About

Known credits:
54
Birthday:
1903-06-23
Place of birth:
New York, New York, USA
Website:
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Anthony Veiller

Overview

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Anthony Veiller (23 June 1903 – 27 June 1965) was an American screenwriter and film producer. The son of the screenwriter Bayard Veiller and the English actress Margaret Wycherly, Anthony Veiller wrote for 41 films between 1934 and 1964.

He was born on 23 June 1903 in New York City to Bayard Veiller and Margaret Wycherly. He moved to Hollywood in 1930.

Veiller was twice nominated for an Academy Award for Best Screenplay. In 1937, he co-wrote (with Morrie Ryskind) the screenplay for Stage Door, starring Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers and Adolphe Menjou. This very loose adaptation of the play by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.

Veiller was also Oscar-nominated for writing (with uncredited help from John Huston and Richard Brooks) The Killers (1946), an adaptation of the short story by Ernest Hemingway. This seminal example of film noir, which introduced Burt Lancaster to filmgoers, won an Edgar Award as best mystery film of 1946, and in 2008 was enshrined in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

Veiller frequently worked with top directors. During the Second World War he worked with Frank Capra on several films in the documentary/propaganda film series collectively titled Why We Fight. In 1946 (the same year as The Killers), Veiller co-wrote The Stranger, directed by and starring Orson Welles. For State of the Union (1948), again directed by Capra, Veiller was credited as co-producer as well as co-writer. Veiller worked with director John Huston on several films: Moulin Rouge (1952), Beat the Devil (1953), The List of Adrian Messenger (1963), and The Night of the Iguana (1964), the film of the Tennessee Williams play that became Veiller's final screen credit.

Veiller died on 27 June 1965 of cancer, in Hollywood, California. He was buried in the St Mary Churchyard, Bepton, Chichester, West Sussex, England as was his mother.

Known for

Acting
2000 Why We Fight: World War II: The Battle of China / War Comes to America Actor Narrator N/A
N/A
1964 On the Trail of the Iguana Actor Self 59
Average
1945 Here Is Germany Actor Narrator (uncredited) 59
Average
1944 Why We Fight: The Battle of China Actor Narrator 59
Average
1944 Attack: The Battle for New Britain Actor Narrator (voice) 59
Average
1943 Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia Actor Narrator 59
Average

Directing
1943 Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain Directing Director 59
Average

Writing
2000 Why We Fight: World War II: The Battle of China / War Comes to America Writing Writer N/A
N/A
1964 The Night of the Iguana Writing Screenplay 61
Fair
1963 The List of Adrian Messenger Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1959 Solomon and Sheba Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1959 Timbuktu Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1957 Monkey on My Back Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1956 Safari Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1955 That Lady Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1952 Moulin Rouge Writing Screenplay 60
Fair
1952 Red Planet Mars Writing Writer 58
Average
1948 State of the Union Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1946 The Killers Writing Screenplay 65
Fair
1946 The Stranger Writing Screenplay 65
Fair
1945 Your Job in Germany Writing Writer 59
Average
1943 Assignment in Brittany Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1942 Her Cardboard Lover Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1939 Disputed Passage Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1939 Let Us Live Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1938 Radio City Revels Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1937 Stage Door Writing Screenplay 60
Fair
1937 The Soldier and the Lady Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1936 Winterset Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1936 A Woman Rebels Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1936 The Ex-Mrs. Bradford Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1936 The Lady Consents Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1935 Seven Keys to Baldpate Writing Writer 59
Average
1935 Jalna Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1935 Break of Hearts Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1935 Star of Midnight Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1934 Menace Writing Writer 59
Average
1934 The Notorious Sophie Lang Writing Story 58
Average
1934 The Witching Hour Writing Writer 59
Average

Production
1952 Red Planet Mars Production Producer 58
Average
1951 Force of Arms Production Producer 59
Average
1951 Fort Worth Production Producer 59
Average
1951 Along the Great Divide Production Producer 59
Average
1950 Dallas Production Producer 59
Average
1950 Chain Lightning Production Producer 59
Average
1950 Backfire Production Producer 59
Average
1949 Colorado Territory Production Producer 60
Fair
1941 New York Town Production Producer 59
Average
1940 Victory Production Producer N/A
N/A
1940 Moon Over Burma Production Producer 58
Average
1940 Safari Production Producer 58
Average
1940 Typhoon Production Producer 59
Average
1934 The Witching Hour Production Producer 59
Average

Crew
1938 The Saint in New York Crew Treatment 59
Average