Neil Simon
Writing
Marvin Neil Simon (July 4, 1927 – August 26, 2018) was an American playwright, screenwriter and author. He wrote more than 30 plays and nearly the same number of movie screenplays, mostly film adaptations of his plays. He has received three Tony Awards, and a Golden Globe Award as well as nominations for four Academy Awards and four Primetime Emmy Awards. He was awarded a Special Tony Award in 1975, the Kennedy Center Honors in 1995 and the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2006. Simon grew up in New York City during the Great Depression. His parents' financial difficulties affected their marriage, giving him a mostly unhappy and unstable childhood. He often took refuge in movie theaters, where he enjoyed watching early comedians like Charlie Chaplin. After graduating from high school and serving a few years in the Army Air Force Reserve, he began writing comedy scripts for radio programs and popular early television shows. Among the latter were Sid Caesar's Your Show of Shows (where in 1950 he worked alongside other young writers including Carl Reiner, Mel Brooks, Woody Allen, Larry Gelbart and Selma Diamond), and The Phil Silvers Show, which ran from 1955 to 1959. His first produced play was Come Blow Your Horn (1961). It took him three years to complete and ran for 678 performances on Broadway. It was followed by two more successes, Barefoot in the Park (1963) and The Odd Couple (1965). He won a Tony Award for the latter. It made him a national celebrity and "the hottest new playwright on Broadway". From the 1960s to the 1980s he wrote for stage and screen; some of his screenplays were based on his own works for the stage. His style ranged from farce to romantic comedy to more serious dramatic comedy. Overall, he garnered 17 Tony nominations and won three awards. In 1966, he had four successful productions running on Broadway at the same time, and in 1983 he became the only living playwright to have a New York theatre, the Neil Simon Theatre, named in his honor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Neil Simon, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Writing80
movieGoodbye Shirazi Girl
2019
Theatre Play
movieRumors
2013
Writer
movieThe Heartbreak Kid
2007
Original Film Writer
movieSweet Charity
2006
Writer
Ein seltsames Paar
2004
Theatre Play
movieThe Comics
2002
Theatre Play, Author
moviePanier de crabes
1999
Theatre Play
movieThe Out-of-Towners
1999
Original Story
movieThe Odd Couple II
1998
Screenplay
movieLondon Suite
1996
Writer
movieOmaka par
1996
Theatre Play
movieJake's Women
1996
Writer
movieSonny Boys
1995
Writer
movieLost in Yonkers
1993
Writer
movieBroadway Bound
1992
Theatre Play, Writer
movieRumeurs
1991
Writer
movieAndy & Norman
1989
Theatre Play
movieBiloxi Blues
1988
Theatre Play, Screenplay
movieOmaka par
1988
Theatre Play
moviePlaza Suite
1987
Writer
movieDrôle de couple
1987
Writer
movieBrighton Beach Memoirs
1986
Screenplay, Theatre Play
movieThe Lonely Guy
1984
Adaptation
Sonny Boys
1982
Theatre Play
tvThe New Odd Couple
1982
Theatre Play
moviePlaza Suite
1982
Writer
movieI Ought to Be in Pictures
1982
Screenplay, Theatre Play
movieOnly When I Laugh
1981
Screenplay, Theatre Play
Felix und Oskar
1980
Characters
movieChapter Two
1979
Screenplay, Theatre Play
movieThe Good Doctor
1978
Writer
movieCalifornia Suite
1978
Screenplay
movieMurder by Death
1976
Writer
movieThe Sunshine Boys
1975
Screenplay
tvمخمخ و مشمش الثنائي المدهش
1975
Theatre Play
movieThe Prisoner of Second Avenue
1975
Theatre Play, Screenplay
movieThe Heartbreak Kid
1972
Screenplay
movieLast of the Red Hot Lovers
1972
Screenplay
movieStar Spangled Girl
1971
Theatre Play
moviePlaza Suite
1971
Theatre Play, Writer
tvAlta comedia
1970
Theatre Play
tvLove, American Style
1969
Original Story
movieSweet Charity
1969
Musical
movieThe Odd Couple
1968
Theatre Play, Screenplay
movieBarefoot in the Park
1967
Screenplay, Theatre Play
movieAfter the Fox
1966
Screenplay, Theatre Play
movieCome Blow Your Horn
1963
Theatre Play
movieHoliday
1956
Teleplay
movieParis in the Springtime
1956
Teleplay
movieBabes in Toyland
1955
Adaptation
movieDearest Enemy
1955
Adaptation
movieThe Great Waltz
1955
Adaptation
movieHeidi
1955
Adaptation
movieThe Desert Song
1955
Adaptation
movieA Connecticut Yankee
1955
Adaptation
movieNaughty Marietta
1955
Teleplay
movieBabes in Toyland
1954
Adaptation
Acting23
moviePitch
1997
Self
tvThe Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
Self - Guest
tvFrasier
1993
Andy (voice)
tvThe Dick Cavett Show
1968
Self - Guest
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Self / Self (archive footage)
Production6
movieThe Goodbye Girl
2004
Executive Producer
movieThe Odd Couple II
1998
Producer
movieMax Dugan Returns
1983
Producer
movieOnly When I Laugh
1981
Producer
The Trouble With People
1972
Executive Producer
Creator1
tvThe Odd Couple
1970
Creator