George Axelrod
- Writing
- June 9, 1922 · New York, New York, USA
- June 21, 2003
Biography
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
Filmography
- The Capote Tapes · Self
- Sept ans de réflexion · Author
- The Manchurian Candidate · Original Film Writer
- The Fourth Protocol · Screenstory
- The Holcroft Covenant · Screenplay
- The Lady Vanishes · Screenplay
- The Secret Life of an American Wife · Director, Screenplay
- The Tammy Grimes Show · Creator
- Lord Love a Duck · Director, Writer
- How to Murder Your Wife · Writer, Producer
- Goodbye Charlie · Theatre Play
- Paris When It Sizzles · Screenplay, Producer
- The Manchurian Candidate · Screenplay, Producer
- The Merv Griffin Show · Self
- Breakfast at Tiffany's · Screenplay
- Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! · Screenplay
- Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? · Theatre Play
- Bus Stop · Screenplay
- The Seven Year Itch · Screenplay, Theatre Play
- Phffft · Story, Screenplay
- Confessions of a Nervous Man · Self, Writer
- What's My Line? · Self