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  1. WGA Award – Best Written American Comedy. 1960 The Apartment. 1959 Some Like It Hot. 1957 Love in the Afternoon. I. A. L. Diamond (born Ițec ( Itzek) Domnici; June 27, 1920 – April 21, 1988) was a Romanian–American screenwriter, best known for his collaborations with Billy Wilder .

  2. Jan 18, 2017 · I.A.L. Diamond was Billy Wilder’s second great co-writer. After Charles Brackett, with whom Wilder had co-written The Lost Weekend and Sunset Boulevard, Wilder formed another superb screenwriting partnership with Diamond that produced classics such as Some Like It Hot and The Apartment. Unlike the Brackett-Wilder relationship, which was ...

  3. Mar 6, 2015 · Here's Billy Wilder and I. A. L. Diamond writing together. This clip alone is funnier than most of what has passed for comedy in the past few decades! Brilli...

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  4. Aug 22, 2022 · 19 June 1957 (US) When legendary filmmaker Billy Wilder was asked how he and his screenwriting partner, I.A.L. Diamond came up with ideas, his answer was surprisingly straightforward. “You sit ...

  5. Apr 22, 1988 · The Oscar-winning (“The Apartment”) longtime collaborator of writer-director Billy Wilder was 67. Born Itek Dommnici in Ungheni, Romania, Diamond came to this country when he was 9. His father ...

  6. Jul 13, 2020 · 1. Beginning with Love in the Afternoon (1957), I.A.L. Diamond wrote twelve movies with Billy Wilder over a period of 25 years. Their biggest hits included Some Like It Hot (1959), The Apartment (1960), One, Two, Three (1961), and The Fortune Cookie (1966). Diamond and Wilder won an Academy Award for original screenplay for The Apartment and ...

  7. May 21, 2002 · Wilder’s second long-term writing collaboration was with Romanian-born I.A.L. Diamond, who had a degree in journalism and worked as a screenwriter for Paramount. Wilder’s collaboration with Izzy Diamond continued for 25 years resulting in films like Love in the Afternoon (1957), Some Like it Hot (1959), The Apartment (1960) and Kiss Me, Stupid (1964) amongst others.