About

Known credits:
30
Birthday:
1923-01-29
Place of birth:
The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Website:
N/A

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
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
1994 The Mother Writing Writer N/A
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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 59
Average
1957 The Bachelor Party Writing Story 59
Average
1957 The Bachelor Party Writing Screenplay 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
1971 The Hospital Production Producer 60
Fair
1957 The Bachelor Party Production Associate Producer 59
Average
1955 Marty Production Associate Producer 65
Fair

Crew
2020 Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine Crew Thanks 58
Average
1973 The Way We Were Crew Additional Writing 63
Fair