Ernest Lehman (born December 8, 1915 in New York City - died July 2, 2005 in Los Angeles, California) was a successful screenwriter in Hollywood. He received 6 Academy Award nominations during his screenwiting career. In 2001 he received an honorary Oscar for his works, the first screenwriter to receive that honor. December 8 is the 342nd day (343rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Nickname: The Big Apple Official website: City of New York Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Geographical characteristics Area Total 468. ... July 2 is the 183rd day of the year (184th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 182 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nickname: City of Angels Official website: http://www. ... Screenwriters, scenarists or script writers, are authors who write the screenplays from which movies and television programs are made. ... Academy Awards The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent film awards in the United States and most watched awards ceremony in the world. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...

Lehman was born into a wealthy Long Island family whose fortunes were seriously affected by the Great Depression. Upon his graduation from College of the City of New York (The City College of New York), Lehman became a freelance writer. Lehman felt that freelancing was a "very nervous way to make a living" so he began writing copy for a publicity firm which focused on plays and celebrities. This experience helped form the basis of his 1957 film Sweet Smell of Success, which he co-wrote with Clifford Odets. Lehman churned out a slew of short stories and novellas for magazines like Colliers, Redbook and Cosmopolitan. These attracted the attention of Hollywood and in the mid-1950's Paramount Pictures signed him to a writing contract. His first film, Executive Suite, was a success and he was asked to colloborate on the romantic comedy Sabrina, which also became a hit. Perhaps his most visible contribution to the Hollywood canon is the screenplay of the 1965 mega-hit film version of The Sound of Music. Mercator projection of Long Island Long Island is an island in New York, at 1,377 square miles (3567 km²) the largest island in the continental United States, and with 7. ... Dorothea Langes Migrant Mother depicts destitute pea pickers in California, centering on Florence Owens Thompson, a mother of seven children, age 32, in Nipomo, California, March 1936. ... The College of the City of New York was: The former name of the City College of New York The former name of the City University of New York This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sweet Smell of Success is a 1957 film which tells the story of a powerful newspaper columnist who uses his connections to ruin his sisters relationship with a man he deems inappropriate. ... Clifford Odets photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1937 Clifford Odets (July 18, 1906 - August 18, 1963) was an American socialist playwright, screenwriter, and social protester. ... Colliers were merchant ships that were used to haul coal, also known as The term collier also means coal miner. ... For other uses, see Red Book. ... The term cosmopolitan refers to an individual who retains cultural roots in his or her country of origin, yet has adopted a wide taste for other cultures, and so lives both a local and global life. ... ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Paramount Pictures logo used since 2003. ... Executive Suite is a 1954 film starring William Holden, June Allyson, Barbara Stanwyck, Shelley Winters & Nina Foch. ... [[]]Ä„Sabrina has various meanings. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... The Sound of Music is a Broadway musical and film based on the book The Von Trapp Family Singers by Maria von Trapp. ...

Perhaps Mr. Lehman's most important contribution to Hollywood as a writer was his ingenious screenplay for the 1959 Alfred Hitchcock film, "North By Northwest", which starred Cary Grant as a Madison Avenue advertising executive who is mistaken for a government agent by a group of spies including James Mason and Martin Landau.

When Lehman wrote North By Northwest for Alfred Hitchcock, MGM Studios had actually hired Mr. Hitchcock to make a film called "The Wreck Of The Mary Deare". With Lehman he gave the studio "North By Northwest" instead. In a DVD Audio Commentary by Lehman himself on "North By Northwest", he stated that he "wanted to write the Hitchcock picture to end all Hitchcock pictures." Even though it took him a whole year and several periods of writers block, as well as a trip to Mount Rushmore to scale the faces of the famous monument (he only got halfway to the top and bought a camera to give to the park ranger to photograph the famous monument for him), North By Northwest was one of Lehman's greatest triumphs in Hollywood and was a huge hit for Alfred Hitchcock.

In addition to screenwriting, Lehman tried his hand at producing, and was among a distinct few in Hollywood who had faith in a film adaptation of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. He managed to persuade studio executive Jack Warner to allow him to take on the project, and the stark film was a critical sensation, garnering many Academy Award nominations. Unfortunately, his next film as producer, 1969's Hello, Dolly!, was considered a critical and financial failure. Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is a play by Edward Albee that opened on Broadway at the Billy Rose Theater on October 13, 1962. ... Jack Warner Jack Warner (J.L. for short) (August 2, 1892 – September 9, 1978), born Jacob Leonard Warner in London, Ontario, Canada, was the president and driving force behind the highly successful development of Warner Brothers Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... Hello, Dolly! is a Broadway musical with a book by Michael Stewart and a score by Jerry Herman. ...

In 1972 Lehman directed his first and last film, Portnoy's Complaint. He basically retired from screenwriting in 1979, aside from some television projects. 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1972 calendar). ... Portnoys Complaint book cover Portnoys Complaint (1969) is American writer Philip Roths fourth and, to date, still most popular novel, with many of its characteristics (ribald, comedic prose; themes of sexual desire and sexual frustration; a self-conscious literariness) having gone on to become Roth trademarks. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ...

Lehman died at UCLA Medical Center after a prolonged illness and was interred in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles. He is survived by a wife, Laurie, and his son Jonathan, as well as two sons (Roger and Alan) from his first marriage. UCLA Medical Center is a hospital located on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California. ... Cemetery view looking South-East. ... This article is about the largest city in California. ...

Writing credits

• The King and I (1956)
• North by Northwest (1959)
• West Side Story (1961)
• The Sound of Music (1965)
• Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)

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External link

• Ernest Lehman at The Internet Movie Database