Paddy Chayefsky
Writing
1923-01-29 · The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
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.
Filmography
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
2020 · Movie
The Mother
1994 · Movie
Uprostred noci
1981 · Movie
Ein Zug nach Manhattan
1981 · Movie
Altered States
1980 · Movie
Network
1976 · Movie
The Way We Were
1973 · Movie
The Hospital
1971 · Movie
Film '72
1971 · Series
Gideon
1971 · Movie
Paint Your Wagon
1969 · Movie
The Dick Cavett Show
1968 · Series
The Americanization of Emily
1964 · Movie
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Series
Middle of the Night
1959 · Movie
The David Susskind Show
1959 · Series
The Goddess
1958 · Movie
The Bachelor Party
1957 · Movie
The Catered Affair
1956 · Movie
Marty
1955 · Movie
Middle of the Night
1954 · Movie
The Bachelor Party
1953 · Movie
Marty
1953 · Movie
The Oscars
1953 · Series
Goodyear Television Playhouse
1951 · Series
As Young as You Feel
1951 · Movie
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948 · Series
A Double Life
1947 · Movie
The True Glory
1945 · Movie
Altered States
Movie