Edward Anhalt

Birth Name:

Edward Anhalt

Birth Place:

New York City, New York, United States

Profession

Writer, Actor, Producer, Director, Soundtrack

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

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

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