Ernest Tidyman

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Writer (1928-1984)

United States WritersLived 1928 to 1984 · aged 56

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Ernest Ralph Tidyman was an American author and screenwriter, best known for his novels featuring the African-American detective John Shaft.

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1975Edgar Awards

1972Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay

Writers Guild of America Award

Connected to Ernest 6

Vic TaybackAlso in Report to the Commissioner (1975)

Julie CarmenAlso in Last Plane Out (1983)

Bill HickmanAlso in The French Connection (1971)

Julius HarrisAlso in Shaft's Big Score! (1972)

Helen MartinAlso in Dummy (1979)

James Whitmore Jr.Also in A Force of One (1979)

About this person

Ernest Ralph Tidyman was an American author and screenwriter, best known for his novels featuring the African-American detective John Shaft. His screenplay for The French Connection garnered him an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, as well as a Golden Globe Award, a Writers Guild of America Award, and an Edgar Award. In 1971, he also co-wrote the screenplay for the film version of Shaft with John D. F. Black.

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