Paddy Chayefsky
Biography
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.
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Also Known As
Movies (21)
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
Thanks (Crew)
2020
The Mother
Writer (Writing)
1994
Ein Zug nach Manhattan
Writer (Writing)
1981
Altered States
Novel (Writing)
1980
Network
Screenplay (Writing)
1976
The Way We Were
Additional Writing (Crew)
1973
The Hospital
as Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1971
Gideon
Theatre Play (Writing)
1971
Paint Your Wagon
Adaptation (Writing)
1969
The Americanization of Emily
Screenplay (Writing)
1964
Middle of the Night
Screenplay (Writing)
1959
The Goddess
Screenplay (Writing)
1958
The Bachelor Party
Story (Writing)
1957
The Catered Affair
Teleplay (Writing)
1956
Marty
as Leo (uncredited)
1955
Middle of the Night
Writer (Writing)
1954
The Bachelor Party
Writer (Writing)
1953
Marty
Writer (Writing)
1953
As Young as You Feel
Story (Writing)
1951
A Double Life
as Photographer (uncredited)
1947
The True Glory
Writer (Writing)
1945
TV Shows (8)
Performance
Writer (Writing)
1991
Film '72
as Self
1971
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1968
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
The David Susskind Show
as Self
1959
The Oscars
as Self
1953
Goodyear Television Playhouse
Writer (Writing)
1951
The Philco Television Playhouse
Writer (Writing)
1948