Kurt Luedtke
Kurt Mamre Luedtke (born September 28, 1939 in Grand Rapids , Michigan ; † August 9, 2020 in Royal Oak , Michigan) was an American screenwriter and Oscar winner who won the Oscar for best adapted screenplay for Sydney Pollack's drama Out of Africa received.
Life
Kurt Mamre Luedtke was born as the son of the timber merchant Herman Ernst Luedtke and Virginia Luedtke. After attending the University of Michigan and graduating from Brown University in 1961 , he became a journalist with Grand Rapids Press , later with the Miami Herald, and finally with the Detroit Free Press , where he made it to editor-in-chief at the age of 34. Four years later, at the age of 38, he decided to quit his job and moved to Los Angeles , where he started scripting. As early as 1981, Die Sensationsreporterin , a film drama about journalism directed by Sydney Pollack , was his first film screenplay produced, for which he was honored with an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay and a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Screenplay . As early as 1986 he received the Oscar for the best adapted screenplay for his adaptation of Pollack's Out of Africa . He also wrote his third and final screenplay for a Pollack film: The Encounter of Fate in 1999.
From May 1, 1965 until his death, Luedtke was married to Eleanor Kruglinski, a Symphony vice-president. He died in August 2020 at the age of 80 after a long illness.
Filmography
- 1981: The Sensational Reporter (Absence of Malice)
- 1985: Out of Africa (Out of Africa)
- 1999: Encounter of Fate (Random Hearts)
Awards (selection)
- 1982 : Nomination for Best Original Screenplay by Die Sensationsreporterin
- 1986 : Award for Best Adapted Screenplay by Out of Africa
- 1982: Nomination for the best film script by Die Sensationsreporterin
- 1986 : nomination for Best Original Screenplay of Out of Africa
Web links
- Kurt Luedtke in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Kurt Luedtke Biography (1939-) on filmreference.com (English), accessed on January 16, 2012
- ↑ Kurt Luedtke. In: Turner Classic Movies . Retrieved October 28, 2018 .
- ↑ Kurt Luedtke, former Free Press editor and Oscar-winning screenwriter, dies at 80. Retrieved on August 10, 2020 (English).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Luedtke, Kurt |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Luedtke, Kurt Mamre (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American screenwriter and Oscar winner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 28, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Grand Rapids , Michigan, United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 9, 2020 |
| Place of death | Royal Oak , Michigan, United States |