Title: The Night of Nights
Content:  The Night of Nights is a 1939 black-and-white drama film written by Donald Ogden Stewart and directed by Lewis Milestone for Paramount Pictures that starred Pat O'Brien, Olympe Bradna, and Roland Young. The film received positive contemporary reviews from publications such as The New York Times. Director Milestone went on to other successful productions after the film came out, including Ocean's 11 and Pork Chop Hill. The movie has no relation to the use of the phrase "Night of Nights" for the night of the Academy Awards ceremony, the album by musical group The Seekers, or the Touhou Project song.
Title: The Night of the Hunter (film)
Content:  with experience writing for films. James Agee was hired as the screenwriter because he was from the South and had experience writing about the Depression. Agee began writing in April 1954, and finished in June, but his script was 293 pages: much too long for a feature film. Laughton made significant rewrites to the script, and his was the version used for shooting, even though he insisted that Agee be credited as the only writer. Agee's original script ended with a shot of children's faces floating among the stars, an idea that was eventually moved to the opening of the film. Throughout 1954, Gregory worked with the Production Code Administration to change the script to meet the guidelines of 
Title: Night Without Stars
Content:  Night Without Stars is a 1951 British black-and-white dramatic thriller film, starring David Farrar, Nadia Gray and Maurice Teynac. The screenplay was written by Winston Graham based upon his eponymous 1950 novel. The film was directed by Anthony Pelissier and produced by Hugh Stewart. It was shot at Pinewood Studios with sets designed by the art director Alex Vetchinsky.
Title: The Night Of
Content: Frank L. Ridley as Jerry ; Jeff Wincott as Lucas ; Fisher Stevens as Saul, John's pharmacist ; Lord Jamar as Tino ; Ariya Ghahramani as Amir Farik ; Syam Lafi as Hasan Khan ; Max Casella as Edgar ; J. D. Williams as Trevor Williams ; Frank Wood as Harry, the medical examiner ; Skipp Sudduth as Bell ; Kevin Dunn as Danny Lang ; Joe Egender as Cutler ("Cutty"), a drug dealer ; Mustafa Shakir as Victor 
Title: We Are the Night (film)
Content:  Dennis Gansel originally wrote the script back in 1999. Then called The Dawn, the plot dealt with a love story between a Berlin vampire and a mortal. He pitched the movie to Nina Hoss, who became very enthusiastic and wanted to do the film right away. The script was in development hell for several years. First Franka Potente was going to direct, but with the flop of Creep, no one wanted to invest in German horror films. Gansel almost gave up hope until the release and success of Twilight sparked a wave of vampire films, and the success of Gansel's The Wave gave him free hands. Due to the similarities between the original script and Twilight, Gansel had Jan Berger rewrite the script, now under the title Wir sind die Nacht. Thinking 
Title: Day Night Day Night
Content:  Day Night Day Night is a 2006 drama film written and directed by Julia Loktev. It documents 48 hours in the life of an anonymous 19-year-old as she prepares to become a suicide bomber in Times Square. It premiered on May 25, 2006 in the Directors' Fortnight section of the 58th Annual Cannes Film Festival.
Title: Night Unto Night
Content:  Night unto Night is a 1949 drama film directed by Don Siegel and written by Kathryn Scola. It is based on the 1944 novel by Philip Wylie. The film stars Ronald Reagan, Viveca Lindfors, Broderick Crawford, Rosemary DeCamp, Osa Massen and Art Baker. The film was released by Warner Bros. on June 10, 1949. Fifteen years later, Siegel directed Reagan's final film, 1964's The Killers.
Title: The Night Of
Content:  The Night Of is a 2016 American eight-part crime drama television miniseries based on the first season of Criminal Justice, a 2008 British series. The miniseries was written by Richard Price and Steven Zaillian (based on the original Criminal Justice plot by Peter Moffat), and directed by Zaillian and James Marsh. Broadcast on HBO, The Night Of premiered on July 10, 2016 to critical acclaim. The first episode premiered on June 24, 2016, via HBO's on-demand services. The Night Of received 13 Emmy nominations, winning five, including Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series for Riz Ahmed.
Title: Through Night and Day
Content:  Through Night and Day was directed by Veronica Velasco and written by Noreen Capili. Lead actress de Rossi was supposed to direct and write the script for the film. De Rossi had a "complete story" for the film but due to pressures on fulfilling the lead actress role for the film, she entrusted Noreen Capili to complete the script and decided to direct the film instead. The final script was said by de Rossi to be "100 times better" than what she could have done. De Rossi personally went to Iceland in June 2018 to develop the story for the film and 
Title: The Big Night (1951 film)
Content:  The Big Night is a 1951 American film noir directed by Joseph Losey, that features John Drew Barrymore (credited as "John Barrymore, Jr." in his first starring role), Preston Foster and Joan Lorring. The feature is based on a script written by Joseph Losey and Stanley Ellin, based on Ellin's 1948 novel Dreadful Summit. Hugo Butler and Ring Lardner, Jr. also contributed to the screenplay, but were uncredited when the film was first released. Robert Aldrich, who had been an assistant director on other films directed by Losey, also has a brief uncredited appearance in a scene at a boxing match.

Question: Who was the screenwriter for The Night Of?
Answer: Steven Zaillian.
Steven Ernest Bernard Zaillian.