or writer and Roger Avary is better known as a writer than director (at this point).

So that the list doesn’t get too crowded, I’m only going to include actors, writers and directors that have had a major film released (there will be a few exceptions). I’m sure there might be some people I missed (especially in the screenwriter section). If you know of any credited screenwriters, directors or actors that we may have missed, please leave their Twitter names in the comments below.

Directors:

Darren Lynn Bousman on TwitterDavid Bruckner on TwitterWes Craven on TwitterDan Eckman on TwitterFred Durst on TwitterJJ Abrams on TwitterJon Favreau on TwitterJames Gunn on TwitterJon Hurwitz on TwitterRian Johnson on TwitterDucan Jones on TwitterDavid Lynch on TwitterJoe Lynch on TwitterGreg Mottola on TwitterMark Romanek on TwitterDavid Silverman on TwitterDavid Slade on TwitterKevin Smith on TwitterOndi Timoner on TwitterDavid Wain on Twitter

Writers and Actors after the jump.

Writers:

John August on TwitterRoger Avary on TwitterDiablo Cody on TwitterNeil Gaiman on TwitterJosh Heald on TwitterJonathan King on TwitterBrian Lynch on TwitterBryan Lee O'Malley on TwitterSeth MacFarlane on TwitterJames Moran on TwitterNicholas Stoller on Twitter

Actors:

Aziz Ansari on TwitterSteve Agee on TwitterElizabeth Banks on TwitterTodd Barry on TwitterAmber Benson on TwitterMichael Ian Black on TwitterDavid Blue on TwitterRussell Brand on TwitterNick Cannon on TwitterJohn Cleese on TwitterDane Cook on TwitterRob Corddry on TwitterFran Drescher on TwitterJimmy Fallon on TwitterSean Flanery on TwitterStephen Fry on TwitterDonald Glover on TwitterBrea Grant on TwitterGreg Grunberg on TwitterAshton Kutcher on TwitterJames Kyson Lee on TwitterSamm Levine on TwitterFaizon Love on TwitterDanny Masterson on TwitterChris Mintz-Plasse on TwitterDemi Moore on TwitterAubrey Plaza on TwitterKevin Pollak on TwitterEmmy Rossum on TwitterPaul Scheer on TwitterWilliam Shatner on TwitterBrent Spiner on TwitterMichael Stephenson on TwitterGeorge Takei on TwitterJean-Claude Van Damme on TwitterRobin Williams on TwitterRumer Willis on TwitterWil Wheaton on TwitterRainn Wilson on TwitterElija wood on Twitter

And as always, you can find me at:

slashfilm on twitter

/Film Contributors: Dave Chen, Devindra Hardawar, Adam Quigley, Hunter Stephenson, Brendon Connelly, Kevin Kelly, Steve Mason

Updates:
3/6/09: List posted
3/6/09: Donald Glover, Roger Avary, David Hewlett, Kate Hewlett, Brea Grant, Mark Romanek, David Wain, Jon Hurwitz, Joe Lynch, David Bruckner, James Moran, Michael Stephenson, Sean Flanery
3/23/09: Aubrey Plaza, Rian Johnson, Faizon Love, David Blue, James Kyson Lee, Jonathan King, Aziz Ansari, John Cleese, Danny Masterson

sources: Cinetuyoymio, valebrity.com, ScreenRider, nitroslick, danlight, jasmined , webconnoisseur, Scott Weinberg, hollywoodchain, JoshDaws

  • DerekJames
    Russell Brand's tweets are hilarious.
  • I just checked Russell's out, absolutely hilarious indeed. His randomness is unmatched
  • He IS Hilarious.

    oh, and twitter.com/rockinrors
  • just for good measure, there's a couple of good Fake Twitter's out there.

    http://twitter.com/michael_bay
    http://twitter.com/Nick_Nolte
  • lol @ the fake michael bay:

    "Had sort of a rough morning, so I bought a Lamborghini. And then lit it on fire on McG's lawn. BOOOOM."
  • if you liked that one, check out Darth Vader.

    twitter.com/darthvader
  • breagrant from heroes and both katehewlett and dhewlett (both from stargate atlantis) are missing
  • The Van Damme one is fake.
  • That is wicked, I'm gonna try to add some of them. My twitter: www.Twitter.com/DeafMuslim
  • The Tina Fey account is not real despite her army of followers....she said so in an interview here

    http://gawker.com/5153540/tina-fey-denies-mcflurr...

    You guys forgot Brea Grant who plays Daphne on Heroes @breagrant and James Kyson Lee who plays Ando

    And also from Heroes are the On Set Prop Master @JamesProps as well as one of the make-up artists @wednilynnmakeup and they CONSTANTLY take TwitPics from the set frequently with the actors in them as well...newer Twitter member @KeriLuna works in casting for Heroes too all of them are always answering fans questions too...very cool of them.

    Also, the entire cast of the series Stella (who are also writers and directors of various films including Role Models, Wet Hot American Summer and more) Michael Ian Black @michaelianblack David Wain @davidwain and Michael Showalter @mshowalter

    And if you're interested you can follow me @ScreenRider and my site's news feed @ScreenRiderNews for updates from www.thescreenrider.com
  • There are a lot more actors on twitter, just search for #actors - John Cleese - the amazing Stephen Fry - and, of course, me.
  • Andrew
    David H. Lawrence XVII (Eric Doyle on "Heroes" and the most interesting man in the world - Dos Equis guy be damned.): http://twitter.com/dhlawrencexvii
  • sleepinginflame
    if you follow wil wheaton and brent spiner, you should also follow @levarburton!
  • Don't forget about James Kyson Lee (Ando) twitter.com/jameskysonlee
  • /Film writers don't even get avatars? For shame.

    Others:
    Human Giant's Aziz Ansari: http://twitter.com/azizansari
    Human Giant's Rob Huebel: http://twitter.com/robhuebel
    Human Giant's Jason Woliner: http://twitter.com/jwoliner

    Tim and Eric Awesome Show's Tim Heidecker: http://twitter.com/timheidecker
    Louis C.K.: http://twitter.com/cklouis
    Aqua Teen's Dana Snyder: http://twitter.com/Twittley
    Eugene Mirman: http://twitter.com/eugenemirman
    Tom Scharpling (Monk writer, writer's writer): http://twitter.com/scharpling

    Fakes
    Nick Nolte: http://twitter.com/Nick_Nolte
    Michael Bay: http://twitter.com/michael_bay
  • Jon Hamm joined: http://twitter.com/JonHamm (pretty sure it's legit)
  • correction: iway fake.
  • correction: way fake.
  • Germain
    @Valebrity.com has said that JCVD is real, Shia is fake and that Tina Fey is fake.
  • but Tina Fey is so funny!
  • Tina Fey is NOT fake.
  • Loogie
    Wow! - Did you see Kevin Smith's latest: "Realized I was most-overrated person in town. Stabbed self in fat ass."

    Sorry, just a fanatasy.
  • Tall poppy syndrome?
  • Cant wait to follow Dane Cook on twitter
  • Chris
    Subtle sarcasm is the best.
  • MovieGuy
    My wife started following Ashton Kutcher, not because she likes him, but more to mock him. Turns out he's not as big of a dbag as everyone might think - he's actually had some pretty decent posts and pictures.

    http://twitter.com/aplusk
  • Twitter is awesome! Here is mine: http://www.twitter.com/thefilmstage
  • Kevin
    They should all put a BubbleTweet on their Twitter page so we can 1) know they are the real person and 2) let us see their real personality... beyond 120 text.

    Dane Cook's BubbleTweet: http://bbltwt.com/6tdae
    Greg Grunberg's BubbleTweet: http://bbltwt.com/xqgmw

    You can do one too...at: www.bubbletweet.com
  • Paul F. Tompkins (@pftompkins), John Hodgman (@hodgman), Penn Jillette (@pennjillette), and others already listed here.

    Oh, and me: (@dr_ballon), though I'm not quite as famous... yet.
  • freemachine
    I feel like such a voyeur or cyber-stalker reading their tweets.
  • This is a great post. Good work, Peter.
  • Does anyone know if @AVARY is really Roger Avary? Anyhow, it's pretty great.
  • Oh also... There is @JaneFonda and it seems to be for real...
  • Fantastic idea Pete, thanks for getting this one out to the world.

    Great to see Ondi Timoner, I hope more people see DiG.
    So sad to see Fred Durst referred to as a director.
  • Melly
    for fans of icarly or drake and josh on Nickelodeon... Jerry Trainor has one @jerrytrainor
  • Such creative minds, yet they seem to have nothing to say. The ones I checked out had mostly uninteresting entries. At least the fake ones (fake Michael Bay) are usually funny.
  • This is awesome. Thanks for doing this.
  • Does anyone know if edgar wright is on twitter?
  • Not yet, I'm sure he will soon enough
  • Damn, even Dalai Lama has twitter account. LOL. :)
  • It is, I've added it to the list
  • I've got a couple on mine (I forwarded the Elizabeth Banks one to you, Peter). Anyway, if anyone would like to add me, I am at:
    http://twitter.com/doubledown44
    I reciprocate att Twitter requests. You follow me and I will follow you. That's how I roll.
  • Square
    Heh, noobs. The format for Twitter IDs is @userid, not the URL. lolz @ you, from my dark and dingy basement.
  • let's not forget Funny or Die extraordinaire--> http://twitter.com/partymachine
  • anyone know if Guy Ritchie has a confirmed Twitter?
  • great list..Well put together

    i be tweetin here: @justrobby
  • Brandon
    This is REALLY great.

    Thanks for this. :)
  • Mikey
    Nice, just added a few I didn't know had a twitter. But you're missing a hero...Ando...

    http://twitter.com/jameskysonlee
  • Mikey
    Nice, just added a few I didn't know had a twitter. But you're missing a hero...Ando...
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