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Biography
George Axelrod (June 9, 1922 – June 21, 2003) was an American screenwriter, producer, playwright and film director, best known for his play The Seven Year Itch (1952), which was adapted into a film of the same name starring Marilyn Monroe. Axelrod was nominated for an Academy Award for his 1961 adaptation of Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's and also adapted Richard Condon's The Manchurian Candidate (1962).
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 1962 · nominated
Filmography16 titles
Breakfast at Tiffany's
1961Screenplay
1961Screenplay
The Manchurian Candidate
1962Producer, Screenplay
1962Producer, Screenplay
The Seven Year Itch
1955Screenplay
1955Screenplay
What's My Line?
1950as Self - Panelist
1950as Self - Panelist
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
1957Theatre Play
1957Theatre Play
The Manchurian Candidate
2004Original Film Writer
2004Original Film Writer
How to Murder Your Wife
1965Producer, Writer
1965Producer, Writer
Paris When It Sizzles
1964Producer, Screenplay
1964Producer, Screenplay
Bus Stop
1956Screenplay
1956Screenplay
Phffft
1954Screenplay, Story
1954Screenplay, Story
The Lady Vanishes
1979Screenplay
1979Screenplay
The Capote Tapes
2019as Self (voice) (archive footage)
2019as Self (voice) (archive footage)
Goodbye Charlie
1964Theatre Play
1964Theatre Play
Lord Love a Duck
1966Director, Producer, Writer
1966Director, Producer, Writer
The Holcroft Covenant
1985Screenplay
1985Screenplay
Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!
1958Screenplay
1958Screenplay