Paul Monash

Birth Name:

Paul Monash

Birth Place:

Harlem, New York, United States

Profession

Writer, Producer, Director

Won the 2000 Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award from the Writers Guild of America, the highest award for television writing, for "advancing the literature of television through the years․"
Won the Humanitas Prize in the PBS/Cable Category for "George Wallace" in 1998
Graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a degree in Journalism and earned his Master's in Education from Columbia University
Wrote the screenplay for his first TV series, "Foreign Intrigue," based on his experiences as a merchant marine and as an ex-pat studying art in Paris
Quote: "(On accepting his lifetime achievement award): "I have not written the Great American Novel․ It is still in first draft․""
Best known as the writer and producer of "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," "Carrie," and "Slaughterhouse-Five․"
He was very influential in the early days of television, writing for shows like "Studio One," "Playhouse 90," and "Peyton Place․"
He published two novels, one in Manhattan and one in Paris, but not the "Great American Novel" which he had spent most of his life seeking out in his travels

1958Primetime Emmy - Best Teleplay Writing - Half Hour or Less:Winner
1969WGA Award (TV) - Episodic Drama:Nominated
1980Edgar - Best Television Feature or Miniseries:Nominated
1993Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Writing in a Miniseries or a Special:Nominated
1994CableACE - Movie or Miniseries:Nominated
1995CableACE - Movie or Miniseries:Nominated
1997CableACE - Writing a Movie or Miniseries:Nominated
1998Humanitas Prize - PBS/Cable Category:Winner
1998OFTA Television Award - Best Writing of a Motion Picture or Miniseries:Nominated
1998WGA Award (TV) - Adapted Long Form:Nominated
1999Humanitas Prize - 60 Minute Category:Nominated

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