Douglas Zabriskie Doty (October 15, 1874 – February 20, 1935) was an American screenwriter and editor. Doty wrote the screenplays for 63 films between 1920 and 1938, the last one being Always Goodbye released in 1938, three years after his death. Doty also worked as an editor for The Century Company. Together with his co-writers Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast and Donald Ogden Stewart, he was nominated for the 1931 Academy Award for Best Writing (Original Story) for the film Laughter. He was born in New York, New York and died in Los Angeles, California.