George Axelrod
Born: 1922-06-09 in New York, New York, USA
Died: 2003-06-21
Known For: Writing
Biography
George Axelrod (June 9, 1922 – June 21, 2003) was an American screenwriter, producer, playwright and film director, best known for his play The Seven Year Itch (1952), which was adapted into a film of the same name starring Marilyn Monroe. Axelrod was nominated for an Academy Award for his 1961 adaptation of Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's and also adapted Richard Condon's The Manchurian Candidate (1962).
Filmography
2021
- The Capote Tapes as Self (voice) (archive footage)
- Sept ans de réflexion ... (Author)
2004
- The Manchurian Candidate ... (Original Film Writer)
1987
- The Fourth Protocol ... (Screenstory)
1985
- The Holcroft Covenant ... (Screenplay)
1979
- The Lady Vanishes ... (Screenplay)
1968
- The Secret Life of an American Wife ... (Director)
1966
- Lord Love a Duck ... (Director)
- The Tammy Grimes Show ... (Creator)
1965
- How to Murder Your Wife ... (Producer)
1964
- Paris When It Sizzles ... (Screenplay)
- Goodbye Charlie ... (Theatre Play)
1962
- The Merv Griffin Show as Self
- The Manchurian Candidate ... (Screenplay)
1961
- Breakfast at Tiffany's ... (Screenplay)
1958
- Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! ... (Screenplay)
1957
- Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? ... (Theatre Play)
1956
- Bus Stop ... (Screenplay)
1955
- The Seven Year Itch ... (Screenplay)
1954
- Phffft ... (Story)
1953
- Confessions of a Nervous Man as Self - Host
1950
- What's My Line? as Self - Panelist