Alvin Sargent (born April 12, 1927) is an American screenwriter. He has won two Academy Awards in 1978 and 1981 for his screenplays of Julia and Ordinary[[ ]]People. His most popular contribution has been being involved in the writing of most of the films in Sony's Spider-Man Film series (The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is the first exception to this).
Alvin Sargent is one of the three screenwriters, along with Steve Kloves and James Vanderbilt, for the film The Amazing Spider-Man.