Robert Getchell

Robert Getchell (born December 5, 1936 in Kansas City , Missouri , † October 21, 2017 in California ) was an American screenwriter and university professor .

Life

Getchell studied English at the University of Missouri , where he graduated in 1965. After initially working as a freelance writer, he wrote the screenplay for Alice Doesn't Live Here in 1974 , which was filmed by Martin Scorsese , and for which Getchell was nominated for an Oscar in 1975 for Best Original Screenplay. Getchell received his second Oscar nomination in 1977 for his screenplay for This Land is My Land .

A low point in his career was the script for the 1981 film Meine liebe Rabenmutter , for which Getchell was awarded the Golden Raspberry in 1982 .

After Getchell had written his last screenplay for a film with The Client in 1994 , he took a position as professor of English literature first at the University of Missouri, and later at Miami University in the US state of Ohio .

Filmography

• 1974: Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
• 1976: This Land is My Land (Bound for Glory)
• 1981: My dear bad mother (Mommie Dearest)
• 1985: Sweet Dreams
• 1990: Stella
• 1993: This Boy's Life
• 1993: Code name: Nina (Point of No Return)
• 1994: The client (The Client)

Awards

• 1975: Oscar nomination, Best Original Screenplay for: Alice Does not Live Here Anymore ( Alice Does not Live Here Anymore )
• 1975: WGA Award nomination, for: Alice no longer lives here
• 1976: BAFTA Award , for: Alice no longer lives here
• 1977: Oscar nomination, Best Adapted Screenplay for: This Land is My Land ( Bound for Glory )
• 1977: WGA Award nomination, for: This country is my country
• 1982: Golden Raspberry / Worst Screenplay , for: Mommie Dearest

Web links

• Robert Getchell in the Internet Movie Database (English)