Paddy Chayefsky

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Sidney Aaron 'Paddy' Chayefsky was an American playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. He is the only person to have ...

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Marty

Marty

... 1955

Fullname:

Paddy Chayefsky

Date of Birth:

1923-01-29

Country:

The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

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Paddy Chayefsky

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.

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Paddy Chayefsky

Found movies in total

Blink

Blink

... 1993

Warsaw 44

Warsaw 44

... 2014

Beneath Still Waters

Beneath Still Waters

... 2005

Read My Lips

Read My Lips

... 2001

Your Lucky Day

Your Lucky Day

... 2023

The Great Dictator

The Great Dictator

... 1940

Feel the Beat

Feel the Beat

... 2020

Incoming

Incoming

... 2024

The Time of Secrets

The Time of Secrets

... 2022