Alvin Sargent (born in 1931 in Pennsylvania) is a multiple award-winning American screenwriter. 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ... Official language(s) None Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Area  Ranked 33rd  - Total 46,055 sq. ... Screenwriters, scenarists or script writers, are authors who write the screenplays from which movies and television programs are made. ...

Sargent began writing for television in 1953 and through the 1960s he scripted episodes for various series such as Route 66, Ben Casey and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour amongst others. He collaborated on his first screenplay for a motion picture in 1966 and gained considerable recognition for his screenplay for the 1970 John Frankenheimer film, I Walk the Line and 1973s acclaimed Paper Moon for which he won the WGA Award for Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium and was nominated for an Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay. He won the Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay in 1978 for the film Julia and again in 1981 for Ordinary People. Currently, he has collaborated on the 2004 screenplay for Spider-Man 2 as well as Spider-Man 3 scheduled to be released in 2007. Alternate meanings of Route 66: New Jersey State Highway 66, Interstate 66, and a company named after the route US Highway 66 or Route 66 was and is the most famous road in the United States highway system and quite possibly the most famous and storied highway in the world. ... Dr. Maggie Graham (Bettye Ackerman) and Vince Edwards as the title character Ben Casey was a medical drama series which ran on ABC from 1961 to 1966. ... Alfred Hitchcock Presents was a half-hour anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock. ... For other uses see film (disambiguation) Film refers to the celluliod media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as part of... John Michael Frankenheimer (February 19, 1930 – July 6, 2002) was an American film director. ... I Walk the Line is a song written by Johnny Cash and recorded in 1955. ... Paper Moon is an American motion picture comedy that was released in 1973 and was directed by Peter Bogdanovich. ... The Writers Guild of America (WGA) is the collective bargaining representative, or labor union, for writers in the motion picture and television industries in the United States. ... The Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay is one of the Academy Awards, the most prominent film awards in the United States. ... Julia is a 1977 dramatic film based on playwright Lillian Hellmans novel Pentimento, which tells the story of her relationship with her lifelong friend Julia, who worked as an anti-fascist in the years prior to World War II. The movie was adapted by Alvin Sargent from the novel. ... This article is about the 1980 film; songs with the same title have been performed by Mary Mary and John Legend. ... Spider-Man 2 is the Academy Award-winning sequel to the popular 2002 film Spider-Man and was released in the U.S. on June 30th, 2004. ... For the video game based on the movie, see Spider-Man 3 (video game) Spider-Man 3 is the third film in the Spider-Man series and it is planned for a release on May 4, 2007. ...

He has been married to producer Laura Ziskin for the past 17 years. His brother, Herb Sargent (1923-2005), was President of the Writers Guild of America and a multiple Emmy Award-winning television comedy writer, notably on Saturday Night Live. Herb Sargent (July 15, 1923-May 6, 2005) was an Emmy-winning television wrier and producer for such comedy shows as The Tonight Show and Saturday Night Live. ... The Writers Guild of America (WGA) is the collective bargaining representative, or labor union, for writers in the motion picture and television industries in the United States. ... An Emmy Award. ... Saturday Night Live (SNL) is a weekly late-night 90-minute comedy-variety show based in New York City which has been broadcast by NBC nearly every Saturday night since its debut on October 11, 1975. ...

Partial filmography:

• Spider-Man 3 (2007)
• Spider-Man 2 (2004)
• Unfaithful (2002)
• Anywhere But Here (1999)
• Bogus (1996)
• Hero (1992)
• Other People's Money (1991)
• What About Bob? (1991)
• White Palace (1990)
• Dominick and Eugene (1988)
• Nuts (1987)
• Ordinary People (1980)
• Straight Time (1978)
• Julia (1977)
• Bobby Deerfield (1977)
• A Star Is Born (1976)
• Paper Moon (1973)
• I Walk the Line (1970)
• The Sterile Cuckoo (1969)
• The Stalking Moon (1969)
• Gambit (1966)

For the video game based on the movie, see Spider-Man 3 (video game) Spider-Man 3 is the third film in the Spider-Man series and it is planned for a release on May 4, 2007. ... Spider-Man 2 is the Academy Award-winning sequel to the popular 2002 film Spider-Man and was released in the U.S. on June 30th, 2004. ... Categories: Movie stubs | 2002 films | Drama films | Thriller films | Best Actress Oscar Nominee (film) ... Anywhere But Here is a 1999 film by Wayne Wang starring Susan Sarandon and Natalie Portman, based on the novel by Mona Simpson. ... Hero (Chinese: 英雄; pinyin: ) is a film first released in China on October 24, 2002. ... The introduction of this article does not provide enough context for readers unfamiliar with the subject. ... What About Bob? is a 1991 comedy movie starring Bill Murray and Richard Dreyfuss. ... White Palace is a 1990 motion picture about an unlikely romance. ... This article is about the 1980 film; songs with the same title have been performed by Mary Mary and John Legend. ... Straight Time: 1978 When his efforts at rehabilitation are futile, a paroled Los Angeles ex-con named Max Dembo (Dustin Hoffman) becomes destined to repeat his criminal past, bedeviled by Earl Frank, his self-serving and venal parole officer played by M. Emmet Walsh. ... Julia is a 1977 dramatic film based on playwright Lillian Hellmans novel Pentimento, which tells the story of her relationship with her lifelong friend Julia, who worked as an anti-fascist in the years prior to World War II. The movie was adapted by Alvin Sargent from the novel. ... Video cover showing Kris Kristofferson and Barbra Streisand The 1976 version, helmed by Frank Pierson and starring Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson, updated the story by bringing it into the rock era. ... Paper Moon is an American motion picture comedy that was released in 1973 and was directed by Peter Bogdanovich. ... I Walk the Line is a song written by Johnny Cash and recorded in 1955. ... The Sterile Cuckoo is a 1969 film which tells the story of a quirky young couple whose relationship deepens despite their differences. ...

External link

• Alvin Sargent at The Internet Movie Database