Election (1999 film) was written by a person.
Election is a 1999 American black comedy-drama film directed and written by Alexander Payne and adapted by him and Jim Taylor from Tom Perrotta 's 1998 novel of the same title.
Jim Taylor -LRB- born 1963 in Seattle , Washington -RRB- is an American producer and screenwriter who has often collaborated on projects with Alexander Payne.
The two are business partners in the Santa Monica based Ad Hominem Enterprises , and are credited as co-writers of six films released between 1996 and 2007 : Citizen Ruth -LRB- 1996 -RRB- ,	Santa Monica	Santa Monica	Citizen Ruth	Citizen Ruth	1996	1996 in film	2007	2007 in film
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