Paddy Chayefsky

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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.

  • Writing
  • Born 29 January 1923
  • Died 1 August 1981 (age 58)
  • The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
  • 29 credits

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Most-watched Paddy Chayefsky films currently: Network (1976), The Way We Were (1973), Altered States (1980), Marty (1955), Paint Your Wagon (1969).

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Selected TV credits: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962), The Philco Television Playhouse (1948), The Dick Cavett Show (1968), The Oscars (1953), Film '72 (1971).

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