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Edward Anhalt Biography

Birth Name:Edward Anhalt

Birth Place:New York City, New York, United States

Profession Writer, Actor, Producer, Director, Soundtrack

Fast Facts

  • Won the Laurel Award for Screen Writing Achievement from the Writers Guild of America in 1978
  • Is a Graduate of the Columbia School of Journalism
  • Served with the Army Air Force First Motion Picture Unit in Culver City, California, as a training film scenarist during World War II
  • Started out working as a journalist and documentary filmmaker for Pathé and CBS-TV
  • Often collaborated with his first wife, Edna Anhalt, on pulp fiction screenplays during World War II
  • Was known for quickly and effectively adapting other writers' novels and plays for film, his efforts including "The Young Lions," "Wives and Lovers" and "Becket․"
  • Though he began working in television in the 1930s, he didn't get his first screenwriting credit until 1946

Awards

  • 1951Oscar-Best Writing, Motion Picture Story: winner
  • 1953Oscar-Best Writing, Motion Picture Story: nominated
  • 1964NYFCC Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
  • 1965Oscar-Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium: winner
  • 1965BAFTA Film Award-Best British Screenplay: nominated
  • 1965WGA Award (Screen)-Best Written American Drama: winner
  • 1969Edgar-Best Motion Picture: nominated
  • 1972Bronze Wrangler-Theatrical Motion Picture: winner
  • 1975Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Writing in a Special Program - Drama or Comedy - Adaptation: nominated
  • 1976WGA Award (Screen)-Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium: nominated
  • 1978Edgar-Best Television Feature or Miniseries: nominated
  • 1987WGA Award (TV)-Adapted Long Form: winner