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David Seidler (4 August 1937 – 16 March 2024) was a British-American playwright and film and television writer. Seidler is most known for writing the scripts for the stage version and screen version for the story The King's Speech. For the film, he won the Academy Award and a BAFTA for Best Original Screenplay.
Mar 18, 2024 · David Seidler, a screenwriter whose Oscar-winning script for “The King’s Speech” — about King George VI conquering a stutter to rally Britain at the outset of World War II — drew on his own...
Mar 17, 2024 · David Seidler, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of the acclaimed 2010 drama “The King’s Speech,” has died. He was 86. Seidler’s manager, Jeff Aghassi, told The Times that Seidler died Saturday...
- August Brown
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Mar 17, 2024 · David Seidler, the Oscar-winning screenwriter behind 2010’s The King’s Speech, has died. He was 86. The London native died Saturday during a fly-fishing trip in New Zealand, his manager, Jeff ...
Mar 17, 2024 · Seidler passed away at 86 while fly-fishing in New Zealand. He wrote the acclaimed historical drama about King George VI's speech therapy, as well as several TV movies and episodes.
- Michaela Zee
Mar 17, 2024 · The Oscar-winning writer of the 2010 film about King George VI's speech impediment passed away in New Zealand while fly-fishing. He also wrote Tucker, Quest for Camelot, and Madeline: Lost in Paris.
Mar 20, 2024 · David Seidler, who drew on his boyhood struggle overcoming a stutter to write the Oscar-winning screenplay for “The King’s Speech,” the hit 2010 drama about King George VI’s effort to subdue a...
