Paddy Chayefsky
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
WritingBirthday
January 29, 1923Deathday
August 1, 1981Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
23Place of birth
The Bronx, New York City, New York, USAAlso known as
Sidney Aaron "Paddy" Chayefsky, Sidney Aaron Chayefsky, Sidney Aaron
Cast credits
Crew credits
The Goddess
Screenplay
Network
Screenplay
Paint Your Wagon
Adaptation
Altered States
Screenplay, Novel
The Hospital
Writer, Producer
The Americanization of Emily
Screenplay
Marty
Screenplay, Associate Producer
Middle of the Night
Theatre Play, Screenplay
The Catered Affair
Teleplay
As Young as You Feel
Story
Ein Zug nach Manhattan
Writer
Gideon
Writer
The Bachelor Party
Story, Screenplay, Associate Producer
The True Glory
Writer
Marty
Writer
The Mother
Writer
The Way We Were
Additional Writing
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
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