About
Paddy Chayefsky
Overview
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
Acting |
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2024 | Faye | Actor | Self - Screenwriter, Network (archive footage) | 59 Average |
1971 | The Hospital | Actor | Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 60 Fair |
1955 | Marty | Actor | Leo (uncredited) | 65 Fair |
1947 | A Double Life | Actor | Photographer (uncredited) | 59 Average |
Writing |
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1994 | The Mother | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
1981 | Ein Zug nach Manhattan | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
1980 | Altered States | Writing | Novel | 63 Fair |
1980 | Altered States | Writing | Screenplay | 63 Fair |
1976 | Network | Writing | Screenplay | 73 Good |
1971 | The Hospital | Writing | Writer | 60 Fair |
1971 | Gideon | Writing | Theatre Play | N/A N/A |
1969 | Paint Your Wagon | Writing | Adaptation | 60 Fair |
1964 | The Americanization of Emily | Writing | Screenplay | 60 Fair |
1959 | Middle of the Night | Writing | Screenplay | 59 Average |
1959 | Middle of the Night | Writing | Theatre Play | 59 Average |
1958 | The Goddess | Writing | Screenplay | 58 Average |
1957 | The Bachelor Party | Writing | Screenplay | 59 Average |
1957 | The Bachelor Party | Writing | Story | 59 Average |
1956 | The Catered Affair | Writing | Teleplay | 59 Average |
1955 | Marty | Writing | Screenplay | 65 Fair |
1954 | Middle of the Night | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
1953 | The Bachelor Party | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
1953 | Marty | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
1951 | As Young as You Feel | Writing | Story | 59 Average |
1945 | The True Glory | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
Production |
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1971 | The Hospital | Production | Producer | 60 Fair |
1957 | The Bachelor Party | Production | Associate Producer | 59 Average |
1955 | Marty | Production | Associate Producer | 65 Fair |
Crew |
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2020 | Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine | Crew | Thanks | 58 Average |
1973 | The Way We Were | Crew | Additional Writing | 63 Fair |