Paul Monash

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Paul Monash (born June 14, 1917 in Harlem , New York City , † January 14, 2003 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American screenwriter and film producer .

Life

Paul Monash was born in Harlem, New York to silent film actress Rhoda Melrose and later grew up in the Bronx . He later received his bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and his master's degree from Columbia University . An aspiring writer, he later joined the United States Merchant Marine and drove across the country. He was looking for the right material to write the Great American Novel . He wrote for the United States Army during World War II and then spent three years in Greenwich Village trying to find the right story. More years followed in Paris , where he devoted himself to art. Although he found the right material, but not the right words, he did not see his published novel How brave we live as successful.

However, he began to write for the radio and was able to celebrate his start in the television landscape with a script for the television series Foreign Intrigue . Several scripts for other series and the screenplay for the film Operation Manhunt followed , before he achieved greater success as a screenwriter with films such as Extrablatt , Nothing New in the West and Stalin . At the same time, he was also active as a film producer and produced films such as Two Bandits , Carrie - Des Satan's Youngest Daughter and Big Trouble in Little China .

In 2000 he was awarded the Laurel Award from the Writers Guild of America for Lifetime Achievement. He said that he just regrets never having written the great novel.

Filmography (selection)

Works

Awards (selection)

Humanitas Prize

  • 1998: Award in the "PBS / Cable Category" for George Wallace
  • 1999: Nomination in the "60 Minute Category" for Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Couples

Emmy

  • 1958: Award in the category "Best Teleplay Writing - Half Hour or Less" for Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
  • 1993: Nomination in the category “Outstanding Individual Achievement in Writing in a Miniseries or a Special” for Stalin

Edgar Allan Poe Award

  • 1980: Nomination in the category “Best TV Film or Miniseries” for Brennen muss Salem

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dennis McLellan: Paul Monash, 85; Producer and Writer Had Eye for a Good Script on latimes.com January 16, 2003, accessed April 18, 2012
  2. ↑ Gary North: Paul Monash  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on variety.com January 15, 2003, accessed April 18, 2012@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.variety.com  
  3. ↑ Paul Monash, 85, Television Screenwriter on nytimes.com January 16, 2003 (English), accessed April 18, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Monash, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American screenwriter and film producer
DATE OF BIRTH June 14, 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH Harlem , New York City
DATE OF DEATH January 14, 2003
Place of death Los Angeles , California