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Kurt Luedtke

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Playwright, screenwriter (1939-2020)

United StatesWritersLived 1939 to 2020 · aged 80
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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.

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1986Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay

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Shane RimmerAlso in Out of Africa (1985)Susan FloydAlso in Random Hearts (1999)Ric O'BarryAlso in Absence of Malice (1981)John HarkinsAlso in Absence of Malice (1981)Warren AdlerAlso in Random Hearts (1999)Donal McCannAlso in Out of Africa (1985)

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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.

Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1939 to 2020 · aged 80
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11 languages

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