John Gay (screenwriter)

John Gay (born April 1, 1924 in Whittier , California - † February 4, 2017 in Santa Monica , California) was an American screenwriter .

Career

John Gay's screenwriting career began in 1949 on the television series Apartment 3-C . He and Terence Rattigan received a nomination in the " Best Adapted Screenplay " category at the 1959 Academy Awards for their artistic performance on Separate from Table and Bed . The award went to Alan Jay Lerner for the film Gigi .

He wrote other scripts for the films U 23 - Tödliche Tiefen , Rendezvous in Madrid , That Was the Wild West , Mutiny on the Bounty with Marlon Brando , Forty Cars Westward with Burt Lancaster , The Last Safari , The Lullaby of Manslaughter and You want to be giants by Paul Newman . At the 1985 Primetime Emmy Awards, he received a nomination for his work on Fatal Vision in 1984. He retired from the film business in the late 1990s and died in 2017 at the age of 92.

personal data
SURNAME	Gay, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH	April 1, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH	Whittier , California , United States
DATE OF DEATH	4th February 2017
Place of death	Santa Monica , California, United States