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Ernest Lehman
American screenwriter (1915-2005) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 89
Ernest Paul Lehman was an American screenwriter and film producer. He was nominated six times for Academy Awards for his screenplays during his career, but did not win. At the 73rd Academy Awards in 2001, he received an Honorary Academy Award in recognition of his achievements and his influential works for the screen.
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2005Died2 July 20052001Academy Honorary AwardAward1960Edgar AwardsAward1955Golden Globe Award for Best ScreenplayAward1915Born8 December 1915
People around Ernest
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Robert Wise Directed Executive Suite (1954)
Alfred Hitchcock Directed North by Northwest and Family Plot
Mark Robson Directed From the Terrace and The Prize
Paul Newman Ernest wrote Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
Karen Black Ernest directed Portnoy's Complaint (1972)
Marni Nixon Ernest wrote The King and I (1956)
Louis Armstrong Ernest produced Hello, Dolly! (1969)
Barbra Streisand Ernest produced Hello, Dolly! (1969)
Richard Burton Ernest produced Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
Gene Kelly Directed Hello, Dolly! (1969)
Burt Lancaster Produced Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
Tony Curtis Produced Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
Billy Wilder Directed Sabrina (1954)
William Holden Ernest wrote Sabrina (1954)
Janet Leigh Produced Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
Mike Nichols Directed Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
Rita Moreno Ernest wrote West Side Story (1962)
George Segal Ernest produced Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
John Frankenheimer Directed Black Sunday (1977)
Minta Durfee Ernest directed Portnoy's Complaint (1972)
Richard D. Zanuck Produced The Sound of Music (1965)
Kevin Conway Ernest directed Portnoy's Complaint (1972)
J. Pat O'Malley Ernest produced Hello, Dolly! (1969)
Charles Schnee Produced Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
Awards
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He was the first screenwriter to receive that honor.
Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1915 to 2005 · aged 89
