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May 19, 2011 · The screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky (1923-1981) won an Academy Award for his jeremiad “Network” (1976), starring Faye Dunaway. United Artists. By Dave Itzkoff. May 19, 2011. LAMENTING the lack of ...
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PADDY CHAYEFSKY SPEAKS OUT. The Chayefsky script, with its crisp jargon and its fast-flowing comedy, interrupted by those arias of self-revelation and moments of heart-stopping compassion that are this writer’s hallmark, is remarkably rich in itself, as well as in comparison to the aridity of most screenwriting.
Jul 12, 2017 · Researching Network, Chayefsky trailed Richard Wald, then president of NBC News. He met with then über-anchors John Chancellor and Walter Cronkite. In 1974, a Florida local news anchor, Christine ...
Sidney Aaron "Paddy" Chayefsky ( 29 de gener de 1923 – 1 d'agost de 1981) va ser un dramaturg, novel·lista i guionista nord-americà, l'única persona juntament amb Woody Allen a guanyar tres Oscar al millor guió original. [1] Va ser considerat un dels més destacats guionistes de l'anomenada Era Daurada de la Televisió.
Paddy Chayefsky. Sidney Aaron "Paddy" Chayefsky (January 29, 1923 – August 1, 1981) was an American playwright, screenwriter and novelist. He is the only person to have won three solo Academy Awards for writing both adapted and original screenplays. He was one of the most renowned dramatists of the Golden Age of Television.
Biography. Arguably the most influential writer to emerge from the Golden Age of television, screenwriter and playwright Paddy Chayefsky demonstrated an informed respect for common people and their everyday problems in a social realism that proved ideal for the new medium. But ultimately it was his scathing satirical bite demonstrated in "The ...
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 ...
