Writing
George Axelrod
EN, FR cinema · 19 credits
Born
9 June 1922
Died
21 June 2003 (aged 81)
Birthplace
New York, New York, USA
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
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
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, Producer
Lord Love a Duck
Director, Writer, Producer
How to Murder Your Wife
Producer, Writer
Paris When It Sizzles
Screenplay, Producer
Goodbye Charlie
Theatre Play
The Manchurian Candidate
Screenplay, Producer
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
as Self - Host, Writer