Ian McLellan Hunter

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Ian McLellan Hunter (* 8. August 1915 in London , † 5. March 1991 in New York City , New York ) was a from the UK originating American screenwriter , in 1993 from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to be 1954 conferred Oscar for best original story was disallowed because the during the McCarthy era in the so-called blacklist standing Dalton Trumbo sole author of the original story about Roman Holiday was and Hunter only co-author of the screenplay .

Life

Originally from Great Britain, Hunter moved with his parents to the USA as a toddler and began his career as a screenwriter in the Hollywood film industry in 1939 for the film Fisherman's Wharf and wrote the scripts and templates for over thirty films by 1987.

At the Academy Awards in 1954, he received the Oscar for the best original story for A Heart and a Crown (1953) by William Wyler with Audrey Hepburn , Gregory Peck and Eddie Albert in the leading roles . In addition, he was nominated for the Oscar for best adapted screenplay at this Academy Awards together with John Dighton and also won the Writers Guild of America (WGA Award) for best American comedy with Dighton .

In 1969 he won the Edgar Allan Poe Award for best screenplay for an episode of a television series for the television film The Story of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (1968) by Charles Jarrott with Jack Palance , Denholm Elliott and Billie Whitelaw .

Hunter's Oscar was revoked in December 1992 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences because Dalton Trumbo, who was blacklisted during the McCarthy era, was the sole author of the original artwork. Hunter had been named as the sole author in consultation with Trumbo because of his professional ban and gave him a financial share in the earnings. The Academy struck Hunter as a ghostwriter from the award list and on May 10, 1993, posthumously awarded Trumbo's wife a second Oscar to Trumbo, who died in 1976. Previously, Hunter's son, the director Tim Hunter had refused to release the Oscar, which was awarded to his father in 1954.

Between 1953 and 1957 Hunter was also on the "blacklist" and was therefore also subject to a temporary professional ban. Hunter also worked under the pseudonym Philip Rush with the standing also been banned from Ring Lardner Jr. together and wrote this, among others, the template for the Broadway - Musical Foxy (1964).

Filmography (selection)

Awards

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ IMDb: Academy Awards, USA 1954
personal data
SURNAME Hunter, Ian McLellan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British-American screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH August 8, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH March 5, 1991
Place of death New York City , New York