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Ted Tally

American playwright · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1952 · age 74

Ted Tally is an American playwright and screenwriter. He adapted the Thomas Harris novel The Silence of the Lambs into the film of the same name, for which he received the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, the Writers Guild of America Award, the Chicago Film Critics Award, and the Edgar Award from the Mystery...

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Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay1992
Edgar Awards1992
Guggenheim Fellowship
Writers Guild of America Award

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He adapted the Thomas Harris novel The Silence of the Lambs into the film of the same name, for which he received the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, the Writers Guild of America Award, the Chicago Film Critics Award, and the Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America.

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Writers
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Born 1952 · age 74

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