Norman Krasna

Biography

Norman Krasna was an American screenwriter, playwright, producer, and film director who penned screwball comedies centered on a case of mistaken identity. Krasna directed three films during a forty-year career in Hollywood. He garnered four Academy Award screenwriting nominations, winning once for 1943's Princess O'Rourke, which he also directed. Krasna wrote a number of successful Broadway plays, including Dear Ruth and John Loves Mary.

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Awards & recognition

• ★Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 1944
• ☆Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 1944 · nominated
• ☆Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 1942 · nominated
• ☆Academy Award — Best Story · 1937 · nominated
• ☆Academy Award — Best Story · 1935 · nominated