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)
2019
- Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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
2005
- The Pink Panther: Classic Cartoon Collection Vol. 2 ... (Writer)
- The Pink Panther: Classic Cartoon Collection Vol. 3 ... (Writer)
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
- Julie ... (Producer)
- Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys as Self
1991
- Switch ... (Screenplay)
1989
- Skin Deep ... (Director)
- Peter Gunn ... (Writer)
- William Holden: The Golden Boy as Self
1988
- Sunset ... (Screenplay)
- The World's Greatest Stunts: A Tribute to Hollywood Stuntmen as Self
- Justin Case ... (Executive Producer)
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
- Trail of the Pink Panther ... (Producer)
- Victor/Victoria ... (Producer)
- Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1981
- S.O.B. ... (Director)
1980
- Casino ... (Executive Consultant)
1979
- 10 ... (Director)
1978
- Revenge of the Pink Panther ... (Director)
1976
- The Pink Panther Strikes Again ... (Director)
- Die Titelmacher as Self
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
- Film '72 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
- Waterhole #3 ... (Producer)
- Gunn ... (Director)
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)
- Days of Wine and Roses ... (Director)
- Soldier in the Rain ... (Screenplay)
1962
- Walk on the Wild Side ... (Co-Director)
- The Notorious Landlady ... (Screenplay)
- Experiment in Terror ... (Producer)
- The Couch ... (Story)
1961
- Breakfast at Tiffany's ... (Director)
1959
- Mr. Lucky ... (Director)
- Operation Petticoat ... (Director)
1958
- Peter Gunn ... (Director)
- The Perfect Furlough ... (Director)
- This Happy Feeling ... (Director)
1957
- Richard Diamond, Private Detective ... (Creator)
- Meet McGraw ... (Creator)
- Operation Mad Ball ... (Screenplay)
- Mister Cory ... (Director)
1956
- He Laughed Last ... (Story)
1955
- My Sister Eileen ... (Screenplay)
- Bring Your Smile Along ... (Director)
1954
- Drive a Crooked Road ... (Screenplay)
- The Atomic Kid ... (Story)
- Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer! ... (Writer)
1953
- The Oscars as Self
- All Ashore ... (Screenplay)
- Cruisin' Down the River ... (Writer)
1952
- Four Star Playhouse ... (Director)
- The Ford Television Theatre ... (Story)
- Sound Off ... (Writer)
- Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder ... (Writer)
1949
- Stampede ... (Screenplay)
1948
- Panhandle as Floyd Schofield
- Leather Gloves as Vince Reedy
1946
- The Strange Love of Martha Ivers as Sleeping Sailor (uncredited)
- Big Town as Nixon-Reporter (uncredited)
- Strangler of the Swamp as Christian Sanders Jr.
- Tokyo Rose as Joe Bridger
- From This Day Forward as Night Club Patron
1945
- They Were Expendable as Boat Crewman (uncredited)
- A Guy, a Gal and a Pal as Solider (uncredited)
1944
- Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo as Lt. Smith's Crewman (uncredited)
- A Guy Named Joe as Flyer (uncredited)
- The Unwritten Code as Swede (uncredited)
- Marshal of Reno as Lee
- She's a Sweetheart as Soldier
1942
- Ten Gentlemen from West Point as Cadet (uncredited)
- Lucky Legs as Red Arrow Messenger