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Sheridan Gibney

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American screenwriter (1903-1988)

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Sheridan de Raismes Gibney was an American writer and producer in theater and film. He graduated from Amherst College in 1925. He later served as an instructor at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. He began in film in 1931, but tended to see himself more as a playwright.

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Awards 2

1937Academy Award for Best Story
1937Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay

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Sheridan de Raismes Gibney was an American writer and producer in theater and film. He graduated from Amherst College in 1925. He later served as an instructor at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. He began in film in 1931, but tended to see himself more as a playwright. He received 2 Academy Awards for Best Screenplay and Best Story for The Story of Louis Pasteur, sharing the award with Pierre Collings. He particularly had a fondness for Restoration comedy. He later became President of the Screen Writers Guild twice. As a member of the League of American Writers, he suffered from the Hollywood blacklist. Jack Warner later retracted the claim Gibney was a Communist and Gibney had proposed the group criticize Soviet actions against Finland although that ultimately was unanimously voted down. In his later life Gibney worked in television.

Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1903 to 1988 · aged 84
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8 languages

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