Earl W. Wallace
Earl W. Wallace ( October 23, 1942 - May 12, 2018 ) was an American screenwriter who received the Oscar for best original screenplay for The Only Witness (1985) by Peter Weir at the 1986 Academy Awards .
Life
Wallace began as a screenwriter in the mid- 1970s and was particularly active as a writer for television series such as Smoking Colts (1974 to 1975) and Bronk (1976). For the script to mini TV series How the West (1979) he won together with Calvin Clements Sr. and John Mantley the Spur Award of the Western Writers of America for the best television screenplay.
For the screenplay for The Only Witness (1985) by Peter Weir, he received together with William Kelley and Pamela Wallace both the Oscar for best original screenplay and the Edgar Allan Poe Award and the Prize of the Writers Guild of America (WGA Award) for the best film script. He was also nominated with William Kelley for the BAFTA Award (Best Original Screenplay) and the Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay.
Later he was mainly active as a screenwriter in television productions, such as the films House of Silent Screams (1996) by Cher and Nancy Savoca and Help, I have a family! (1997) by Ted Kotcheff and the television series Feuersturm und Asche (1988 to 1989), the continuation of the series The Firestorm .
Web links
- Earl W. Wallace in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wallace, Earl W. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 23, 1942 |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 12, 2018 |