George Axelrod
Writing
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).
Known for
Writing18
movieThe Manchurian Candidate
2004
Original Film Writer
movieThe Fourth Protocol
1987
Screenstory
movieThe Holcroft Covenant
1985
Screenplay
movieThe Lady Vanishes
1979
Screenplay
movieGoodbye Charlie
1964
Theatre Play
movieParis When It Sizzles
1964
Screenplay
movieThe Manchurian Candidate
1962
Screenplay
movieBreakfast at Tiffany's
1961
Screenplay
movieRally 'Round the Flag, Boys!
1958
Screenplay
movieWill Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
1957
Theatre Play
movieBus Stop
1956
Screenplay
movieThe Seven Year Itch
1955
Screenplay
moviePhffft
1954
Story, Screenplay
Production5
Acting4
movieThe Capote Tapes
2021
Self (voice) (archive footage)
movieConfessions of a Nervous Man
1953
Self - Host
