Paddy Chayefsky

Schrijver, Acteur, Producer

29 januari 1923 — 1 augustus 1981 (58 years)
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 Television. His intimate, realistic scripts provided a naturalistic style of television drama for the 1950s, dramatizing the lives of ordinary Americans.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • The Americanization of Emily
    The Americanization of Emily1964
  • De ware glorie
    De ware glorie1945

Known For

  • Network
    Network1976
  • Altered States
    Altered States1980
  • Marty
    Marty1955
  • The Hospital
    The Hospital1971
  • The Way We Were
    The Way We Were1973
  • The Americanization of Emily
    The Americanization of Emily1964
  • The Catered Affair
    The Catered Affair1956
  • Middle of the Night
    Middle of the Night1959
  • Zo jong als je je voelt
    Zo jong als je je voelt1951
  • The Goddess
    The Goddess1958
  • De ware glorie
    De ware glorie1945
  • Ein Zug nach Manhattan
    Ein Zug nach Manhattan1981
  • History Rediscovered: The True Glory
    History Rediscovered: The True Glory2012

Cinematografie

1971
The Hospital · as Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1955
Marty · as Leo (uncredited)
1947
A Double Life · as Photographer (uncredited)
1945
The True Glory · as CommentatorOp Plex

1971
1957
The Bachelor Party · as Associate Producer
1955
Marty · as Associate Producer

2024
Faye · as Self - Screenwriter: 'network'
1992
1978
The 50th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Presenter
1977
The 49th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Winner
1972
The 44th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Winner
1971
Film · as Self
1968
The Dick Cavett Show · as Self - GuestOp Plex
1962
1962
The Merv Griffin Show · as Self - Screenwriter
1961
1958
Monitor · as Self
1957
1956
The 28th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Winner
1953
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show · as Self - Audience Bow

1969
Paint Your Wagon · as Adaptation
1966
Gideon · as Play
1956
The Catered Affair · as Teleplay
1955
The 20th Century-Fox Hour · as Based On A Story By
1951
1950
Danger · as Written By