Here's what persons in the entertainment industry
have to say about Final Draft...

At Felicity, the entire writing staff uses Final Draft. Its many useful, easy-to-use features have been perfected, benefiting from suggestions and wish lists submitted over the years by working film and television writers. Even if you don't own a computer, I recommend buying Final Draft.
J.J. Abrams - Writer/Director/Producer
Felicity, Alias, Armageddon.

I don't think of Final Draft as the Mercedes of screenwriting software -- I consider Mercedes to be the Final Draft of automobiles.
Robert Altman - Writer/Director/Producer
The Player, M*A*S*H, Nashville, Short Cuts.

Accept no substitutes! Final Draft is the best of all the screenplay applications. With Final Draft writing and revising are a pleasure, not a nightmare.
John Badham - Writer/Director/Producer
Saturday Night Fever, Stakeout, War Games, Point of No Return, Nick of Time

I've tried a variety of scriptwriting software and Final Draft is without question my favorite. It's a real beauty of a program-smart, intuitive and useful.
Alan Ball - Writer/Producer
American Beauty, Six Feet Under

The End of the World was written on Final Draft.
Michael Bay - Director/Producer
Pearl Harbor, The Rock, Armageddon

Final Draft is a pleasure to use.  Nothing lets you get your script on paper easier or faster!
Steven Bochco - Writer/Producer
Philly, NYPD Blue, LA Law, Hill Street Blues, Murder One, Doogie Howser MD.

After having been there for me at all odd times and hours, Final Draft has replaced my imaginary friend.
James L. Brooks - Writer/Director/Producer
As Good As It Gets, Jerry Maguire, Terms of Endearment, Broadcast News, Taxi

I want a screenwrting program that is useful and invisible. Final Draft is both. It never stops me...I just keep on going.
William Broyles, Jr. - Writer/Producer
Planet of the Apes, Cast Away, Entrapment, Apollo 13, China Beach

When I'm not writing novels, I'm usually adapting one...and although the first-draft screenplay is done on my old Selectric, the final draft is always done on...well...Final Draft!
Stephen J. Cannell - Writer/Director/Producer/Actor
Dawg, 21 Jump Street, The A-Team, WiseGuy, The Rockford Files, Hunter

Final Draft has removed the annoying obstacle of the screenplay from the creative process. It actually makes writing a screenplay fun.
Rob Cohen - Writer/Director
The Fast and The Furious, The Rat Pack, Daylight, Dragonheart, Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story

I write and rely on Final Draft. It's either that...or longhand.
John Cusack - Writer/Director/Producer/Actor
Gross Point Blank, Hi Fidelity, The Jack Bull

Final Draft is like going from a stick shift to an automatic -- it helps take the anxiety away from facing the blank page. When the ideas come, Final Draft gets out of your way and lets you flow.
Pen Densham - Writer/Director/Producer
Back Draft, Moll Flanders, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Blown Away, The Outer Limits.

We switched over to Final Draft at the very worst possible moment -- in the middle of a production crisis. Not only is it fast, reliable and fool-proof, as far as we're concerned it's combat tested!
Steven E. deSouza - Writer/Director
Die Hard, Die Hard II, Commando.

Final Draft Kicks Ass!
Andy Dick - Writer/Director/Producer/Actor
The Andy Dick Show, The Ben Stiller Show, News Radio

Final Draft is the ultimate mind/computer interface. My writing and re-writing move at the speed of thought.!
John Fasano - Writer/Director/Producer/Actor
Six, Profiler, Alien 3, Another 48 Hours, Tombstone, The Hunchback

There’s nothing like seeing your words turn into a screenplay before your very eyes. Final Draft takes care of the formatting so that all you have to think about is the story. It has an easy to learn, intuitive interface that serves you from index cards through production revisions. I’ve used it since Swingers.
John Favreau - Writer/Director/Producer/Actor
Made, Swingers

Three pieces of advice for creating a great script: 1) Cut the scene where the lead character runs from a fireball. It's cliche. 2) No matter how bizarre the studio notes are, take a deep breath and say "Let me think about that overnight." 3) Use Final Draft.
Bruce Feirstein - Writer/Producer
Golden Eye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough

Final Draft is the final solution for me!
Terry Gilliam - Writer/Director/Producer
Twelve Monkeys, The Fisher King, Brazil, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

Final Draft makes it possible to simply imagine the movie in script form.  If you can think in cinematic terms, you can write in the terms of cinema.
Tom Hanks - Writer/Director/Producer/Actor
Forrest Gump, Philadelphia, Apollo 13, That Thing You Do.

Totally painless!
Amy Heckerling - Writer/Director/Producer
Clueless, Look Who’s Talking, Fast Times At Ridgemont High

Final Draft is the Swiss Army knife of Script Software: the original, bonafide, ask-for-it-by-name, accept-no-substitution solution to the mundane terrors of the blank page.
Todd Holland - Writer/Director/Producer
Freaky Links, Malcom in the Middle, The Larry Sanders Show,  Twin Peaks, Tales FromThe Crypt, Amazing Stories

Final Draft is as essential a tool for screenwriters as a calculator is for an accountant! Nothing else compares.
Gale Anne Hurd - Writer/Producer
Dante's Peak, Aliens, Terminator, Terminator II, The Abyss, Tremors

If Final Draft is not the very best professional screenwriting software, then why is every scribe I know using it?
Peter Iliff - Writer/Director/Producer
Under Suspicion, Varsity Blues, Patriot Games, Point Break,Tales From The Crypt

Final Draft is the only program that works for me. The basic concepts, combined with the relentless improvements and innovations have made me a believer for life. Long live Final Draft.
Lawrence Kasdan - Writer/Director/Producer
Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Empire Strikes Back, Body Heat, Grand Canyon.

We didn't sell a thing until we started using Final Draft. 'Nuff said.
Brian Koppelman/David Levien - Writer(s)/Director(s)/Producer(s)
Rounders, Knockaround Guys

When people ask me what's my secret to sucess, I tell them passion, patience, perserverance...and Final Draft.
Tim Kring - Co-Executive Producer
Providence

Final Draft is the tool with which I make my living in the movie business. It's as simple as that.
Steph Lady - Writer/Director/Producer
Mary Shelly's Frankenstein, Dr. Dolittle

Final Draft makes writing so easy, so much fun, I've actually begun to write! Final Draft... yeah, that's the ticket!
Jon Lovitz - Writer/Producer/Actor
Saturday Night Live, The Critic, A Legend of Their Own, High School High

Final Draft is a program made to perform one task with excellence -- the writing of a screenplay -- by people who support Final Draft users with passion and understanding.
James Mangold - Writer/Director/Producer
Cop Land, Heavy

Final Draft has changed my life as a writer. It simplifies the work and it actually makes it easier to think! All in all, Final Draft is quite wonderful.
Paul Mazursky - Writer/Director/Producer
Down and Out in Beverly Hills,  Moscow on the Hudson, Enemies, a Love Story.

Final Draft is the writer's secret weapon. It works, it's simple, it evolves and it's supported. It belongs, with the pen, in the list of essentials.
Anthony Minghella - Writer/Director
Academy Award winner for Best Director/Best Picture The English Patient, The Talented Mr. Ripley

Final Draft is what allows me to do a six-week rewrite in twelve hours...but don't tell Disney.
Christopher McQuarrie - Writer
The Prisoner, The Usual Suspects, The Way of the Gun

It's easy to say Final Draft is the best. That's a given. But what I appreciate more is the simple fact that they are there -- you call for help and they cheerfully walk you through your dilemma. It's as if they knew they were designing software for artists, not techies. Simple.
Matthew Modine - Writer/Director/Producer/Actor
Ecce Pirate, Death In The Afternoon, Memphis Belle, Full Metal Jacket

Thanks to Final Draft, the right side and left side of my brain are finally getting along. I'd never use anything else.
Daniel Myrick - Co-writer/Co-director
The Blair Witch Project

I found the Final Draft program facilitated the work enormously, worked flawlessly and was a pleasure to use.
Sydney Pollack - Writer/Director/Producer
Tootsie, Out of Africa, The Firm, Three Days of the Condor, Sabrina

I just finished working on a script for Columbia -- thanks to Final Draft's e-mail capabilities, the director was able to read scenes as I wrote them - it's almost like we were in the same room. Final Draft makes working in Hollywood from Australia possible (just don't tell anyone I don't live there).
Jan Sardi - Writer/Producer
Shine, Breakaway

We used Final Draft on my last three films...and by far it's the software we've most enjoyed working with. I think you've finally reached the apex with Final Draft.
Oliver Stone - Writer/Director/Producer/Academy Award Winner
Scarface, Platoon, Wall Street, JFK, Midnight Express

Final Draft actually makes getting to the final draft faster, easier and more fun than any other screenwriting program we've tried. We love it!.
Charles Shyer & Nancy Meyers - Writer(s)/Director(s)/Producer(s)
Private Benjamin, Father of the Bride, The Parent Trap, Irreconcilable Differences.

Final Draft is the only screenwriting software I have ever used, and it is the only one I ever will use.  I owe all my success to Final Draft. Period. End of story.
Ben Stiller - Writer/Actor/Director/Producer
Zoolander, Cable Guy, Reality Bites, The Ben Stiller Show

Our writing staff has been using Final Draft since the beginning of '3rd Rock From The Sun.' It is the only script software officially approved by 'The Big Giant Head.'
Bonnie and Terry Turner - Writers/Producers
3rd Rock From The Sun, That '70's Show, Coneheads, Wayne's World, The Brady Bunch Movie, Tommy Boy

Final Draft is God! Excellent software. Love it!
Kevin Williamson - Writers/Director/Producer
Glory Days, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Scream, Teaching Mrs. Tingle, Dawson's Creek.

The action starts on the page. Choose Final Draft.
John Woo - Writer/Director/Producer/Actor
Mission Impossible II, Face/Off, Blackjack, Windtalkers, Broken Arrow.

During preporduction on Ronin, the Unit Production Manager insisted I switch to Final Draft. I made this switch kicking and screaming, only to find that within days of using Final Draft for the first time, I had converted ALL of my old screenplay files into Final Draft format. I've used Final Draft in Paris, Hong Kong, and in the basement office of my house - it's an invaluable tool for anyone writing screenplays, wherever they are.
J.D. Zeik - Writer
Ronin, Witchblade (pilot and series, writer and executive producer), The Touch (Starring Michelle Yeoh)