Paddy Chayefsky
Writing
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.
Known for
Writing21
movieThe Mother
1994
Writer
movieAltered States
1980
Screenplay, Novel
movieNetwork
1976
Writer
movieThe Hospital
1971
Writer
movieGideon
1971
Theatre Play
moviePaint Your Wagon
1969
Adaptation
movieThe Americanization of Emily
1964
Screenplay
movieMiddle of the Night
1959
Screenplay, Theatre Play
movieThe Goddess
1958
Screenplay
movieThe Bachelor Party
1957
Screenplay, Story
movieThe Catered Affair
1956
Teleplay
movieMarty
1955
Screenplay, Story
movieMarty
1953
Writer
movieThe True Glory
1945
Writer
Acting8
movieThe Hospital
1971
Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
tvThe Dick Cavett Show
1968
Self - Guest
movieMarty
1955
Leo (uncredited)
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self
movieA Double Life
1947
Photographer (uncredited)
Production3
movieThe Hospital
1971
Producer
movieThe Bachelor Party
1957
Associate Producer
movieMarty
1955
Associate Producer
Crew2
movieThe Way We Were
1973
Additional Writing