Ranald MacDougall

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Ranald MacDougall (born March 10, 1915 in Schenectady , New York , USA ; † December 12, 1973 in Los Angeles , California , USA) was an American screenwriter , film director and producer .

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He began his career as a usher at Radio City Music Hall before starting writing for NBC Radio . In 1944, Warner Bros. became aware of MacDougall, where he wrote the screenplay for Mildred Pierce a year later, in 1945 . Although it was only his second script, MacDougall, 31, was nominated for the 1946 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay .

But MacDougall, who worked as a producer from 1948 and also as a director from 1955, will probably always go down in film history with his screenplay for the 1963 historical film Cleopatra , which he wrote together with Joseph L. Mankiewicz and Sidney Buchman .

In 1971 MacDougall was elected President of the Writers Guild of America . He held this position until his death.

Ranald MacDougall was married to the actress Nanette Fabray from 1957 and they had one child. He himself died of natural causes, aged 58.

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