Known For
Writing
Born
Dec 09, 1905
Died
Sep 10, 1976
Place of Birth
Montrose, Colorado, USA
Credits
68 titles
Dalton Trumbo
Biography
James Dalton Trumbo (December 9, 1905 – September 10, 1976) was an American screenwriter who scripted many award-winning films, including Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944), Roman Holiday (1953), Spartacus (1960), and Exodus (1960). One of the Hollywood Ten, he refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) in 1947 during the committee's investigation of Communist influences in the motion picture industry. Trumbo, the other members of the Hollywood Ten, and hundreds of other professionals in the industry were blacklisted by Hollywood. He continued working clandestinely on major films, writing under pseudonyms or other authors' names. His uncredited work won two Academy Awards for Best Story: for Roman Holiday (1953), which was presented to a front writer, and for The Brave One (1956), which was awarded to a pseudonym used by Trumbo. When he was given public screen credit for both Exodus and Spartacus in 1960, it marked the beginning of the end of the Hollywood Blacklist for Trumbo and other affected screenwriters. He finally was given full credit by the Writers' Guild for Roman Holiday in 2011, nearly 60 years after the fact, and 35 years after his death. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dalton Trumbo, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War
Self - Screenwriter (archive footage)
The Real Charlie Chaplin
Self (archive footage)
Papillon
Original Film Writer
Imminent Threat
Self (archive footage)
Johnny Got His Gun
Writer
Dalton Trumbo: Rebel in Hollywood
Himself
Buñuel in Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Self (archive footage)
Always
Original Film Writer
Metallica - 2 of One
Director
Roman Holiday
Original Film Writer
Ishi: The Last of His Tribe
Writer
Papillon
Commandant (uncredited)
Executive Action
Screenplay
The Way We Were
Additional Writing
FTA
Writer
The Horsemen
Screenplay
Johnny Got His Gun
Orator
The Fixer
Screenplay
Hawaii
Screenplay
The Sandpiper
Screenplay
Lonely are the Brave
Screenplay
Town Without Pity
Writer
The Last Sunset
Screenplay
A Day of My Life
Story
Exodus
Screenplay
Spartacus
Screenplay
Terror in a Texas Town
Screenplay
Cowboy
Screenplay
The Green-Eyed Blonde
Writer
The Deerslayer
Screenplay
The Brothers Rico
Screenplay
The Brave One
Story
Roman Holiday
Screenplay
He Ran All the Way
Screenplay
The Prowler
John Gilvray's Voice (voice) (uncredited)
Emergency Wedding
Story
Gun Crazy
Screenplay
The Hollywood Ten
Self
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes
Screenplay
Jealousy
Story
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
Screenplay
Tender Comrade
Writer
A Guy Named Joe
Screenplay
I Married a Witch
Additional Writing
Somewhere I'll Find You
Writer
The Remarkable Andrew
Screenplay
You Belong to Me
Story
Accent on Love
Story
Kitty Foyle
Screenplay