Blake Edwards
Born: 1922-07-26 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
Died: 2010-12-15
Known For: Directing
Biography
Blake Edwards was an American film director, screenwriter and producer. Edwards' career began in the 1940s as an actor but he soon turned to writing radio scripts at Columbia Pictures. He used his writing skills to begin producing and directing, with some of his best films including: Experiment in Terror, The Great Race, and the hugely successful Pink Panther film series with the British comedian Peter Sellers. Often thought of as primarily a director of comedies, he was also renowned for his dramatic work, Breakfast at Tiffany's and Days of Wine and Roses. His greatest successes, however, were his comedies, and most of his films were either musicals, melodramas, slapstick comedies, and thrillers. In 2004, he received an Honorary Academy Award in recognition of his writing, directing and producing an extraordinary body of work for the screen.
Filmography
2024
- Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames as Self (archive footage)
2010
- Pink Panther and Pals ... (Creator)
2009
- The Pink Panther 2 ... (Characters)
- Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me as Self
2006
- The Pink Panther ... (Characters)
- Breakfast at Tiffany's: The Making of a Classic as Self
2004
2003
- The Pink Panther Story as Himself
1997
- Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady as Self
1995
- Victor/Victoria ... (Musical)
1994
- Bruce Lee: The Immortal Dragon as Self
1993
- The Pink Panther ... (Creator)
- Son of the Pink Panther ... (Story)
- Audrey Hepburn: Remembered as Self
1992
- Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys as Self
- Julie ... (Producer)
1991
- Switch ... (Screenplay)
1989
- Skin Deep ... (Director)
- Peter Gunn ... (Writer)
- William Holden: The Golden Boy as Self
1988
- Justin Case ... (Executive Producer)
- Sunset ... (Screenplay)
- The World's Greatest Stunts: A Tribute to Hollywood Stuntmen as Self
1987
- Blind Date ... (Director)
1986
- A Fine Mess ... (Writer)
- That's Life! ... (Director)
1984
- City Heat ... (Screenplay)
- Micki & Maude ... (Director)
1983
- Curse of the Pink Panther ... (Director)
- The Man Who Loved Women ... (Screenplay)
1982
- Victor/Victoria ... (Producer)
- Trail of the Pink Panther ... (Producer)
1981
- S.O.B. ... (Screenplay)
1980
- Casino ... (Executive Consultant)
1979
- 10 ... (Director)
1978
- Revenge of the Pink Panther ... (Director)
1976
- Die Titelmacher as Self
- The Pink Panther Strikes Again ... (Director)
1975
- The Return of the Pink Panther ... (Screenplay)
- Julie: My Favourite Things ... (Director)
1974
- The Tamarind Seed ... (Screenplay)
- Julie and Dick at Covent Garden ... (Producer)
1973
- Julie on Sesame Street ... (Executive Producer)
1972
- The Carey Treatment ... (Director)
- Julie ... (Director)
1971
- Great Performances as Self
- Wild Rovers ... (Director)
1970
- Darling Lili ... (Director)
1969
- The Monk ... (Story)
1968
- The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
- The Party ... (Screenplay)
- Inspector Clouseau ... (Characters)
1967
- Gunn ... (Director)
- Waterhole #3 ... (Producer)
1966
- What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? ... (Director)
1965
- The Great Race ... (Director)
1964
- A Shot in the Dark ... (Director)
1963
- The Pink Panther ... (Director)
- Soldier in the Rain ... (Screenplay)
- Days of Wine and Roses ... (Director)
1962
- The Couch ... (Story)
- Experiment in Terror ... (Producer)
- Walk on the Wild Side ... (Co-Director)
- The Notorious Landlady ... (Screenplay)
1961
- Breakfast at Tiffany's ... (Director)
1959
- Mr. Lucky ... (Director)
- Operation Petticoat ... (Director)
1958
- Peter Gunn ... (Writer)
- The Perfect Furlough ... (Director)
- This Happy Feeling ... (Director)
1957
- Richard Diamond, Private Detective ... (Creator)
- Mister Cory ... (Director)
- Operation Mad Ball ... (Screenplay)
- Meet McGraw ... (Creator)
1956
- He Laughed Last ... (Story)
1955
- My Sister Eileen ... (Screenplay)
- Bring Your Smile Along ... (Director)
1954
- Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer! ... (Writer)
- Drive a Crooked Road ... (Screenplay)
- The Atomic Kid ... (Story)
1953
- The Oscars as Self
- All Ashore ... (Screenplay)
- Cruisin' Down the River ... (Writer)
1952
- Four Star Playhouse ... (Director)
- The Ford Television Theatre ... (Teleplay)
- Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder ... (Writer)
- Sound Off ... (Writer)
1949
- Stampede ... (Screenplay)
- A Guy Named Joe as Flyer (uncredited)
1948
- Panhandle as Floyd Schofield
- Leather Gloves as Vince Reedy
1946
- Tokyo Rose as Joe Bridger
- From This Day Forward as Night Club Patron
- The Strange Love of Martha Ivers as Sleeping Sailor (uncredited)
- Big Town as Nixon-Reporter (uncredited)
- Strangler of the Swamp as Christian Sanders Jr.
1945
- They Were Expendable as Boat Crewman (uncredited)
- A Guy, a Gal and a Pal as Solider (uncredited)
1944
- The Unwritten Code as Swede (uncredited)
- Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo as Lt. Smith's Crewman (uncredited)
- She's a Sweetheart as Soldier
- Marshal of Reno as Lee
1942
- Lucky Legs as Red Arrow Messenger
- Ten Gentlemen from West Point as Cadet (uncredited)