Emmet Lavery
Emmet Godfrey Lavery (born November 8, 1902 in Poughkeepsie , New York , † January 1, 1986 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American playwright and screenwriter.
Life
Lavery completed a law degree, but then worked as a journalist from 1925. From the 1930s he wrote several plays, including The First Legion , which was successfully performed on Broadway as well as internationally. Based on the play, the feature film Confession of a Doctor - The First Legion was made in 1951 , for which Lavery also wrote the screenplay . By the 1940s he had also turned to screenwriting and was involved in several film and television projects until the 1960s.
From 1939 he worked at Fordham University in the field of theater studies and conducted research in the 1940s for the Rockefeller Foundation in the field of dramatic sciences.
In 1952 he was nominated by the Writers Guild of America in the Best Written American Low-Budget category for the screenplay of a doctor's confession - The First Legion for the Writers Guild of America Award . Lavery and Milton Sperling were nominated for an Oscar in the category Best Original Screenplay in 1956 for the screenplay for Damn to Silence .
His son Emmet G. Lavery, Jr. worked as a film producer. He was also the father of two daughters.
Filmography (selection)
- 1943: For ever and a day (Forever and a Day)
- 1943: Hitler's Children
- 1951: Doctor's Confession - The First Legion
- 1955: Damn it for silence
Web links
- Emmet Lavery in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lavery, Emmet |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lavery, Emmet Godfrey |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American playwright and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 8, 1902 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Poughkeepsie , New York , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 1, 1986 |
| Place of death | Los Angeles , California , United States |