Writing

Paddy Chayefsky

Paddy Chayefsky é mais conhecido por The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Oscars, The Dick Cavett Show e Film '72. Paddy Chayefsky nasceu em 29 de janeiro de 1923. Paddy Chayefsky morreu em 1 de agosto de 1981, aos 58 anos.

Nascimento: 29 de janeiro de 1923
Local de nascimento: The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Falecimento: 1 de agosto de 1981 (58 anos)

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.