Chuck Barris

The Gong Show Movie is a 1980 American comedy film starring, written and directed by Chuck Barris.

Bong and Kelly Masterson

The film is directed by Bong Joon-ho and written by Bong and Kelly Masterson.

Chris Bearde, who won an Emmy as part of the Laugh

Chris Bearde, who won an Emmy as part of the Laugh-In writing team, created The Gong Show and The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour

Frances Marion

The film was written by Frances Marion and directed by Chester M. Franklin (brother of director Sidney Franklin), with the lead roles played by Wong and Kenneth Harlan.

Co-written by Barris and underground film legend Robert Downey (Putney Swope)

Co-written by Barris and underground film legend Robert Downey (Putney Swope), The Gong Show Movie is by turns anarchic and melancholy, a wild mood swing of cinema.

Bong Joon-ho and Jon Ronson

The screenplay is by Bong Joon-ho and Jon Ronson.

Lee Hall

The music for the show was composed by Sir Elton John and book and lyrics are by Lee Hall, Lee Hall had also written the film's screenplay.

by William Gillespie,

this gong show can be read, free of charge, at www.soa.uc.edu/user/unknown/ and was written principally by William Gillespie, Scott Rettberg and Dirk Stratton.

Joe Carnahan

The movie is written by Joe Carnahan (known for Joe Carnahan's work ‘The Grey’ and 2006’s ‘Smokin’ Aces’).

Park, Wong, and Michael Golamco

The film was written by Park, Wong, and Michael Golamco.

Terry Gilliam

As previously mentioned, the film and popular culture's screenplay comes from inventive filmmaker and former Monty Python’er Terry Gilliam.

David Henry Hwang

The film is directed by and written by pre-eminent Asian American dramatist David Henry Hwang.

Chiung Yao

The film was adapted into screenplay by Chang Yung-hsiang from the novel of the similar Chinese name by Chiung Yao.

Jon Ronson

Bong sought out Welsh author Jon Ronson to help with the script.

Haruko Nagatsu, Shen Wei, and Yee Chin-yen

The film was written by Haruko Nagatsu, Shen Wei, and Yee Chin-yen.

Wang Hui-ling

Wang Hui-ling (“Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”) penned the script.

Jack Ng, Dante Lam and Fung Chi-fung

The film was written by Jack Ng, Dante Lam and Fung Chi-fung.

Wong Kar-wai

The film was also directed and written by Wong Kar-wai.

Kevin Kwan

Directed by John M. Chu, the film was adapted from Singaporean author Kevin Kwan's bestselling novel of the same name.

Tian Han

The script of the film, as well as that of the stage production on which the film is based, was written by Tian Han with Tian Han's wife An E and based on the Wang Kui Betrays Guiying legend from the Song dynasty.