About

Known credits:
13
Birthday:
1900-09-22
Place of birth:
Nova Scotia, Canada
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Pierre Collings

Overview

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Lysander Pierre Collings (September 22, 1900 - December 21, 1937), known professionally as Pierre Collings, was a writer and filmmaker who, along with Sheridan Gibney, won two Academy Awards in 1936 for The Story of Louis Pasteur. Their screenplay was adapted from their own work, leading to awards for both Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Story. Collings started in the motion picture industry at 17 as a messenger boy and worked as a cameraman before becoming known for his writing.

He wrote a number of screenplays in the mid-late 1920s and although he was less active and suffered from a number of personal issues in the 1930s, it was then that his best known work was released. The Story of Louis Pasteur was nominated for Best Picture and won Best Actor for Paul Muni, in addition to winning Best Story and Best Adapted Screenplay for Collings and Gibney. Unusually, the pair won Best Adapted Screenplay for adapting their own work. The Best Story category was discontinued in 1957 in favor of Best Original Screenplay.

Known for

Directing
1930 Animal Crackers Directing Continuity 62
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Writing
1936 The Story of Louis Pasteur Writing Screenplay 59
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1936 The Story of Louis Pasteur Writing Story 59
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1930 Dangerous Nan McGrew Writing Writer 58
Average
1929 The Hole in the Wall Writing Writer 58
Average
1928 The Red Dance Writing Adaptation 59
Average
1927 Time to Love Writing Screenplay N/A
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1927 Knockout Reilly Writing Writer N/A
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1926 The Show Off Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1926 Good and Naughty Writing Writer N/A
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1926 A Social Celebrity Writing Writer N/A
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1926 The Grand Duchess and the Waiter Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1925 A Woman of the World Writing Writer 58
Average