Paddy Chayefsky
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- January 29, 1923
- Died
- August 1, 1981
- Birthplace
- The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
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
- Altered States
Altered States TBA
Novel
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine 2020
Thanks
The Mother 1994
Writer
- Uprostred noci
Uprostred noci 1981
Theatre Play
Ein Zug nach Manhattan 1981
Writer
Altered States 1980
Screenplay, Novel
Network 1976
Writer
The Way We Were 1973
Additional Writing
The Hospital 1971
as Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Writer, Producer
Gideon 1971
Theatre Play
Paint Your Wagon 1969
Adaptation
The Americanization of Emily 1964
Screenplay
Middle of the Night 1959
Screenplay, Theatre Play
The Goddess 1958
Screenplay
The Bachelor Party 1957
Screenplay, Story, Associate Producer
The Catered Affair 1956
Teleplay
Marty 1955
as Leo (uncredited), Screenplay, Associate Producer, Story
- Middle of the Night
Middle of the Night 1954
Writer
- The Bachelor Party
The Bachelor Party 1953
Writer
Marty 1953
Writer
As Young as You Feel 1951
Story
A Double Life 1947
as Photographer (uncredited)
The True Glory 1945
Writer
Credits from TMDB.