Anhalt, Edward, 1914-2000
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Name (Latin)
Anhalt, Edward, 1914-2000
Other forms of name
Anhalt, Eddie, 1914-2000
Halt, Andrew, 1914-2000
Holt, Andrew, 1914-2000
Date of birth
1914-03-28
Date of death
2000-09-03
Field of activity
Motion pictures
Television broadcasting
Occupation
Cinematographers
Motion picture actors and actresses
Motion picture producers and directors
Screenwriters
Gender
male
Wikipedia description:
Edward Anhalt (March 28, 1914 – September 3, 2000) was an American screenwriter, producer, and documentary filmmaker. After working as a journalist and documentary filmmaker for Pathé and CBS-TV, he teamed with his wife Edna Anhalt, one of his five wives, during World War II to write pulp fiction. As a screenwriter, Anhalt won two Academy Awards: He shared the Oscar for Best Writing, Motion Picture Story with his wife Edna Anhalt for Panic in the Streets (1950) and a second Oscar for Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium for Becket (1964).
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