Philip Dunne Biography

Fast Facts

• One of few founding members of the Screen Writer's Guild that was established in 1933
• Immediately following his graduation from Harvard, he boarded a train for Hollywood, eventually selling his first screenplay at 24-years-old
• Quote: "Never in all my years in this chancy and unstable profession did I ever realize that I was sleepwalking along a precipice․"
• Following his retirement from Hollywood, he would continue writing as a syndicated columnist for nationwide newspapers and magazines including The Los Angeles Times and Time magazine
• Remained on contract with 20th Century Fox for more than 25 years, where he would go on to write 36 films and direct 10
• One of three founding members of the Committee for the First Amendment, a group created to protest the proceedings of the House Un-American Activities Committee during the height of Hollywood blacklisting
• Son of Margaret Abbott, the first-ever female Olympic participant and winner