Bruce Jay Friedman
Bruce Jay Friedman (born April 26, 1930 in New York City , † June 3, 2020 ) was an American writer and screenwriter .
Life
Friedman attended DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx and received a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Missouri . He then served two years in the United States Air Force . In the 1950s and 1960s he worked as an editor for four different men's adventure magazines . He also wrote short stories on the side and from the early 1960s he was entirely active as a writer. He also wrote several plays and was occasionally active as a screenwriter. As an actor, he appeared in supporting roles in Husbands and Wives (1992) and em @ il for you (1998).
His involvement in the screenplay for Splash earned him an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay in 1985 together with his co-authors . They were also recognized for Best Screenplay by the National Society of Film Critics .
In 2011 he published his memoirs with Lucky Bruce . Friendships connected him with the writers Mario Puzo and Joseph Heller .
From 1954 to 1978 he was married to the model Ginger Howard. In 1983 he married a second time. Friedman was the father of four children.
Filmography (selection)
- 1972: Changing horses on their wedding night (The Heartbreak Kid , literary source)
- 1980: Two incredibly strong guys (Stir Crazy)
- 1983: Dr. Detroit
- 1984: Splash (Splash)
- 2007: After 7 Days - Flittered Out (The Heartbreak Kid , literary source)
Fonts (selection)
- 1962: star
- 1963: Far From the City of Class
- 1974: About Harry Towns
- 1982: The Lonely Guy's Book of Life
- 1996: A Father's Kisses
- 1997: The Collected Short Fiction of Bruce Jay Friedman
- 2000: Even the Rhinos Were Nymphos
- 2001: The Current Climate
- 2011: Lucky Bruce
Web links
- Bruce Jay Friedman in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Bruce Jay Friedman, 90, Author With a Darkly Comic Worldview, Dies," nytimes.com, June 3, 2020
- ↑ pifmagazine.com, accessed January 31, 2017
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Friedman, Bruce Jay |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American novelist and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 26, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd June 2020 |
| Place of death | New York City |