About

Known credits:
49
Birthday:
1908-02-11
Place of birth:
New Rochelle, New York, USA
Website:
N/A

Philip Dunne

Overview

Philip Ives Dunne (February 11, 1908 – June 2, 1992) was an American screenwriter, film director and producer, who worked prolifically from 1932 until 1965. He spent the majority of his career at 20th Century Fox. He crafted well regarded romantic and historical dramas, usually adapted from another medium. Dunne was a leading Screen Writers Guild organizer and was politically active during the "Hollywood Blacklist" episode of the 1940s–1950s. He is best known for the films How Green Was My Valley (1941), The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947), The Robe (1953) and The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965).[1]

Dunne received two Academy Award nominations for screenwriting: How Green Was My Valley (1941) and David and Bathsheba (1951). He also received a Golden Globe nomination for his 1965 screen adaptation of Irving Stone's novel The Agony and the Ecstasy, as well as several peer awards from the Writers Guild of America (WGA), including the Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement.

Many notable directors worked with Dunne's screenplays, including Carol Reed, John Ford, Jacques Tourneur, Elia Kazan, Otto Preminger, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, and Michael Curtiz, among others.

Known for

Directing
1966 Blindfold Directing Director 59
Average
1962 The Inspector Directing Director 59
Average
1961 Wild in the Country Directing Director 59
Average
1959 Blue Denim Directing Director 58
Average
1958 In Love and War Directing Director 59
Average
1958 Ten North Frederick Directing Director 59
Average
1956 Three Brave Men Directing Director 58
Average
1956 Hilda Crane Directing Director 59
Average
1955 The View from Pompey's Head Directing Director 58
Average
1955 Prince of Players Directing Director 58
Average

Writing
1992 The Last of the Mohicans Writing Screenplay 71
Good
1966 Blindfold Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1965 The Agony and the Ecstasy Writing Screenplay 61
Fair
1965 The Agony and the Ecstasy Writing Screenstory 61
Fair
1959 Blue Denim Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1958 Ten North Frederick Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1956 Three Brave Men Writing Writer 58
Average
1956 Hilda Crane Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1955 The View from Pompey's Head Writing Writer 58
Average
1954 The Egyptian Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1954 Demetrius and the Gladiators Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1953 The Robe Writing Screenplay 61
Fair
1952 Way of a Gaucho Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1952 Lydia Bailey Writing Writer 59
Average
1951 Anne of the Indies Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1951 David and Bathsheba Writing Writer 58
Average
1949 Pinky Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1948 The Luck of the Irish Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1948 Escape Writing Writer 58
Average
1947 Forever Amber Writing Writer 59
Average
1947 The Ghost and Mrs. Muir Writing Screenplay 64
Fair
1947 The Late George Apley Writing Writer 59
Average
1944 A Salute to France Writing Screenplay N/A
N/A
1942 Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1941 How Green Was My Valley Writing Screenplay 65
Fair
1940 Johnny Apollo Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1939 Swanee River Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1939 The Rains Came Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1939 Stanley and Livingstone Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1938 Suez Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1937 Lancer Spy Writing Writer 58
Average
1937 Breezing Home Writing Story N/A
N/A
1936 The Last of the Mohicans Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1934 Student Tour Writing Writer 59
Average
1934 The Count of Monte Cristo Writing Writer 59
Average

Production
1955 The View from Pompey's Head Production Producer 58
Average
1955 Prince of Players Production Producer 58
Average
1952 Way of a Gaucho Production Producer 58
Average

Crew
1947 Kiss of Death Crew Additional Writing 61
Fair