Fay Kanin
Fay Kanin (* 9. May 1917 in New York City as Fay Mitchell; † 27. March 2013 in Santa Monica , California ) was an American screenwriter , film producer and president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences .
Life
Kanin grew up in Elmira , New York . At the age of 12, she received a trophy from then Governor Franklin Roosevelt for winning the New York State spelling competition . After her family moved to California, she attended the University of Southern California , from which she graduated with a bachelor's degree. She then worked as a screenwriter for RKO Pictures . She also played in a small theater, where she met Michael Kanin , whom she married in 1940.
In 1942 they sold the first jointly created script to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer . While her husband was working on another film project, Kanin wrote the play Goodbye My Fancy , which starred Madeleine Carroll , Conrad Nagel and Shirley Booth in the 1948/49 Broadway season to a total of 446 performances. The play was in 1951 with Joan Crawford and Robert Young in the lead roles filmed . By 1985, four more of her pieces came to a Broadway performance, for Grind she was nominated for a Tony Award in 1985.
Both were blacklisted in the McCarthy era . It was only after pressure from director Charles Vidor that they were able to continue working for MGM. She and her husband wrote the script for the feature film Reporter der Liebe, starring Clark Gable and Doris Day . In 1959 her script was nominated for an Oscar . By the early 1970s, she also worked for television and wrote several television plays. Her work has been recognized with three Emmy Awards and other nominations. Emphasize in particular that is this Vietnam - Drama For The Fatherland to die , seen in 1979, according to audience measurement of about 60 million viewers.
Kanin was President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , which is responsible for awarding the Oscars, for four terms from 1979 to 1983 . She was only the second president after Bette Davis , but she had only been in office for a month. She also held positions in the Writers Guild of America , the American Film Institute, and the Library of Congress .
Filmography (selection)
- 1954: Symphony of the Heart (Rhapsody) - Director: Charles Vidor
- 1956: The Opposite Sex - Director: David Miller
- 1958: Reporter 's Pet (Teacher's Pet) - Directed by George Seaton
- 1961: The Right Approach
- 1962: Degenduell (La congiura dei dieci) - directed by Étienne Périer , Baccio Bandini
- 1974 Tell Me Where It Hurts (TV) - Director: Paul Bogart
- 1975: Bottom Line (Hustling) (TV) - Director: Joseph Sargent
- 1979: Die fürs Vaterland (Friendly Fire) (TV) - Director: David Greene
- 1984 Heartsounds (TV) - Director: Glenn Jordan
Broadway
- 1948: Goodbye, My Fancy
- 1954: His and Hers
- 1959: Rashomon
- 1961: The Gay Life
- 1985: Grind
Awards
- 1959: Oscar nomination for Reporters of Love
- 1959: WGA Award nomination for Reporters of Love
- 1974: Emmy Award for Tell Me Where It Hurts (Best Writing)
- 1974: Emmy Award for Tell Me Where It Hurts (Writer of the year)
- 1975: Emmy nomination for the bottom line
- 1979: Emmy nomination for To Die For The Fatherland (Outstanding Writing)
- 1979: Emmy Award for To Die For The Fatherland (Outstanding Drama)
- 1985: Emmy nomination for Heartsounds
- 1985: Tony Award nomination for Grind
Individual evidence
Web links
- Fay Kanin in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Fay Kanin in the Internet Broadway Database (English)
- Literature by and about Fay Kanin in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kanin, Fay |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mitchell, Fay |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American screenwriter, film producer and AMPAS president |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 9, 1917 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 27, 2013 |
| Place of death | Santa Monica , California |