Paddy Chayefsky
Writing · Born January 29, 1923 · The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
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.
Paddy Chayefsky movies and shows
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962
The Dick Cavett Show1968
The Philco Television Playhouse1948
The Oscars1953
Goodyear Television Playhouse1951
Network1976
The David Susskind Show1959
Monitor1958
Altered States1980
The Way We Were1973
Marty1955
Paint Your Wagon1969
The Americanization of Emily1964
Middle of the Night1959
The Hospital1971
A Double Life1947
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine2020
As Young as You Feel1951
The Catered Affair1956
The Goddess1958
The Bachelor Party1957
Ein Zug nach Manhattan1981
Marty1953
The Mother1994