Known For
Writing
Born
Jan 29, 1923
Died
Aug 01, 1981
Place of Birth
The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Credits
29 titles
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.
Known For
Filmography
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
Thanks
The Mother
Writer
Ein Zug nach Manhattan
Writer
Altered States
Screenplay
Network
Writer
The Way We Were
Additional Writing
The Hospital
Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Film '72
Self
Gideon
Theatre Play
Paint Your Wagon
Adaptation
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
The Americanization of Emily
Screenplay
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
Middle of the Night
Screenplay
The David Susskind Show
Self
The Goddess
Screenplay
The Bachelor Party
Screenplay
The Catered Affair
Teleplay
Marty
Leo (uncredited)
Middle of the Night
Writer
The Bachelor Party
Writer
Marty
Writer
The Oscars
Self
Goodyear Television Playhouse
Writer
As Young as You Feel
Story
The Philco Television Playhouse
Writer
A Double Life
Photographer (uncredited)
The True Glory
Writer
Altered States
Novel