Screenwriter

George Axelrod

1953–present1922–2003ComedyRomanceDramaThriller

Comic Visionary

Also directed 2 films ↗

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The Screenplays

18 total writing credits

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Breakfast at Tiffany's

1961

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The Manchurian Candidate

1962

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Full Writing Credits

2021Sept ans de réflexionAuthor7.0 2004The Manchurian CandidateOriginal Film Writer6.5 1987The Fourth ProtocolScreenstory6.3 1985The Holcroft CovenantScreenplay5.5 1979The Lady VanishesScreenplay6.0 1968The Secret Life of an American WifeScreenplay

About

George Axelrod (June 9, 1922 – June 21, 2003) was an American screenwriter, producer, playwright and film director, best known for his play The Seven Year Itch (1952), which was adapted into a film of the same name starring Marilyn Monroe. Axelrod was nominated for an Academy Award for his 1961 adaptation of Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's and also adapted Richard Condon's The Manchurian Candidate (1962).

As Director

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1966Lord Love a Duck 1968The Secret Life of an American Wife

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