Biography
Ben Hecht (February 28, 1894 – April 18, 1964) was an American screenwriter, director, producer, playwright, journalist, and novelist. A successful journalist in his youth, he went on to write 35 books and some of the most enjoyed screenplays and plays in America. He received screen credits, alone or in collaboration, for the stories or screenplays of some seventy films. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ben Hecht, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Awards & recognition
- Laurel Award — Screenwriting Achievement · 1981
- Locarno International Film Festival Awards · 1948
- Academy Award — Best Story · 1936
- New York Film Critics Circle Awards · 1936
- Academy Award — Best Story · 1929
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- Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 1947 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 1941 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 1940 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Story · 1936 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 1935 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Story · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
Scarface
The Shop Around the Corner
Rope
Strangers on a Train
Notorious
Stagecoach
Gilda
The Prisoner of Zenda
Lifeboat
His Girl Friday
Scarface
The Front Page
The Man with the Golden Arm
Where the Sidewalk Ends
Wuthering Heights
A Star Is Born
Kiss of Death
Design for Living
Foreign Correspondent
Underworld
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
Miracle in the Rain
Queen Christina
Let Freedom Ring
The Hurricane
Twentieth Century
Monkey Business
The Thing from Another World
Riptide
Walk on the Wild Side
The Inspector General
North to Alaska
Ulysses
Living It Up
The Black Swan
Lydia
It's a Wonderful World
Gunga Din
The Front Page
The Indian Fighter
Barbary Coast
Nothing Sacred
Trapeze
Switching Channels
Legend of the Lost
Edge of Doom
Billy Rose's Jumbo
A Farewell to Arms
Station Terminus
Perfect Strangers