- Known For
- Writing
- Born
- January 29, 1923
- Place of Birth
- The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- August 1, 1981
Paddy Chayefsky
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
movieSarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
2020 · Thanks
movieThe Mother
1994 · Writer
movieEin Zug nach Manhattan
1981 · Writer
movieAltered States
1980 · Screenplay, Novel
movieNetwork
1976 · Writer
movieThe Way We Were
1973 · Additional Writing
movieThe Hospital
1971 · Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Writer, Producer
Film '72
tvFilm '72
1971 · Self
movieGideon
1971 · Theatre Play
moviePaint Your Wagon
1969 · Adaptation
tvThe Dick Cavett Show
1968 · Self - Guest
movieThe Americanization of Emily
1964 · Screenplay
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
movieMiddle of the Night
1959 · Screenplay, Theatre Play
tvThe David Susskind Show
1959 · Self
movieThe Goddess
1958 · Screenplay
movieThe Bachelor Party
1957 · Screenplay, Story, Associate Producer
movieThe Catered Affair
1956 · Teleplay
movieMarty
1955 · Leo (uncredited), Screenplay, Associate Producer, Story
Middle of the Night
movieMiddle of the Night
1954 · Writer
The Bachelor Party
movieThe Bachelor Party
1953 · Writer
movieMarty
1953 · Writer
tvThe Oscars
1953 · Self
tvGoodyear Television Playhouse
1951 · Writer
movieAs Young as You Feel
1951 · Story
tvThe Philco Television Playhouse
1948 · Writer
movieA Double Life
1947 · Photographer (uncredited)
movieThe True Glory
1945 · Writer
Altered States
movieAltered States
— · Novel