Writing
Paddy Chayefsky
1923-01-29 · The 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.
Known for
Network
Altered States
The Way We Were
Marty
Paint Your Wagon
The Hospital
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Oscars
The Americanization of Emily
A Double Life
The Catered Affair
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
Middle of the Night
As Young as You Feel
The Dick Cavett Show
The True Glory
Movie credits · 23
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
The Mother
Uprostred noci
Ein Zug nach Manhattan
Altered States
Network
The Way We Were
The Hospital
Gideon
Paint Your Wagon
The Americanization of Emily
Middle of the Night
The Goddess
The Bachelor Party
The Catered Affair
Marty
Middle of the Night
The Bachelor Party
Marty
As Young as You Feel
A Double Life
The True Glory
Altered States
TV credits · 8
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