Laird Koenig

Laird Koenig (born September 24, 1927 in Seattle , Washington ) is an American writer and screenwriter.

Life

Koenig, whose biographical stations are little known to the public well into his fourth decade, has appeared as a screenwriter since 1964. Among other things, he was the co-writer of seven episodes of the television series Flipper and co-screenwriter of the western Rival Under the Red Sun (1971). His play The Dozens was staged on Broadway in 1969 with Morgan Freeman in a leading role . Together with Peter L. Dixon, Koenig received the Grand prix de littérature policière for the best non-French detective novel of the year in 1972 for the jointly written novel Kinderstunde . This book was filmed in 1978 as a French production under the original title Attention, les enfants regardent (German title: Der eheimliche Fremde ) with Alain Delon in the lead role.

Koenig, who from the 1970s onwards lived in London and Paris in addition to the USA , published his previously completed but not yet performed play The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane as a novel in 1974 . Koenig himself wrote the screenplay for its 1976 film adaptation under Swiss director Nicolas Gessner with Jodie Foster in the title role. The German translation of the novel was first published in 1975 under the title Das Kind am Ende der Strasse , but later the title Das Mädchen am Ende der Strasse, better known from the film, was used . The play has also been available in print since 1997.

His other work as a screenwriter included Bloodspur (1979) with Audrey Hepburn , directed by Terence Young . A film adaptation of his novel The Neighbor (German title: A long weekend long ) planned for 1979 by Louis Malle did not materialize. In 1982 this book was filmed with Irene Cara under the title Killing 'em Softly . Together with Robin Moore , Laird Koenig received the Golden Raspberry (worst script) in 1983 for the film Inchon! (with Laurence Olivier and Jacqueline Bisset ). Koenig also wrote the script himself for the film adaptation of his own novel Rockabye ( Der verlorene Rauschgold-Engel ) in 1986. Another collaboration with director Nicolas Gessner took place in 1989 on the film Tennessee Nights , based on the novel Minnie or A Case of Insignificance by Hans Werner Kettenbach goes back.

Works

Novels

• Laird Koenig / Peter L. Dixon: Children's hour. Scherz, Bern / Munich 1974, ISBN 3-502-10388-7 ( The Children Are Watching , 1971)
• The girl at the end of the street . Heyne, Munich 1977, ISBN 3-453-10352-1 ( The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane , 1974)
  • previously under the German title: The child at the end of the street. Schneekluth, Munich 1975, ISBN 3-7951-0310-X
• A long weekend. Schneekluth, Munich 1982, ISBN 3-7951-0679-6 ( The Neighbor , 1978)
• Like spiders in the web. Heyne, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-453-10763-2 ( Islands , 1980)
• The lost gold angel. Heyne, Munich 1985, ISBN 3-453-10745-4 ( Rockabye , 1981)
• The Disciple. Bantam, Toronto / New York 1983, ISBN 0-553-23518-4
• The Sea Wife. Severn House, London 1987, ISBN 0-7278-1492-3

Stage works

• The Dozens. Dramatist's Play Service, New York 1969
• The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane. Dramatist's Play Service, New York 1997, ISBN 0-8222-1571-3

Scripts (selection)

• 1964-67: Flipper (7 episodes)
• 1971: rivals under the red sun
• 1976: The girl at the end of the street
• 1979: blood trail
• 1981: Inchon!
• 1986: Rockabye
• 1987: The Senator's Past (TV movie)
• 1989: Tennessee Nights

Web links

• Laird Koenig in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Laird Koenig in the Internet Broadway Database (English)