Title: Fever Pitch (1997 film)
Content:  Fever Pitch is a 1997 film starring Colin Firth, based loosely on Nick Hornby's best-selling memoir, Fever Pitch: A Fan's Life (1992).
Title: Fever Pitch (1985 film)
Content:  Richard Brooks became interested in the problem of gambling in America while recovering from a heart attack in 1983. He began researching the topic and wrote the script over two years. It was originally to be produced by Dino de Laurentiis under the title The Fever and Brooks wanted Sam Shepard to play the lead. Jack Nicholson, Al Pacino and Tom Selleck were also considered for the role. De Laurentiis dropped out and Ryan O'Neal was cast instead. Filming took place from October 1984 to January 1985 and Brooks spent nine months editing it. The newspaper editorial office scenes were all filmed at the Los Angeles Herald Examiner, which always had a popular horse racing page, and solid sports gambling coverage. Many Herald Examiner and Los Angeles Times staffers had bit parts in the movie. The Los Angeles Herald Examiner newspaper closed in 1989.
Title: Fever Pitch (1985 film)
Content:  Fever Pitch is a 1985 American drama film written and directed by Richard Brooks and starring Ryan O'Neal, Giancarlo Giannini, Chad Everett, and Catherine Hicks. It was Brooks's final film. The original score was composed by Thomas Dolby. The film failed at the box office, grossing just over $600,000. It was nominated for four Razzie Awards, including Worst Picture, as well as contributing to O'Neal's later Razzie nomination for Worst Actor of the Decade. The film is listed in Golden Raspberry Award founder John J. B. Wilson's book The Official Razzie Movie Guide as one of the "100 Most Enjoyably Bad Movies Ever Made".
Title: Fever Pitch (1985 film)
Content: Ryan O'Neal as Steve Taggart ; Catherine Hicks as Flo ; Giancarlo Giannini as Charley ; Bridgette Andersen as Amy ; Chad Everett as The Dutchman ; John Saxon as Sports Editor ; Hank Greenspun as The Las Vegas Sun publisher ; William Smith as Panama Hat ; Keith Hefner as Sweeney ; Patrick Cassidy as Soldier ; William Prince as Mitchell ; Chad McQueen as Convict ; Fred Robledo as sports desk editor 
Title: Fever Pitch (2005 film)
Content:  over the Cardinals that broke the Curse, Fox cameras on the live broadcast caught Barrymore and Fallon, as Lindsey and Ben, running onto the field and kissing to celebrate. The film, with its updated ending, was also screened at Fenway Park the following August on a screen in center field. Originally, Shawn Levy, who was a huge fan of Nick Hornby's works for years, was attached to direct, with Gwyneth Paltrow playing Lindsey. However, Paltrow found the script mediocre and turned down the role. Brian Robbins replaced Levy, but he quit the project as well. After Drew Barrymore replaced Paltrow and Jimmy Fallon joined the cast, Jay Russell, P.J. Hogan, Luke Greenfield, and Mira Nair were all rumored candidates to direct until the studios hired the Farrelly brothers to take the helm for the film.
Title: Fever (1999 film)
Content:  Fever (1999) is a psychological thriller written and directed by Alex Winter and starring Henry Thomas, David O'Hara, Teri Hatcher and Bill Duke.
Title: Fever Pitch (1997 film)
Content: Colin Firth as Paul Ashworth ; Ruth Gemmell as Sarah Hughes ; Mark Strong as Steve ; Neil Pearson as Mr. Ashworth ; Lorraine Ashbourne as Mrs. Ashworth ; Holly Aird as Jo ; Stephen Rea as Ray ; Emily Conway as Sasha ; Richard Claxton as Robert Parker ; Annette Ekblom as Robert's Mother ; Andy Raines as Football Referee ; Mike Ingham as Radio Announcer ; Ken Stott as Ted, the Headmaster 
Title: Fever Pitch
Content:  Fever Pitch: A Fan's Life is a 1992 autobiographical essay by British author Nick Hornby. The book is the basis for two films: Fever Pitch (1997, UK) and Fever Pitch (2005, U.S.). The first edition was subtitled "A Fan's Life", but later paperback editions were not.
Title: Fever Pitch (2005 film)
Content: Jimmy Fallon as Ben Wrightman ; Drew Barrymore as Lindsey Meeks ; James Sikking as Doug Meeks ; JoBeth Williams as Maureen Meeks ; Jason Spevack as Ben in 1980 ; Jack Kehler as Al Waterman (also the narrator) ; Lenny Clarke as Uncle Carl ; Ione Skye as Molly ; Siobhan Fallon Hogan as Lana ; KaDee Strickland as Robin ; Marissa Jaret Winokur as Sarah ; Evan Helmuth as Troy ; Zen Gesner as Steve ; Jackie Burroughs as Mrs. Warren ; Stephen King as Himself ; Kris Williams as Herself ; Steve Levy as Himself ; Willie Garson as Kevin ; Armando Riesco as Gerard ; Brett Murphy as Ryan ; Andrew Wilson as Grant Wade / Patrick Lyons  Several Boston Red Sox personnel make appearances in the film, including: players Johnny Damon, Trot Nixon, Jason Varitek and Jim Rice, and announcers Joe Castiglione, Don Orsillo and Dennis Eckersley.
Title: Fever Pitch
Content:  A 1997 film version of Fever Pitch, with a screenplay adapted by Hornby, fictionalised the story, concentrating on Arsenal's First Division championship-winning season in 1988–89 and its effect on the protagonist's romantic relationship. Paul Ashworth, played by Colin Firth, the character based on Hornby, a teacher at a school in North London and his burgeoning romance with Sarah Hughes (Ruth Gemmell), a new teacher who joins Ashworth's school. The film culminates with Arsenal playing title rivals Liverpool in the final game of the season on 26 May 1989, a Michael Thomas goal giving Arsenal the 0–2 win they needed to win the title. Fever Pitch compares Hornby's life at Arsenal and other football clubs.

Question: Who was the screenwriter for Fever Pitch?
Answer: Nick Hornby.
Nicholas Peter John Hornby.