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Carl Foreman

American screenwriter and film producer (1914-1984) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 69

Carl Foreman was an American screenwriter, film producer, and director. 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, and subsequently relocated to the United Kingdom.

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A life in dates

1984Died26 June 19841977Valentine Davies AwardAward1969Laurel Award for Screenwriting AchievementAward1961Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - DramaAward1958Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted ScreenplayAward1914Born23 July 1914

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Awards

Valentine Davies Award1977
Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement1969
Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Drama1961
Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay1958
Commander of the Order of the British Empire

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He was nominated for six Academy Awards, and posthumously received Best Adapted Screenplay for his work on The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957).

Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1914 to 1984 · aged 69

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