Carl Foreman

Biography

Carl Foreman, CBE was an American screenwriter and film producer who wrote the award-winning films The Bridge on the River Kwai and High Noon, among others. He was one of the screenwriters who were blacklisted in Hollywood in the 1950s because of their suspected communist sympathy or membership in the Communist Party.

Awards & recognition

• ★Valentine Davies Award · 1977
• ★Laurel Award — Screenwriting Achievement · 1969
• ★Golden Globe Award — Best Motion Picture – Drama · 1961
• ★Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 1958
• ★Commander of the Order of the British Empire