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The Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay is the Academy Award for the best script not based upon previously published material. Before 1940, there was an Academy Award for Best Story for writing. For 1940, it and the award in this article were separated into two awards. Beginning with the Oscars for 1957, the two categories were combined to honour only the screenplay. Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... A screenplay or script is a blueprint for producing a motion picture. ... The Academy Award for Best Story was the Academy Award that was the predecessor to the Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay which was introduced in 1940. ...

1940s

(In 1949, the category was renamed "Story and Screenplay") See also: 1939 in film 1940 1941 in film 1940s in film 1930s in film years in film film // Events February 7 - Walt Disneys animated film Pinocchio is released. ... The Great McGinty is a 1940 Hollywood comedy movie written and directed by Preston Sturges, starring Brian Donlevy. ... Preston Sturges (August 29, 1898 – August 6, 1959), originally Edmund Preston Biden, was a celebrated screenwriter and director born in Chicago. ... Ben Hecht (February 28, 1894 – April 18, 1964) was a prolific Hollywood screenwriter, even though he professed disdain for the motion picture industry. ... John Marcellus Huston (August 5, 1906 – August 28, 1987) was an American film director and actor. ... Foreign Correspondent is a 1940 film which tells the story of an American reporter who becomes involved in espionage in England during the onset of World War II. It stars Joel McCrea, George Sanders, Laraine Day, Herbert Marshall, Albert Bassermann and Robert Benchley. ... Charles Bennett (2nd August, 1899 - 15th June, 1995) was a British playwright and screenwriter, probably best known for his work with Alfred Hitchcock. ... Joan Harrison (June 26, 1907 - August 14, 1994) was a film producer and screenwriter. ... The Great Dictator is a film directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin. ... “Charles Chaplin” redirects here. ... // North America Sergeant York Buck Privates, starring Abbott and Costello Tobacco Road Best Picture: How Green Was My Valley - 20th Century-Fox Best Actor: Gary Cooper - Sergeant York Best Actress: Joan Fontaine - Suspicion Adam Had Four Sons Blossoms in the Dust, starring Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon Bowery Blitzkrieg Buck... Citizen Kane is a 1941 mystery/drama film released by RKO Pictures and directed by Orson Welles, his first feature film. ... Herman Jacob Mankiewicz (November 7, 1897—March 5, 1953) was a Polish-American legendary Hollywood screenwriter. ... George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) was an American theatre, screenwriter and film producer and director, and a theatre, radio and film actor. ... The Devil and Miss Jones is a 1941 film with Charles Coburn. ... Norman Krasna (born November 7, 1909–November 1, 1984) was an American screenwriter, playwright, and film director. ... For the unsuccessful U.S. weapon system, see M247 Sergeant York. ... John Marcellus Huston (August 5, 1906 – August 28, 1987) was an American film director and actor. ... Howard Koch (December 2, 1902 - August 17, 1995) was an American screenwriter who was blacklisted by the Hollywood movie studio bosses in the 1950s. ... Karl Tunberg (11 March 1909-3 April 1992) was an American screenwriter and occasional film producer. ... Paul Jarrico (January 12, 1915 – October 28, 1997) was an American screenwriter and film producer who was Blacklisted by the Hollywood movie studio bosses during the era of McCarthyism. ... See also: 1941 in film 1942 1943 in film 1940s in film years in film film // Events Carole Lombard is killed in a plane crash when returning from a War Bond tour. ... Woman of the Year is a 1942 romantic comedy film in which a feminist, chosen Woman of the Year, tries to keep the spark in her personal relationship. ... Michael Kanin (1 February 1910 – March 12, 1993) was an American director, producer, playwright and screenwriter who shared an Academy Award with Ring Lardner Jr. ... Ring Lardner, Jr. ... One of our Aircraft is Missing (1942) is a film by the British-based director-writer team of Powell & Pressburger. ... Michael Powell film-maker. ... Emeric Pressburger in Paris. ... Road to Morocco is a 1942 comedy film which tells the story of two fast-talking guys who find themselves tossed up on a desert shore and sold into slavery to a beautiful princess. ... William Riley Burnett (November 25, 1899 - April 25, 1982), often credited as W. R. Burnett, was an American novelist and screenwriter. ... See also: 1942 in film 1943 1944 in film 1940s in film years in film film // Events Top grossing films North America For Whom the Bell Tolls The Song of Bernadette This is the Army Stage Door Canteen Random Harvest Star Spangled Rhythm Casablanca Journey Into Fear Academy Awards Best... Norman Krasna (born November 7, 1909–November 1, 1984) was an American screenwriter, playwright, and film director. ... Air Force is a 1943 Academy-Award-winning movie directed by Howard Hawks. ... Dudley Nichols (April 6, 1895 – January 4, 1960) was an American screenwriter who first came to prominence after winning and refusing the screenwriting Oscar for The Informer in 1936. ... In Which We Serve is a 1942 war film written by and starring Noel Coward, and directed by Coward and David Lean, both making their directorial debut. ... Noel Coward Sir Noel Peirce Coward (December 16, 1899 – March 26, 1973) was an English actor, playwright, and composer of popular music. ... The North Star is a 1943 film produced and distributed by RKO Pictures in 1943. ... Lillian Florence Hellman (June 20, 1905 – June 30, 1984) was a successful American playwright, linked throughout her life with many left-wing causes. ... So Proudly We Hail! is a 1943 film with Paulette Goddard. ... Allan Scott (May 23, 1906, Arlington, New Jersey, USA - April 13, 1995, Santa Monica, California) was a screenwriter that was nominated for an Academy Award for So Proudly We Hail!. Allan was the father of actor Pippa Scott, and brother of film producer and screenwriter Adrian Scott. ... // July 20 - Since You Went Away is released. ... Wilson is a 1944 biographical film about President Woodrow Wilson. ... Lamar Jefferson Trotti (October 18, 1900-August 28, 1952) was an American screenwriter, producer, and motion picture executive. ... Hail the Conquering Hero is a 1944 Hollywood comedy movie written and directed by Preston Sturges, starring Eddie Bracken and William Demarest. ... Preston Sturges (August 29, 1898 - August 6, 1959), originally Edmund Preston Biden, was a celebrated screenwriter and director born in Chicago. ... The Miracle of Morgans Creek poster The Miracle of Morgans Creek is a 1944 comedy film about a girl named Trudy Kockenlocker who wakes up one morning after a wild night with a group of soldiers to find herself pregnant and married. ... Preston Sturges (August 29, 1898 - August 6, 1959), originally Edmund Preston Biden, was a celebrated screenwriter and director born in Chicago. ... Richard Edward Connell (October 17, 1893 – November 22, 1949) was an American author and journalist. ... The Wing and a Prayer ,known as well by its second title The story of carrier X, was a B/W war film produced in WW2, 1943-44, and was about the heroic crews of the Navy Bombers. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... // Paramount Studios releases theatrical short cartoon titled The Friendly Ghost, featuring ghost named Casper With Rossellinis Roma Città aperta, Italian neorealist cinema begins. ... Dillinger is a 1945 gangster film telling the story of John Dillinger. ... Philip Yordan (April 1, 1914 - March 24, 2003) was a popular and talented screenwriter of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. ... See also: 1945 in film 1946 1947 in film 1940s in film years in film film // Events Top grossing films North America The Bells of St. ... The Seventh Veil is a 1945 British melodramatic film. ... Muriel Box (1905-1991) was a British writer of books and films, as well as a producer and director. ... Sydney Box (born April 29, 1907 in Beckenham, Kent, England) is a British producer/writer, brother of another prominent British filmmaker, Betty Box. ... The Blue Dahlia (1946) is a film noir with an original screenplay by Raymond Chandler. ... Raymond Chandler Raymond Thornton Chandler (July 23, 1888 – March 26, 1959) was an author of crime stories and novels. ... This article is about Children of Paradise, the film. ... Jacques Prévert was a French poet and screenwriter who was born on February 4, 1900 in Neuilly-sur-Seine and died on April 11, 1977 in Omonville-la-Petite. ... Notorious was a 1946 thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock. ... Ben Hecht (February 28, 1894 – April 18, 1964) was a prolific Hollywood screenwriter, even though he professed disdain for the motion picture industry. ... Road to Utopia]] is the only Road to. ... Norman Panama (21 April 1914 – 13 January 2003) was an American screenwriter and film director born in Chicago, Illinois. ... Melvin Frank (born 13 August 1913 in Chicago, Illinois – died 13 October 1988 in Los Angeles, California) was an American screenwriter, film producer and film director. ... // Events May 22 - Great Expectations is premiered in New York. ... www. ... Sidney Sheldon (February 11, 1917 – January 30, 2007) was a Jewish-American screenwriter and novelist. ... Body and Soul is a film made in 1947 film noir film which tells the story of a boxer who becomes involved with a corrupt promoter. ... Abraham Lincoln Polonsky (December 5, 1910 - October 26, 1999) was an American screenwriter blacklisted by the Hollywood movie studio bosses in the 1950s. ... A Double Life is a 1947 film noir film which tells the story of an actor whose personal life takes on the characters that he is portraying. ... Ruth Gordon (October 30, 1896 – August 28, 1985) was an American actress and screenwriter who was perhaps best known for her role as the oversolicitous neighbor in Roman Polanskis adaptation of Ira Levins novel Rosemarys Baby, for which she won the 1968 Academy Award for Best Supporting... Garson Kanin (November 24, 1912 – March 13, 1999) was an American writer and director of plays and films. ... Monsieur Verdoux is a film by Charles Chaplin that debuted in 1947. ... “Charles Chaplin” redirects here. ... Shoeshine (Italian title Sciuscià) is a 1946 film and the first major work by Vittorio De Sica. ... Sergio Amidei (1904 - 1981) was one of the premiere screenwriters in post-WWII Italy and was an important figure in the development of the Italian neorealist movement. ... Cesare Zavattini (September 20, 1902-October 13, 1989) was an Italian screenwriter noted for neo-realist films. ... See also: 1947 in film 1948 1949 in film 1940s in film years in film film // Events Top grossing films North America The Red Shoes, (55th in year of release, lifetime box office would place it in first) The Road to Rio Easter Parade Red River The Three Musketeers, Johnny... See also: 1948 in film 1949 1950 in film 1940s in film 1950s in film years in film film Events Top grossing films North America Adams Rib Jolson Sings Again Pinky I Was a Male War Bride, The Snake Pit, Joan of Arc Academy Awards Best Picture: All the... Movie poster reprint of Battleground Battleground is a 1949 war film which tells the story of a squad of the 101st Airborne Division trying to cope during the Battle of the Bulge at Bastogne, Belgium. ... Though it is likely that Robert Pirosh (1910 - 1989) was not specifically preparing for a career in advertising when he attended the Sorbonne and the University of Berlin, this was the line of work he pursued upon his return to the US. In 1934, Pirosh was signed as a junior... Jolson Sings Again is the 1949 film sequel to The Jolson Story, both of which cover the life of singer Al Jolson. ... Sidney Robert Buchman (March 27, 1902 – August 23, 1975) was a film writer and producer who worked on 38 films from the late 1920s to the early 1970s. ... Paisà is a 1946 Italian film directed by Roberto Rossellini. ... Alfred Hayes (April 18, 1911 – August 14, 1985) was a British-born screenwriter, television writer, novelist and poet, who worked in Italy and the United States. ... Federico Fellini Federico Fellini (January 20, 1920 – October 31, 1993) was one of the most influential and widely revered Italian film-makers of the 20th century and is considered to be one of the finest film directors of all time. ... Sergio Amidei (1904 - 1981) was one of the premiere screenwriters in post-WWII Italy and was an important figure in the development of the Italian neorealist movement. ... Marcello Pagliero (born January 15, 1907, London; died October 18, 1980, Paris) was an Italian film director, actor, and screenwriter. ... Roberto Rossellini (May 8, 1906 - June 3, 1977), was an Italian film director. ... A British comedy film Passport To Pimlico (Ealing Studios made in 1948). ... Thomas Ernest Bennett Tibby Clarke (June 7, 1907 - February 11, 1989) was a movie scriptwriter who wrote several of the Ealing Studios comedies. ... The Quiet One is a 1948 American documentary film directed by Sidney Meyers and written by James Agee. ... Helen Levitt (born 31 August 1913) is an American documentary photographer. ... Internationally acclaimed filmmaker and film editor Sidney Meyers (1906 - 1969) is best known for directing two features: The Quiet One, a low-budget 1949 documentary that won an award at that years Venice Film Festival and secured Meyers an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay, and The Savage Eye...


1950s

See also: 1949 in film 1950 1951 in film 1950s in film 1940s in film years in film film // Events February 15 - Walt Disney Studios animated film Cinderella debuts. ... It has been suggested that Norma Desmond be merged into this article or section. ... Charles Brackett (November 26, 1892-March 9, 1969) was an accomplished movie screenwriter and movie producer. ... Billy Wilder (June 22, 1906 – March 27, 2002) was an Austrian-American journalist, screenwriter, film director, and producer whose career spanned more than 50 years and 60 films. ... Adams Rib is a 1949 film starring Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy and directed by George Cukor. ... Ruth Gordon (October 30, 1896 – August 28, 1985) was an American actress and screenwriter who was perhaps best known for her role as the oversolicitous neighbor in Roman Polanskis adaptation of Ira Levins novel Rosemarys Baby, for which she won the 1968 Academy Award for Best Supporting... Garson Kanin (November 24, 1912 – March 13, 1999) was an American writer and director of plays and films. ... Caged is a 1950 film which tells the story of a young woman who is sent to prison for being an accessory to a robbery. ... Virginia Kellogg (December 3, 1907 - April 8, 1981) was a two-time Oscar nominated film writer. ... Bernard C. Schoenfeld (August 17, 1907 - April 25, 1980) was a film screenwriter. ... The Men is a 1950 film which tells the story of a World War II veteran, who is seriously injured in combat, and the struggles he faces as he attempts to re-enter society. ... Carl Foreman Carl Foreman (July 23, 1914 – June 26, 1984) was an American screenwriter and film producer who was blacklisted by the Hollywood movie studio bosses in the 1950s. ... No Way Out is a film released by on August 16, 1950 by 20th Century Fox . ... Joseph Leo Mankiewicz (February 11, 1909–February 6, 1993) was an American Hollywood screenwriter, director and producer. ... Lesser Samuels (1894 - 1980) enjoyed a 20 year career as a Hollywood scriptwriter. ... See also: 1950 in film 1951 1952 in film 1950s in film 1940s in film years in film film Events Sweden - May Britt is scouted by Italian film-makers Carlo Ponti and Mario Soldati Top grossing films North America David and Bathsheba Show Boat tie The Great Caruso and An... An American in Paris is a 1951 musical film based on the classical composition by George Gershwin. ... Alan Jay Lerner (August 31, 1918 – June 14, 1986) was an American Broadway lyricist and librettist. ... Ace in the Hole is a 1951 black-and-white film starring Kirk Douglas and directed by Billy Wilder. ... Billy Wilder (June 22, 1906 – March 27, 2002) was an Austrian-American journalist, screenwriter, film director, and producer whose career spanned more than 50 years and 60 films. ... Lesser Samuels (1894 - 1980) enjoyed a 20 year career as a Hollywood scriptwriter. ... Walter Newman was born in New York City on 11 February 1916. ... David and Bathsheba is a 1951 film about King David. ... Philip Dunne (February 11, 1908 – June 2, 1992) was a Hollywood screenwriter, film director, and producer, who worked prolifically from 1932 until 1965. ... Though it is likely that Robert Pirosh (1910 - 1989) was not specifically preparing for a career in advertising when he attended the Sorbonne and the University of Berlin, this was the line of work he pursued upon his return to the US. In 1934, Pirosh was signed as a junior... The Well is a 1951 American film noir which tackled the issue of racial tensions and collective behavior. ... Clarence Greene (1913 - 1995) was an American film producer and screenwriter who frequently collaborated with filmmaker Russell Rouse on a number of offbeat films. ... // Events February 20 - The film The African Queen opens (Capitol Theater in New York City). ... The Lavender Hill Mob is a 1951 comedy film from Ealing Studios which tells the story of a mild-mannered bank clerk who masterminds the robbery of his bank. ... Thomas Ernest Bennett Tibby Clarke (June 7, 1907 - February 11, 1989) was a movie scriptwriter who wrote several of the Ealing Studios comedies. ... Sydney Boehm (April 4, 1908 - June 25, 1990) was a film screenwriter and producer. ... The Sound Barrier is a 1952 film by David Lean. ... Terence Rattigan — British Playwright Sir Terence Mervyn Rattigan (June 10, 1911 – November 30, 1977) was one of Englands most important 20th century dramatists. ... Pat and Mike is 1952 comedy starring Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy. ... Ruth Gordon (October 30, 1896 – August 28, 1985) was an American actress and screenwriter who was perhaps best known for her role as the oversolicitous neighbor in Roman Polanskis adaptation of Ira Levins novel Rosemarys Baby, for which she won the 1968 Academy Award for Best Supporting... Garson Kanin (November 24, 1912 – March 13, 1999) was an American writer and director of plays and films. ... Viva Zapata! is a 1952 biographical drama film directed by Elia Kazan. ... John Ernst Steinbeck (February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968) is one of the best-known and most widely read American writers of the 20th century. ... See also: 1952 in film 1953 1954 in film 1950s in film years in film film Events September 16 - The Robe debuts as the first anamorphic, widescreen CinemaScope film. ... Titanic is a 1953 dramatic movie directed by Jean Negulesco. ... Charles Brackett (November 26, 1892-March 9, 1969) was an accomplished movie screenwriter and movie producer. ... Richard L. Breen (b. ... The Band Wagon is a musical comedy film, released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1953, which tells the story of an aging musical star who wants to star in a Broadway play that will restart his career. ... Comden and Green was the writing duo of Betty Comden and Adolph Green. ... Adolph Green (December 2, 1914 – October 23, 2002) was an American lyricist and playwright who, with long-time collaborator Betty Comden, penned the screenplays and songs for some of the most beloved movie musicals, particularly as part of Arthur Freeds production unit at MGM, during the genres heyday. ... The Desert Rats is a 1953 war film starring Richard Burton and Robert Douglas directed by Robert Wise. ... Richard Murphy (May 8, 1912 - May 19, 1993) was an award winning screenwriter. ... The Naked Spur is a 1953 western movie about a man who is searching for a murderer to collect the bounty on his head. ... Screenwriter Sam Rolfe (1924 - 1993) scored an Oscar nomination with his very first screenplay, to the classic Anthony Mann Western The Naked Spur in 1953. ... Screenwriter Harold Jack Bloom (1924 - 1999) scored a notable hit with his first major screenplay to the classic Anthony Mann Western “The Naked Spur” in 1953, earning an Oscar nomination in the process. ... Take the High Ground! is a Korean War picture with Richard Widmark and Karl Malden as drill instructors who must transform a batch of everyday civilians into real combat soldiers. ... Millard Kaufman (b. ... See also: 1953 in film 1954 1955 in film 1950s in film years in film film Events May 12 - The Marx Brothers Zeppo Marx divorces wife Marion Benda. ... On the Waterfront is an American 1954 film about mob violence and corruption among longshoremen, and it has become a standard of its kind. ... Picture of writer Budd Schulberg (born March 27, 1914 in New York City, New York) is an American screenwriter and novelist. ... The Barefoot Contessa is a 1954 film directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and starring Edmond OBrien. ... Joseph Leo Mankiewicz (February 11, 1909–February 6, 1993) was an American Hollywood screenwriter, director and producer. ... Genevieve (1953) is a British film directed by Henry Cornelius. ... William Rose (December 12, 1914 - February 10, 1987) was a major American screenwriter of British and Hollywood films. ... The Glenn Miller Story is a rather boring 1953 movie about a guy who always appeared as boring himself, except for the swinging music he arranged and conducted. ... Valentine Davies (25 August 1905 to 23 July 1961) was an American film and television writer, producer, and director. ... Oscar Brodney (born February 18, 1907) an American Screenwriter Nominated for an Oscar for The Glenn Miller Story Was a Lawyer before Becoming a Screenwriter Other Well know writing credits Tammy and the Bachelor and Harvey [edit] External links oscar brodney at the Internet Movie Database Categories: | | ... Poster for Knock on Wood Knock on Wood is a 1954 film starring Danny Kaye as Jerry Morgan. ... Norman Panama (21 April 1914 – 13 January 2003) was an American screenwriter and film director born in Chicago, Illinois. ... Melvin Frank (born 13 August 1913 in Chicago, Illinois – died 13 October 1988 in Los Angeles, California) was an American screenwriter, film producer and film director. ... // Events November 3 - The musical Guys and Dolls, starring Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatra, debuts. ... Interrupted Melody is a 1955 biographical film which tells the story of Australian opera singer Marjorie Lawrences struggle with polio. ... The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell is a film directed by Otto Preminger in 1955. ... Its Always Fair Weather is a 1955 MGM film scripted by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, who also wrote the shows lyrics, scored by Andre Previn and starring Gene Kelly, Dan Dailey, Cyd Charisse, Michael Kidd, and Dolores Gray. ... Comden and Green was the writing duo of Betty Comden and Adolph Green. ... Adolph Green (December 2, 1914 – October 23, 2002) was an American lyricist and playwright who, with long-time collaborator Betty Comden, penned the screenplays and songs for some of the most beloved movie musicals, particularly as part of Arthur Freeds production unit at MGM, during the genres heyday. ... Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot, also known as Monsieur Hulots Holiday (UK) and (US), was Jacques Tatis most famous film, released in 1953. ... Jacques Tati as Monsieur Hulot. ... The Seven Little Foys is a 1955 film. ... See also: 1955 in film 1956 1957 in film 1950s in film years in film film // Events November 15 - The film Love Me Tender starring Elvis Presley (his first film) opens. ... DVD cover The Red Balloon (Le ballon rouge) is a short film directed by French film-maker Albert Lamorisse in 1956. ... Albert Lamorisse (1922 - 1970) is a French filmmaker best known for The Red Balloon (1956), a short which earned him the grand prize at Cannes and an Oscar. ... The Bold and the Brave is a 1956 Hollywood World War II movie written by Robert Lewin and directed by Lewis R. Foster, starring Mickey Rooney. ... Julie is a 1956 thriller written and directed by Andrew L. Stone and starring Doris Day in one of her few performances of the genre. ... Andrew L. Stone (born July 16, 1902; died June 9, 1999) was an American screenwriter, director, and producer. ... La Strada is a 1954 Italian motion picture produced by Dino De Laurentiis and Carlo Ponti and directed by Federico Fellini. ... Federico Fellini Federico Fellini (January 20, 1920 – October 31, 1993) was one of the most influential and widely revered Italian film-makers of the 20th century and is considered to be one of the finest film directors of all time. ... The Ladykillers is a 1955 British film. ... William Rose (December 12, 1914 - February 10, 1987) was a major American screenwriter of British and Hollywood films. ... // October 21 - The movie Jailhouse Rock, starring Elvis Presley, opens. ... Designing Woman is a 1957 Academy Award winning romantic comedy about the world of fashion. ... Funny Face (TV series). ... Leonard Gershe (June 10, 1922 - March 9, 2002) was an American playwright, screenwriter, and lyricist. ... Man of a Thousand Faces film poster Man of a Thousand Faces is a movie detailing the life of silent movie actor Lon Chaney Sr. ... Ivan Goff (April 17, 1910 - September 23, 1999) was an Australian screenwriter. ... The Tin Star is a 1957 American western movie directed by Anthony Mann and starring Henry Fonda and Anthony Perkins, in one of Perkins first roles. ... Dudley Nichols (April 6, 1895 – January 4, 1960) was an American screenwriter who first came to prominence after winning and refusing the screenwriting Oscar for The Informer in 1936. ... I Vitelloni (English release title: Vitelloni) is a 1953 Italian film directed by Federico Fellini. ... Federico Fellini Federico Fellini (January 20, 1920 – October 31, 1993) was one of the most influential and widely revered Italian film-makers of the 20th century and is considered to be one of the finest film directors of all time. ... Ennio Flaiano (born March 5, 1910 in Pescara - died November 20, 1972 in Rome), was an italian screenwriter, playwright, novelist, journalist, and drama critic. ... // Events February 16- In the Money is released on this date. ... The Defiant Ones is a 1958 film which tells about two escaped prisoners who are shackled together, one white and one black, who must co-operate in order to survive. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... The Goddess is a 1958 Columbia Pictures motion picture starring Kim Stanley and Lloyd Bridges. ... Sidney Aaron Chayefsky (January 29, 1923 – August 1, 1981) known as Paddy Chayefsky was an acclaimed dramatist who transitioned from the golden age of American live television in the 1950s to have a successful career as a playwright and screenwriter for Hollywood. ... Houseboat is a 1958 romantic comedy starring Cary Grant, Sophia Loren & Harry Guardino. ... Jack Rose is a guitarist, originally from Virginia. ... The Sheepman is a tongue-in-cheek 1958 Western film directed by George Marshall, starring Glenn Ford, Shirley MacLaine and Leslie Nielsen. ... William Bowers (Las Cruces, 1916 - Woodland Hills, 1987) was a reporter in Long Beach before becoming a screenwriter and specializing in writing comedy westerns and also turned out several thrillers. ... Teachers Pet is a 1958 film starring Clark Gable and Doris Day, directed by George Seaton and written by Fay Kanin and Michael Kanin. ... Fay Mitchell Kanin (born May 9, 1917) is an American screenwriter who was President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from 1979 to 1983. ... Michael Kanin (1 February 1910 – March 12, 1993) was an American director, producer, playwright and screenwriter who shared an Academy Award with Ring Lardner Jr. ... See also: 1958 in film 1959 1960 in film 1950s in film 1960s in film years in film film Events The Three Stooges make their 180th and last short film, Sappy Bullfighters. ... Pillow talk is the relaxed, intimate conversation that often occurs between two sexual partners after the act of lovemaking, usually accompanied by cuddling, caresses, and other physical intimacy. ... Clarence Greene (1913 - 1995) was an American film producer and screenwriter who frequently collaborated with filmmaker Russell Rouse on a number of offbeat films. ... This article is about the French film. ... François Truffaut. ... North by Northwest is a 1959 MGM comic thriller by Alfred Hitchcock and is generally considered one of his best works. ... Ernest Lehman (born December 8, 1915 in New York City - died July 2, 2005 in Los Angeles, California) was a successful screenwriter in Hollywood. ... Movie theatre lobby poster Operation Petticoat is a 1959 comedic film directed by Blake Edwards, and starring Cary Grant, Tony Curtis, and Dina Merrill, later adapted for television in 1977. ... Smultronstället (Wild Strawberries, lit. ... Ingmar Bergman   (IPA: in Swedish) (born July 14, 1918) is a Swedish stage and film director who is one of the key film auteurs of the twentieth century. ...

1960s

(In 1969, the category was renamed: "Story and Screenplay - based on material not previously published or produced) See also: 1959 in film 1960 1961 in film 1950s in film 1960s in film years in film film // Events April 20 - for the first time since coming home from military service in Germany, Elvis Presley returns to Hollywood, California to film G.I. Blues August 10 - Filming of West... The Apartment is a 1960 romantic comedy-drama directed by Billy Wilder, and starring Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, and Fred MacMurray. ... I.A.L. Diamond (27 June 1920 - 21 April 1988) was a comedy writer in Hollywood during the 1940 and 50s. ... Billy Wilder (June 22, 1906 – March 27, 2002) was an Austrian-American journalist, screenwriter, film director, and producer whose career spanned more than 50 years and 60 films. ... The Angry Silence is a 1960 British drama film directed by Guy Green and starring Richard Attenborough. ... Bryan Forbes, CBE (born John Theobald Clark on July 22, 1926 in London) is an English film director, actor and writer. ... The Facts of Life is a 1960 romantic comedy starring Bob Hope and Lucille Ball as middle-aged people who have an affair despite being married to other people. ... Norman Panama (21 April 1914 – 13 January 2003) was an American screenwriter and film director born in Chicago, Illinois. ... Melvin Frank (born 13 August 1913 in Chicago, Illinois – died 13 October 1988 in Los Angeles, California) was an American screenwriter, film producer and film director. ... Hiroshima Mon Amour, Alain Resnais acclaimed film, was released in the USA in 1960, and was called The Birth of a Nation of the French New Wave (nouvelle vague) by critic Leonard Maltin, because of its importance to the innovations of the movement. ... Marguerite Donnadieu, better known as Marguerite Duras, (April 4, 1914 – March 3, 1996) was a French writer and film director. ... Never on Sunday (also known as Pote Tin Kyriaki (Ποτέ Την Κυριακή)) is a 1960 black-and-white film which tells the story of Ilya, a prostitute who lives in the port of Piraeus in Greece, and Homer, an... Jules Dassin (born Julius Dassin on December 18, 1911, in Middletown, Connecticut) is an American film director. ... See also: 1960 in film 1961 1962 in film 1960s in film years in film film Events Last Year at Marienbad (Lannée dernière à Marienbad) released Top grossing films North America The Guns of Navarone Exodus The Parent Trap The Absent-Minded Professor The Alamo Swiss Family Robinson... Splendor in the Grass, an American movie from 1961, tells a story of sexual repression. ... William Motter Inge (May 3, 1913 – June 10, 1973) was an American playwright and novelist, whose works feature solitary protagonists encumbered with strained sexual relations. ... Ballad of a Soldier, (Баллада о солдате, Ballada o soldate) is a 1959 Soviet Union award-winning motion picture drama directed by Grigori Chukhrai that is set in World War II. Storyline Spoiler warning: Ballad of a Soldier is not primarily a war story but recounts, within the context of the turmoil of... Grigori Chukhrai, born May 23, 1921 - died October 28, 2001, was a prominent film director and screenwriter in the former Soviet Union. ... La Dolce Vita (1960) (translation The Sweet Life) is a film directed by Federico Fellini and usually cited as the film that signals the split between his earlier neo-realist films and his later symbolist period. ... Federico Fellini Federico Fellini (January 20, 1920 – October 31, 1993) was one of the most influential and widely revered Italian film-makers of the 20th century and is considered to be one of the finest film directors of all time. ... Ennio Flaiano (born March 5, 1910 in Pescara - died November 20, 1972 in Rome), was an italian screenwriter, playwright, novelist, journalist, and drama critic. ... Sergio Amidei (1904 - 1981) was one of the premiere screenwriters in post-WWII Italy and was an important figure in the development of the Italian neorealist movement. ... Indro Montanelli (1909-2001) was an Italian journalist and historian, known for his new approach to writing history in his books History of the Greeks, History of the Romans, etc. ... Lover Come Back is a 1961 romantic comedy released by Universal Pictures. ... Paul Henning (September 16, 1911 – March 25, 2005) was an American producer and writer, most famous for the successful sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies, but was crucial in the development of several rural comedies for CBS. Henning was born on a farm and grew up in Independence, Missouri. ... // Events Dr. No launches the James Bond film series, the longest-running motion picture franchise of all time, running more than 40 years. ... Divorce, Italian Style (or Divorzio allitaliana) is a 1961 Italian language comedy film directed by Pietro Germi, written by Ennio De Concini, Pietro Germi, Alfredo Giannetti and Agenore Incrocci, role played by Marcello Mastroianni, Daniela Rocca, Stefania Sandrelli and Leopoldo Trieste. ... o reily? the devil said when ennio appeard, and there he was. ... Pietro Germi (Genova, September 14, 1914 - Rome February 22, 1975) was an Italian actor, screenwriter, and director. ... Wolfgang Reinhardt (born 6 May 1943) was a West German athlete who competed mainly in the pole vault. ... Still from Lannée dernière à Marienbad Lannée dernière à Marienbad (translated as Last Year in Marienbad in the UK and Last Year at Marienbad in North America) is a 1961 French movie directed by Alain Resnais, starring Delphine Seyrig, Giorgio Albertazzi, Sacha Pitoëff. ... Alain Robbe-Grillet Alain Robbe-Grillet (1922-) is a French writer and filmmaker, born in Brest, Finistère, France into a family of engineers and scientists. ... That Touch of Mink is a 1962 romantic comedy starring Cary Grant and Doris Day. ... Through a Glass Darkly (originally titled SÃ¥som i en spegel) is a 1961 film written and directed by Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman, and produced by Allan Ekelund. ... Ingmar Bergman   (IPA: in Swedish) (born July 14, 1918) is a Swedish stage and film director who is one of the key film auteurs of the twentieth century. ... // Events January 28 - Filming begins on Dr. Strangelove. ... For other articles named How the West Was Won, see the disambiguation page, How the West Was Won. ... 8½ (Italian: Otto e Mezzo) is a 1963 film written and directed by Italian director Federico Fellini. ... Federico Fellini Federico Fellini (January 20, 1920 – October 31, 1993) was one of the most influential and widely revered Italian film-makers of the 20th century and is considered to be one of the finest film directors of all time. ... Ennio Flaiano (born March 5, 1910 in Pescara - died November 20, 1972 in Rome), was an italian screenwriter, playwright, novelist, journalist, and drama critic. ... America, America (alternative title The Anatolian Smile) is a 1963 Elia Kazan film about two young men, an Armenian and a Greek, who escape from their villages in Anatolia during the Armenian Genocide of the early 1900s. ... Elia Kazan, (Greek Ηλίας Καζάν), (September 7, 1909 – September 28, 2003) was a Greek-American film and theatre director and producer. ... Love with the Proper Stranger is a 1963 film which tells the story of a salesgirl who finds herself pregnant after a brief affair. ... Arnold Schulman (born August 11, 1925 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - ) is an American screenwriter and producer. ... // Events January 29 - The film Dr. Strangelove is released. ... Father Goose is 1964 romantic comedy war adventure starring Cary Grant and Leslie Caron. ... Peter Stone (February 27, 1930 -April 26, 2003) was a writer for theater, television and movies. ... This article is about the film. ... Alun Owen (November 24, 1925 – December 6, 1994) was a British screenwriter, predominantly active in television but best remembered by a wider audience for writing the screenplay of The Beatles debut feature film A Hard Days Night in 1964. ... One Potato, Two Potato is a 1964 drama film directed by Larry Peerce. ... Mario Monicelli Mario Monicelli (born May 15, 1915) is an Italian director and screenplays writer, one of the masters of the Commedia allItaliana (Comedy Italian style). ... Lhomme de Rio (That Man From Rio) is a very entertaining and popular 1964 adventure movie, directed by Philippe de Broca and starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Françoise Dorléac (sister of Catherine Deneuve). ... Jean-Paul Rappeneau (born 8 April 1932 at Auxerre) is a French film director, screenwriter, and actor. ... Ariane Mnouchkine (born 1939 in Boulogne-sur-Seine) is a French stage and film director. ... Daniel Boulanger (Compiègne, 24 January 1922) is a French actor, writer and scripter. ... Phillipe Claude Alex de Broca de Ferrussac (March 15, 1933 in Paris, France - November 26, 2004 in Neuilly-sur-Seine) was a film director, best known for his comedies with Jean-Paul Belmondo. ... // Events Top grossing films North America Mary Poppins The Sound of Music, starring Julie Andrews Goldfinger My Fair Lady Whats New Pussycat? Shenandoah The Sandpiper Father Goose Academy Awards Best Picture: The Sound of Music - Argyle, Twentieth Century-Fox Best Actor: Lee Marvin - Cat Ballou Best Actress: Julie Christie... Darling (1965) is a British film which tells the story of an amoral model who sleeps her way to success. ... Frederic Raphael was born in 1931. ... Mario Monicelli Mario Monicelli (born May 15, 1915) is an Italian director and screenplays writer, one of the masters of the Commedia allItaliana (Comedy Italian style). ... Tonino Guerra - Italian screenwriter who has collaborated with some of the most prominent writers of the world. ... The 1965 comedy film Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes is set in 1910, at the dawn of aviation when Lord Rawnsley, an English Press magnate, puts up the prize money for an air race from... Ken Annakin (born August 10, 1914) is a British film director. ... The Train is a 1964 war movie written by Franklin Coen and Frank Davis, and directed by John Frankenheimer. ... Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg) is a musical film made in 1964. ... The director and screenwriter Jacques Demy (1931 - 1990) was one of the most approachable filmmakers of the French New Wave. ... // Events Top grossing films North America Thunderball Dr. Zhivago Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf? That Darn Cat! The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming Academy Awards Best Picture: A Man for All Seasons - Highland, Columbia Best Actor: Paul Scofield - A Man for All Seasons Best Actress: Elizabeth Taylor... A Man and a Woman (French: Un homme et une femme) is a 1966 French film. ... Claude Lelouch (born October 30, 1937) is a French film director, writer and producer. ... Claude Lelouch (born October 30, 1937) is a French film director, writer and producer. ... Blowup (also rendered as Blow-Up) is an award-winning 1966 British-Italian art film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, his first English language film. ... Michelangelo Antonioni (born September 29, 1912) is an Italian modernist film director whose films are widely considered as some of the most influential in film aesthetics. ... Michelangelo Antonioni (born September 29, 1912) is an Italian modernist film director whose films are widely considered as some of the most influential in film aesthetics. ... Tonino Guerra - Italian screenwriter who has collaborated with some of the most prominent writers of the world. ... Edward Bond (born July 18, 1934) is an English playwright, theatre director, theorist and screenwriter. ... The Fortune Cookie is a 1967 film with Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon. ... Billy Wilder (June 22, 1906 – March 27, 2002) was an Austrian-American journalist, screenwriter, film director, and producer whose career spanned more than 50 years and 60 films. ... I.A.L. Diamond (27 June 1920 - 21 April 1988) was a comedy writer in Hollywood during the 1940 and 50s. ... Charlton Heston (right) as Gordon with Richard Johnson (left) as Colonel J.D.H. Stewart Khartoum is a 1966 film written by Robert Ardrey and directed by Basil Dearden. ... Robert Ardrey (b. ... The Naked Prey (1966) is an adventure film starring Cornel Wilde, who also directed and produced. ... // December 26 - The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour airs on British television. ... Guess Whos Coming to Dinner is a 1967 Academy Award-winning comedy-drama film starring Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Sidney Poitier, and Katharine Houghton. ... William Rose (December 12, 1914 - February 10, 1987) was a major American screenwriter of British and Hollywood films. ... Bonnie and Clyde (1967) is a film about Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, bank robbers who roamed the central United States during the Great Depression. ... Robert Benton (born September 29, 1932 in Waxahachie, Texas) is an American screenwriter and film director. ... Norman Lear (born July 27, 1922) is a Jewish-American television writer and producer who produced such popular sitcoms as All in the Family, Sanford and Son, One Day at a Time, Good Times and Maude. ... La Guerre est finie is a 1966 film by Alain Resnais. ... Jorge Semprún (1923 - ) is a Spanish writer and politician. ... Two for the Road is a 1967 movie directed by Stanley Donen about the twelve-year relationship between an architect (Albert Finney) and his wife (Audrey Hepburn). ... Frederic Raphael was born in 1931. ... // October 30 - The film The Lion in Winter, starring Katharine Hepburn, debuts. ... The Producers is a 1968 feature-length comedy film set in New York City, in which two con men (Bialystock and Bloom) attempt to cheat theatre angels (investors) out of their investment money. ... Mel Brooks (born Melvin Kaminsky on June 28, 1926) is an Academy Award-winning American actor, writer, director and producer best known as a creator of broad film farces and comedy parodies or, as he says, spoofs. // Born Melvin Kaminsky in Brooklyn, New York to Russian-Jewish parents Maximillian Kaminsky... Stanley Kubrick (July 26, 1928 – March 7, 1999) was an influential and acclaimed American film director and producer. ... Sir Arthur Charles Clarke (born December 16, 1917) is a British author and inventor, most famous for his science-fiction novel 2001: A Space Odyssey, and for collaborating with director Stanley Kubrick on the film of the same name. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Gillo Pontecorvo (November 19, 1919 — October 12, 2006) was an Italian filmmaker, best known for La battaglia di Algeri (The Battle of Algiers), but directed several movies before its release in 1966, such as the drama Kapò (1960), which takes place in a World War II concentration camp. ... Faces was a 1968 movie, directed by John Cassavetes and starring talented actresses, Gena Rowlands (his wife) and Lynn Carlin, who received one of the two Oscar nominations that the film garnered for her supporting role as Maria. The movie, shot in cinéma vérité-style, concerned the gradual... John Nicholas Cassavetes (Greek: Ιωάννης Νικολάου Κασσαβέττης) (December 9, 1929–February 3, 1989) was an American actor, screenwriter, and director. ... Ustinov at Large (book cover) Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov, CBE (16 April 1921 – 28 March 2004), born Peter Alexander von Ustinov, was an Academy Award-winning British-born actor, writer, dramatist and raconteur of French, Italian, German, Russian and Ethiopian ancestry. ... // Cannes Film Festival opens, but closes in support of a French general strike without awarding any prizes. ... Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is a 1969 Western film made by 20th Century Fox which tells the story of two lighthearted outlaws, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid who seem more inclined to trade quips than shots. ... William Goldman (born August 12, 1931) is an American novelist, playwright and two-time Academy Award-winning screenwriter. ... Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (television). ... 00:46, 12 March 2007 (UTC)00:46, 12 March 2007 (UTC)~~Paul Mazursky (born April 25, 1930) is an American actor and film director. ... The Damned (Italian: La caduta degli dei, German: Götterdämmerung, i. ... Luchino Visconti, Duke of Modrone (November 2, 1906 - March 17, 1976) was an Italian theatre and cinema director and writer. ... Wyatt, Mary (Toni Basil), Billy and Karen wandering the streets of a parade filled New Orleans. ... Peter Henry Fonda (born February 23, 1940) is an American actor. ... Dennis Hopper (born May 17, 1936) is an American actor and film-maker. ... Terry Southern (May 1, 1924 - October 29, 1995) was a highly influential American short story writer, novelist, essayist, screenwriter and university lecturer. ... The Wild Bunch is a 1969 English language western film directed by Sam Peckinpah, in which an aging group of outlaws hope to have one final score while the West is turning into a modern society. ... Walon Green (b. ... Walon Green (b. ... David Samuel Sam Peckinpah (February 21, 1925 – December 28, 1984) was an American film director. ...


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