Biography
Dalton Trumbo was an American film and television screenwriter and novelist. He was one of the Hollywood Ten, the group of film professionals who refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) in 1947 during the committee's investigation of Communist influences in the American motion picture industry. While blacklisted and not permitted to work, he won two Academy Awards in the category "Best Writing" for "Roman Holiday", originally given to front writer Ian McLellan Hunter, and for "The Brave One", awarded to Robert Rich, one of Trumbo's pseudonyms.
Awards & recognition
- Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix · 1971
- Laurel Award — Screenwriting Achievement · 1970
- Academy Award — Best Story · 1957
- Academy Award — Best Story · 1954
- National Book Award · 1939
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- Golden Globe Award — Best Screenplay · 1968 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Story · 1957 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Story · 1954 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 1941 · nominated
Filmography31 titles
Roman Holiday
Papillon
The Real Charlie Chaplin
Johnny Got His Gun
Spartacus
Gun Crazy
Lonely Are the Brave
Papillon
He Ran All the Way
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes
The Way We Were
Town Without Pity
I Married a Witch
The Last Sunset
The Prowler
Imminent Threat
Exodus
Terror in a Texas Town
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
A Guy Named Joe
Kitty Foyle
Executive Action
Cowboy
FTA
The Sandpiper
Johnny Got His Gun
Hawaii
The Brothers Rico
Always
The Brave One
Somewhere I'll Find You