Tag: screenwriter

Howard Lindsay

(1889–1968) Herman Nelke Filmography as Librettist: The Sound of Music 1965 Director: Robert Wise Starring: Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer   Born March 29 1889 Waterford, NY (USA) Died February 11 1968 New York, NY (USA) Occupation Actor Librettist Occupation Playwright Producer Occupation Screenwriter…

Ernest Lehman

(1915–2005) Ernest Paul Lehman Filmography as Screenwriter: Sabrina 1954 Director: Billy Wilder Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn     The Sound of Music 1965 Director: Robert Wise Starring: Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer     Family Plot 1976 Director: Alfred Hitchcock…

Alan Jay Lerner

(1918–1986) Filmography as Screenwriter: My Fair Lady 1964 Director: George Cukor Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison   Born August 31 1918 New York, NY (USA) Died June 14 1986 New York, NY (USA) Cause of death Cancer (lung) Occupation Composer Librettist Occupation Lyricist…

Cecil Lewis

(1898–1997) Cecil Arthur Lewis, MC Filmography as Screenwriter: Pygmalion 1938 Director: Anthony Asquith, Leslie Howard Starring: Leslie Howard, Wendy Hiller   Born March 29 1898 Birkenhead (England) Died January 27 1997 Marylebone, London (England) Occupation Film director Producer Occupation Screenwriter Writer Awards Academy Award Military Cross

W. P. Lipscomb

(1887–1958) William Percy Lipscomb Filmography as Screenwriter: Pygmalion 1938 Director: Anthony Asquith, Leslie Howard Starring: Leslie Howard, Wendy Hiller   Born October 1 1887 Merton (England) Died July 25 1958 Kensington, London (England) Occupation Film director Playwright Producer Occupation Screenwriter Writer Award Academy Award

George Bernard Shaw

(1856–1950) Works: • Androcles and the Lion (1912) • Arms and the Man (1894) • Augustus Does His Bit: A True-to-Life Farce (1916) • Back to Methuselah: A Metabiological Pentateuch (1921) • Candida (1898) • Caesar and Cleopatra (1898) • Fanny’s First Play (1911) • Heartbreak House (1913-1916)…

Thomas Mitchell

(1892–1962) Filmography as Actor: Gone with the Wind 1939 Director: Victor Fleming Starring: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh     The Dark Mirror 1946 Director: Robert Siodmak Starring: Olivia de Havilland, Lew Ayres     High Noon 1952 Director: Fred Zinnemann Starring: Gary Cooper, Grace…

Sidney Howard

(1891–1939) Sidney Coe Howard Filmography as Screenwriter: Gone with the Wind 1939 Director: Victor Fleming Starring: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh   Born June 26 1891 Oakland, CA (USA) Died August 23 1939 Tyringham, MA (USA) Cause of death Accident Occupation Playwright Screenwriter…

David O. Selznick

(1902–1965) David Selznick Filmography as Producer: Gone with the Wind 1939 Director: Victor Fleming Starring: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh     Rebecca 1940 Director: Alfred Hitchcock Starring: Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine   Born May 10 1902 Pittsburgh, PA (USA) Died June 22…

Ben Affleck

(1972) Benjamin Geza Affleck-Boldt Filmography as Actor: Shakespeare in Love 1998 Director: John Madden Starring: Gwyneth Paltrow, Joseph Fiennes     Born August 15 1972 Berkeley, CA (USA) Occupation Actor Film director Producer Occupation Screenwriter Writer Awards Academy Award BAFTA…