Leigh Brackett(1915-1978)

The character "Sheriff Leigh Brackett" in John Carpenter's successful independent horror film La Nuit des masques (1978) was named after her.

They were all collaborations. The filmmaking process is a team effort. A screenwriter cannot possibly do exactly what he wants, as if he was writing a novel. When I write a novel I am God at my own typewriter and there is nobody in between. But when I write a screenplay it must be a compromise because there are so many elements which are outside the writer's province.