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Alvin Sargent

American screenwriter (1927-2019) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 92

Alvin Sargent was an American screenwriter. He won two Academy Awards for Best Adapted Screenplay, for Julia (1977) and Ordinary People (1980).

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Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay1981
Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay1978
Writers Guild of America Award

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Sargent's other works include screenplays of the films The Sterile Cuckoo (1969), The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (1970), Paper Moon (1973), Nuts (1987), White Palace (1990), What About Bob? (1991), Unfaithful (2002), Spider-Man 2 (2004), Spider-Man 3 (2007), and The Amazing Spider-Man (2012).

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United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1927 to 2019 · aged 92

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