Personal Info
Known ForWriting
Born1923-01-29
BirthplaceThe Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Paddy Chayefsky
Writing
Biography
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
Acting (3)
1971
The Hospitalas Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
6.6
1955
Martyas Leo (uncredited)
7.5
1947
A Double Lifeas Photographer (uncredited)
6.3
Production & Directing (29)
2020
5.4
1994
The MotherWriter
1981
Uprostred nociTheatre Play
1981
Ein Zug nach ManhattanWriter
8.0
1980
Altered StatesScreenplay
6.7
1980
Altered StatesNovel
6.7
1976
NetworkWriter
7.8
1973
The Way We WereAdditional Writing
7.0
1971
The HospitalWriter
6.6
1971
The HospitalProducer
6.6
1971
GideonTheatre Play
7.0
1969
Paint Your WagonAdaptation
6.3
1964
The Americanization of EmilyScreenplay
6.7
1959
Middle of the NightScreenplay
7.0
1959
Middle of the NightTheatre Play
7.0
1958
The GoddessScreenplay
6.0
1957
The Bachelor PartyScreenplay
6.8
1957
The Bachelor PartyStory
6.8
1957
The Bachelor PartyAssociate Producer
6.8
1956
The Catered AffairTeleplay
7.2
1955
MartyScreenplay
7.5
1955
MartyAssociate Producer
7.5
1955
MartyStory
7.5
1954
Middle of the NightWriter
1953
The Bachelor PartyWriter
1953
MartyWriter
8.0
1951
As Young as You FeelStory
6.4
1945
The True GloryWriter
6.5
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Altered StatesNovel