- Known For
- Writing
- Born
- June 23, 1903
- Place of Birth
- New York, New York, USA
- Died
- June 27, 1965
Anthony Veiller
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Anthony Veiller (23 June 1903 – 27 June 1965) was an American screenwriter and film producer. The son of the screenwriter Bayard Veiller and the English actress Margaret Wycherly, Anthony Veiller wrote for 41 films between 1934 and 1964. He was born on 23 June 1903 in New York City to Bayard Veiller and Margaret Wycherly. He moved to Hollywood in 1930. Veiller was twice nominated for an Academy Award for Best Screenplay. In 1937, he co-wrote (with Morrie Ryskind) the screenplay for Stage Door, starring Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers and Adolphe Menjou. This very loose adaptation of the play by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Veiller was also Oscar-nominated for writing (with uncredited help from John Huston and Richard Brooks) The Killers (1946), an adaptation of the short story by Er…
Filmography
Why We Fight: World War II: The Battle of China / War Comes to America
movieWhy We Fight: World War II: The Battle of China / War Comes to America
2000 · Narrator, Writer
movieThe Night of the Iguana
1964 · Screenplay
movieOn the Trail of the Iguana
1964 · Self
movieThe List of Adrian Messenger
1963 · Screenplay
movieSolomon and Sheba
1959 · Screenplay
movieTimbuktu
1958 · Writer
movieMonkey on My Back
1957 · Screenplay
movieSafari
1956 · Screenplay
movieThat Lady
1955 · Screenplay
movieMoulin Rouge
1952 · Screenplay
movieRed Planet Mars
1952 · Producer, Writer
movieForce of Arms
1951 · Producer
movieFort Worth
1951 · Producer
movieAlong the Great Divide
1951 · Producer
movieDallas
1950 · Producer
movieChain Lightning
1950 · Producer
movieBackfire
1950 · Producer
movieColorado Territory
1949 · Producer
movieState of the Union
1948 · Screenplay
movieThe Killers
1946 · Screenplay
movieThe Stranger
1946 · Screenplay
movieHere Is Germany
1945 · Narrator (uncredited)
movieYour Job in Germany
1945 · Writer
movieWhy We Fight: The Battle of China
1944 · Narrator
movieAttack! The Battle for New Britain
1944 · Narrator (voice)
movieWhy We Fight: The Battle of Russia
1943 · Narrator
movieWhy We Fight: The Battle of Britain
1943 · Director
movieAssignment in Brittany
1943 · Screenplay
movieHer Cardboard Lover
1942 · Screenplay
movieNew York Town
1941 · Producer
movieVictory
1940 · Producer
movieMoon Over Burma
1940 · Producer
movieSafari
1940 · Producer
movieTyphoon
1940 · Producer
movieDisputed Passage
1939 · Screenplay
movieLet Us Live
1939 · Screenplay
movieThe Saint in New York
1938 · Treatment
movieRadio City Revels
1938 · Screenplay
movieStage Door
1937 · Screenplay
movieThe Soldier and the Lady
1937 · Screenplay
movieWinterset
1936 · Screenplay
movieA Woman Rebels
1936 · Screenplay
movieThe Ex-Mrs. Bradford
1936 · Screenplay
movieThe Lady Consents
1936 · Screenplay
movieSeven Keys to Baldpate
1935 · Writer
movieJalna
1935 · Screenplay
movieBreak of Hearts
1935 · Screenplay
movieStar of Midnight
1935 · Screenplay
movieMenace
1934 · Writer
movieThe Notorious Sophie Lang
1934 · Screenplay
movieThe Witching Hour
1934 · Writer, Producer