George Axelrod

Forfatter, Producer, Skuespiller, Instruktør

9. juni 1922 — 21. juni 2003 (81 år)
George Axelrod (June 9, 1922 – June 21, 2003) was an American screenwriter, producer, playwright and film director, best known for his play The Seven Year Itch (1952), which was adapted into a film of the same name starring Marilyn Monroe. Axelrod was nominated for an Academy Award for his 1961 adaptation of Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's and also adapted Richard Condon's The Manchurian Candidate (1962).

Kendt for

  • Pigen Holly
    Pigen Holly1961
  • Den søde kløe
    Den søde kløe1955
  • Hvordan man myrder sin kone
    Hvordan man myrder sin kone1965
  • Den fjerde protokol
    Den fjerde protokol1987
  • Phffft!
    Phffft!1954
  • Lord Love a Duck
    Lord Love a Duck1966
  • Ih, du forbarmende!
    Ih, du forbarmende!1957
  • En kvinde forsvinder
    En kvinde forsvinder1979
  • Ned med nakken, mine herrer
    Ned med nakken, mine herrer1958
  • Goodbye Charlie
    Goodbye Charlie1964
  • Generalernes testamente
    Generalernes testamente1985
  • Studio One
    Studio One10 sæsoner

Filmografi

2004
The Manchurian Candidate · as Original Film Writer
1985
The Holcroft Covenant · as Screenplay
1979
The Lady Vanishes · as Screenplay
1968
1966
1965
1964
Paris When It Sizzles · as Screenplay
1962
The Manchurian Candidate · as Screenplay
1961
Breakfast at Tiffany's · as Screenplay
1958
1956
Bus Stop · as Screenplay
1955
The Seven Year Itch · as Screenplay
1948

2019
The Capote Tapes · as Self (voice) (archive Footage)
2004
The 76th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Memorial Tribute
1987
Biography · as Self
1971
Parkinson · as Self
1962
1962
1957
1950
What's My Line? · as Self
1948
Studio One · as Self - Host

2000
Backstory (2000) · as Screenwriter
2000
The Next Best Thing · as Bel Air Man

1987
The Fourth Protocol · as Screenstory
1966
1964
Goodbye Charlie · as Theatre Play
1957
1954
Phffft · as Story
1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour · as Written By