Ernest Tidyman

Autor, Produzent

1. Januar 1928 — 14. Juli 1984 (56 Jahre)
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Ernest Tidyman (January 1, 1928 - July 14, 1984) was a Cleveland-born American author and screenwriter, best known for his novels featuring the African-American detective John Shaft. He also co-wrote the screenplay for the film version of Shaft with John D.F. Black in 1971.

His screenplay for The French Connection garnered him an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, as well as a Golden Globe Award, a Writers Guild of America Award, and an Edgar Award.

He also wrote the screenplay for the 1973 film High Plains Drifter, which was directed by Clint Eastwood, who was also its star. Tidyman also wrote the sequel to Shaft, Shaft's Big Score which appeared in theaters in 1972.

In 1974, he published Dummy, a non-fiction account of the story of an accused deaf-mute murderer. It was nominated for an Edgar in the Fact Crime category.

He co-wrote A Force of One in 1979, one of Chuck Norris's earlier films.

Thereafter, Tidyman never attained the kind of success he enjoyed with The French Connection and the Shaft series, although he had a high note in 1980 with his teleplay for the TV movie Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (which he also had a hand in producing), which garnered him an Emmy nomination. For creating the Shaft books, he became one of the few white individuals to win an NAACP Image Award.

Tidyman married Susan Gould, and fathered two children — Adam and Nicholas. Gould passed a few years later. In 1982, he married former Motown soul singer Chris Clark, who had co-written the screenplay for Lady Sings the Blues (1972). He died two years later from a perforated ulcer.

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Bekannt aus

  • French Connection - Brennpunkt Brooklyn
    French Connection - Brennpunkt Brooklyn1971
  • Ein Fremder ohne Namen
    Ein Fremder ohne Namen1973
  • Shaft
    Shaft1971
  • Shaft - Noch Fragen?
    Shaft - Noch Fragen?2000
  • Shaft
    Shaft2019
  • Liebesgrüße aus Pistolen
    Liebesgrüße aus Pistolen1972
  • Shaft in Afrika
    Shaft in Afrika1973
  • Der Bulldozer
    Der Bulldozer1979
  • Das Guayana-Massaker
    Das Guayana-Massaker2 Folgen
  • Der einsame Job
    Der einsame Job1975
  • Mauern des Schweigens
    Mauern des Schweigens1979
  • Flug aus der Hölle
    Flug aus der Hölle1983
  • Alcatraz
    Alcatraz1980
  • Ghost in the Noonday Sun
    Ghost in the Noonday Sun1973
  • Tödliche Hitze - Las Vegas Cop II
    Tödliche Hitze - Las Vegas Cop II1986
  • Macht der Mächtigen
    Macht der Mächtigen1980

Filmografie

2019
Shaft · as Novel
2000
Shaft · as Novel
1985
Stark · as Screenplay
1983
1980
1979
1979
1978
1975
1974
1973
1972
1971
The French Connection · as Screenplay
1971
Shaft · as Screenplay

1972
The 44th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Winner
1971
Film · as Self

1986
Stark: Mirror Image · as Characters
1985
Brotherly Love · as Teleplay
1980
1980
1979
A Force of One · as Story
1976
Street People · as Dialogue
1973
Shaft · as Based On The Novel "shaft" By
1973
Shaft in Africa · as Characters