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Kurt Luedtke

Playwright, screenwriter (1939-2020)

  • Fame47.4
  • Momentum7.0
  • Wikipedia538
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Lived 1939–2020, aged 81United States
United States flagUnited StatesWritersWriter / Author
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    11 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Era
    1939–2020
    Aged 81
  • Known for
    Out of Africa
    1985
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Updated 2026-06-22

Kurt Luedtke was an American screenwriter and executive editor of the Detroit Free Press. He wrote Out of Africa (1985), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He also wrote Absence of Malice (1981), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, as well as Random Hearts (1999). All three films were directed by Sydney Pollack.

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47.4
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Momentum7.0
Historical10.5
Source confidence65.0
Completeness75.0
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