George Axelrod
Known for
Writing
Born
June 9, 1922
Birthplace
New York, New York, USA
Died
June 21, 2003 (aged 81)
Biography
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).
Best known work
Breakfast at Tiffany's
1961
The Manchurian Candidate
2004
The Seven Year Itch
1955
The Manchurian Candidate
1962
Bus Stop
1956
The Fourth Protocol
1987
Paris When It Sizzles
1964
How to Murder Your Wife
1965
The Holcroft Covenant
1985
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
1957Filmography
2021
The Capote Tapesas Self (voice) (archive footage)
2021
Sept ans de réflexionAuthor
2004
The Manchurian CandidateOriginal Film Writer
1987
The Fourth ProtocolScreenstory
1985
The Holcroft CovenantScreenplay
1979
The Lady VanishesScreenplay
1968
The Secret Life of an American WifeDirector, Screenplay, Producer
1966
1966
Lord Love a DuckDirector, Writer, Producer
1965
How to Murder Your WifeProducer, Writer
1964
Goodbye CharlieTheatre Play
1964
Paris When It SizzlesScreenplay, Producer
1962
The Manchurian CandidateScreenplay, Producer
1962
1961
Breakfast at Tiffany'sScreenplay
1958
Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!Screenplay
1957
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?Theatre Play
1956
Bus StopScreenplay
1955
The Seven Year ItchScreenplay, Theatre Play
1954
PhffftStory, Screenplay
1953
Confessions of a Nervous Manas Self - Host, Writer
1950