Paddy Chayefsky

Known for WritingBorn 1923-01-29Died 1981-08-01The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Ein Zug nach Manhattan

Network

Marty

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Marty

The Catered Affair

The Way We Were

Gideon

Middle of the Night

The David Susskind Show

The Oscars

Altered States

The Dick Cavett Show

The Bachelor Party

The Americanization of Emily

The Hospital

The Philco Television Playhouse

Paint Your Wagon

The True Glory

As Young as You Feel

A Double Life

Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine

The Goddess

Goodyear Television Playhouse

Film '72

The Mother

Middle of the Night

The Bachelor Party

Altered States