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Philip Dunne

Known For
Writing

Known Credits
0

Gender
Male

Birthday
February 11, 1908 (118 years old)

Place of Birth
New Rochelle, New York, USA

Philip Dunne

Biography

Philip Ives Dunne (February 11, 1908 – June 2, 1992) was an American screenwriter, film director and producer, who worked prolifically from 1932 until 1965. He spent the majority of his career at 20th Century Fox. He crafted well regarded romantic and historical dramas, usually adapted from another medium. Dunne was a leading Screen Writers Guild organizer and was politically active during the "Hollywood Blacklist" episode of the 1940s–1950s. He is best known for the films How Green Was My Valley (1941), The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947), The Robe (1953) and The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965).[1]

Dunne received two Academy Award nominations for screenwriting: How Green Was My Valley (1941) and David and Bathsheba (1951). He also received a Golden Globe nomination for his 1965 screen adaptation of Irving Stone's novel The Agony and the Ecstasy, as well as several peer awards from the Writers Guild of America (WGA), including the Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement.

Many notable directors worked with Dunne's screenplays, including Carol Reed, John Ford, Jacques Tourneur, Elia Kazan, Otto Preminger, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, and Michael Curtiz, among others.

Known For

Writing

1992The Last of the Mohicans...Original Film Writer
1966Blindfold...Screenplay
1965The Agony and the Ecstasy...Screenstory
1965The Agony and the Ecstasy...Screenplay
1959Blue Denim...Screenplay
1958Ten North Frederick...Screenplay
1956Three Brave Men...Writer
1956Hilda Crane...Screenplay
1955The View from Pompey's Head...Writer
1954The Egyptian...Screenplay
1954Demetrius and the Gladiators...Screenplay
1953The Robe...Screenplay
1952Way of a Gaucho...Screenplay
1952Lydia Bailey...Writer
1951Anne of the Indies...Screenplay
1951David and Bathsheba...Writer
1949Pinky...Screenplay
1948The Luck of the Irish...Screenplay
1948Escape...Writer
1947Forever Amber...Writer
1947The Ghost and Mrs. Muir...Screenplay
1947The Late George Apley...Screenplay
1944A Salute to France...Screenplay
1942Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake...Screenplay
1941How Green Was My Valley...Screenplay
1940Johnny Apollo...Screenplay
1939Swanee River...Screenplay
1939The Rains Came...Screenplay
1939Stanley and Livingstone...Screenplay
1938Suez...Screenplay
1937Lancer Spy...Writer
1937Breezing Home...Story
1936The Last of the Mohicans...Screenplay
1934Student Tour...Writer
1934The Count of Monte Cristo...Writer

Directing

1966Blindfold...Director
1962The Inspector...Director
1961Wild in the Country...Director
1959Blue Denim...Director
1958In Love and War...Director
1958Ten North Frederick...Director
1956Three Brave Men...Director
1956Hilda Crane...Director
1955The View from Pompey's Head...Director
1955Prince of Players...Director

Production

1955The View from Pompey's Head...Producer
1955Prince of Players...Producer
1952Way of a Gaucho...Producer

Crew

1947Kiss of Death...Additional Writing
1932Me and My Gal...Additional Writing

Acting