Norman Panama
Writing
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Norman Panama (April 21, 1914 – January 13, 2003) was an American screenwriter and film director born in Chicago, Illinois. He collaborated with a former school friend, Melvin Frank, to form a writing partnership which endured for three decades. He also wrote gags for comedians such as Bob Hope's radio program and for Groucho Marx. The most famous films Panama directed were Li'l Abner (1959), the Danny Kaye film The Court Jester (1956), and Bob Hope's How to Commit Marriage (1969). He wrote Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948), Road to Utopia (1946), and The Court Jester, among other movies. He won an Edgar Award for A Talent for Murder (1981), a play he co-wrote with Jerome Chodorov. Panama continued to write and direct through the 1980s. He died in 2003 in Los Angeles, California from complications due to Parkinson's disease. Description above from the Wikipedia article Norman Panama, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Writing32
movieAre We Done Yet?
2007
Original Film Writer
movieI Will, I Will...For Now
1976
Screenplay
movieCoffee, Tea or Me?
1973
Teleplay
movieNot With My Wife, You Don't!
1966
Screenplay, Story
movieThe Facts of Life
1960
Screenplay
movieLi'l Abner
1959
Writer
movieThe Trap
1959
Writer
movieThe Court Jester
1955
Screenplay
movieWhite Christmas
1954
Writer
movieKnock on Wood
1954
Writer
movieThe Reformer and the Redhead
1950
Screenplay
movieIt Had to Be You
1947
Screenplay
movieMonsieur Beaucaire
1946
Screenplay
movieRoad to Utopia
1946
Screenplay
movieDuffy's Tavern
1945
Screenplay
movieThe Princess and the Pirate
1944
Screenplay
movieAnd the Angels Sing
1944
Screenplay
movieThank Your Lucky Stars
1943
Screenplay
movieHappy Go Lucky
1943
Screenplay
movieStar Spangled Rhythm
1942
Screenplay
Directing15
movieBarnaby and Me
1977
Director
movieCoffee, Tea or Me?
1973
Director
movieHow to Commit Marriage
1969
Director
movieThe Maltese Bippy
1969
Director
movieThe Road to Hong Kong
1962
Director
movieThe Trap
1959
Director
movieThat Certain Feeling
1956
Director
movieThe Court Jester
1955
Director
movieKnock on Wood
1954
Director
movieAbove and Beyond
1953
Director
movieCallaway Went Thataway
1951
Director
movieStrictly Dishonorable
1951
Director
Production13
movieStrange Bedfellows
1965
Producer
movieThe Facts of Life
1960
Producer
movieLi'l Abner
1959
Producer
movieThe Jayhawkers!
1959
Producer
movieThe Trap
1959
Producer
movieThat Certain Feeling
1956
Producer
movieThe Court Jester
1955
Producer
movieKnock on Wood
1954
Producer
movieCallaway Went Thataway
1951
Producer
movieStrictly Dishonorable
1951
Producer