Writing

Paddy Chayefsky

Paddy Chayefsky è noto soprattutto per The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Oscars: La notte in diretta, The Dick Cavett Show e Film '72. Paddy Chayefsky è nato il 29 gennaio 1923. Paddy Chayefsky è morto/a il 1 agosto 1981 all’età di 58 anni.

Nascita: 29 gennaio 1923
Luogo di nascita: The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Morte: 1 agosto 1981 (58 anni)

Biografia

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.