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Paddy Chayefsky
Writer

Paddy Chayefsky

29 Jan 1923Born
1 Aug 1981Died
58Age at death
19Credits

Biography

Sidney Aaron "Paddy" Chayefsky was an American playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. He is the only person to have won three solo Academy Awards for Best Screenplay for "Marty" (1955), "The Hospital" (1971), and "Network" (1976). He is the only person to have won both the Academy Awards for adapted and original screenplays. He was one of the most renowned dramatists of the Golden Age of Television. His intimate, realistic scripts provided a naturalistic style of television drama for the 1950s, dramatizing the lives of ordinary Americans.

Known for

Filmography

  1. TBAAltered StatesFilm: Novel
  2. 1994The MotherFilm: Writer
  3. 1981Ein Zug nach ManhattanFilm: Writer
  4. 1980Altered StatesFilm: Novel, Screenplay
  5. 1976NetworkFilm: Writer
  6. 1971The HospitalFilm: Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Writer
  7. 1964The Americanization of EmilyFilm: Screenplay
  8. 1959Middle of the NightFilm: Screenplay
  9. 1958The GoddessFilm: Screenplay
  10. 1958MonitorSeries (1 episode)
  11. 1957The Bachelor PartyFilm: Screenplay
  12. 1955MartyFilm: Leo (uncredited), Screenplay
  13. 1954Middle of the NightFilm: Writer
  14. 1953The Bachelor PartyFilm: Writer
  15. 1953MartyFilm: Writer
  16. 1951Goodyear Television PlayhouseSeries: Writer (3 episodes)
  17. 1948The Philco Television PlayhouseSeries: Writer (6 episodes)
  18. 1947A Double LifeFilm: Photographer (uncredited)
  19. 1945The True GloryFilm: Writer

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