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.
Filmography
all 28
Movies 23
Writer 17
TV Shows 5
self 4
Screenplay 3
Writer
The Mother (1994)
Movie
Screenplay / Novel
Altered States (1980)
Movie
4.33
Screenplay
Network (1976)
Movie
5.8
Additional Writing
The Way We Were (1973)
Movie
Writer
The Hospital (1971)
Movie
Writer
Gideon (1971)
Movie
Self - Guest
The Dick Cavett Show (1968)
TV
Screenplay / Theatre Play
Middle of the Night (1959)
Movie
6
Writer
The Goddess (1958)
Movie
Teleplay
The Catered Affair (1956)
Movie
Writer
Marty (1955)
Movie
5
Writer
Marty (1953)
Movie
Photographer (uncredited)
A Double Life (1947)
Movie
Information
Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1923-01-29
Deathday1981-08-01 (58 years old)
Birth PlaceThe Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsSidney Aaron "Paddy" Chayefsky, Sidney Aaron Chayefsky, Sidney Aaron
AwardsGolden Globe Award, Purple Heart, Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay, Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
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