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Paddy Chayefsky
Writer, Actor, Producer, Additional Credits
Born January 29, 1923Died August 1, 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.
Filmography
| 2012 | |
| 2012 | Welcome To The Basement (TV Series) · as Screenplay |
| 1991 | Performance (TV Series) |
| 1981 | |
| 1980 | Altered States · as Screenplay |
| 1976 | Network · as Screenplay |
| 1973 | |
| 1971 | |
| 1964 | The Americanization of Emily · as Screenplay |
| 1959 | Middle of the Night · as Screenplay |
| 1958 | The Goddess · as Screenplay |
| 1957 | The Bachelor Party · as Screenplay |
| 1955 | Marty · as Screenplay |
| 1953 | |
| 1951 | Goodyear Television Playhouse (TV Series) |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse (TV Series) |
| 1945 |