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Paddy Chayefsky

Writer

Paddy Chayefsky

Born January 29, 1923 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USADied August 1, 198120 films

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.

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Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Marty poster7.5Marty1955Altered States poster6.7Altered States1980Paint Your Wagon poster6.3Paint Your Wagon1969The Hospital poster6.6The Hospital1971The Americanization of Emily poster6.7The Americanization of Emily1964

Filmography

20 films
  1. TBAAltered StatesNovel
  2. 1994The MotherWriter
  3. 1981Uprostred nociTheatre Play
  4. 1981Ein Zug nach ManhattanWriter
  5. 1980Altered StatesScreenplay
  6. 1976NetworkWriter
  7. 1971The HospitalWriter
  8. 1971GideonTheatre Play
  9. 1969Paint Your WagonAdaptation
  10. 1964The Americanization of EmilyScreenplay
  11. 1959Middle of the NightScreenplay
  12. 1958The GoddessScreenplay
  13. 1957The Bachelor PartyScreenplay
  14. 1956The Catered AffairTeleplay
  15. 1955MartyScreenplay
  16. 1954Middle of the NightWriter
  17. 1953The Bachelor PartyWriter
  18. 1953MartyWriter
  19. 1951As Young as You FeelStory
  20. 1945The True GloryWriter