
Paddy Chayefsky
Born: 1923-01-29
Place of birth: The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Sidney Aaron "Paddy" Chayefsky was an American playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. He is the only person to have won three solo Academy Awards for Best Screenplay for "Marty" (1955), "The Hospital" (1971), and "Network" (1976). He is the only person to have won both the Academy Awards for adapted and original screenplays. He was one of the most renowned dramatists of the Golden Age of Television. His intimate, realistic scripts provided a naturalistic style of television drama for the 1950s, dramatizing the lives of ordinary Americans.
Filmography

Ein Zug nach Manhattan
1981

Marty
1953

Network
1976

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962

Marty
1955

The Catered Affair
1956

Middle of the Night
1959

Gideon
1971

The David Susskind Show
1959

The Oscars
1953

The Way We Were
1973

The Dick Cavett Show
1968

The Bachelor Party
1957

Altered States
1980

The Americanization of Emily
1964

The Philco Television Playhouse
1948

The Hospital
1971

The True Glory
1945