Sidney Carroll
Sidney Carroll (born May 25, 1913 in New York City , † November 3, 1988 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American screenwriter .
Live and act
Sidney Carroll grew up in Brooklyn . He graduated from Harvard University in 1934. During his studies, he directed the satirical magazine The Harvard Lampoon . In 1940 he married the songwriter , singer and actress June Carroll (1917-2004). Their son, the future writer Jonathan Carroll , was born in New York in 1949 . Sidney Carroll began working in the film industry that same year. He has written scripts for American TV shows such as Omnibus ( ABC ) and The Du Pont Show of the Week ( NBC ), as well as for TV specials such as the Emmy-winning documentaries The Louvre and The Forbidden City . He has rarely worked as a film writer, his greatest success in this area was the literary adaptation Sharks of the City , which earned him an Oscar nomination and the Writers Guild of America Award .
In 1988 Carroll died in Los Angeles at the age of 75, his grave is in the local Mount Sinai Memorial Park.
Filmography (selection)
- 1956: Omnibus - The Fine Art of Murder (TV series)
- 1958–1959: Steve Canyon (TV series)
- 1960: I found Julia Harrington (TV movie)
- 1961: Sharks of the Big City ( The Hustler )
- 1962: The DuPont Show of the Week - Big Deal in Laredo (TV series)
- 1964: A Golden Prison: The Louvre (TV documentary)
- 1966: The girl from the cherry bar ( Gambit )
- 1966: Highest stakes in Laredo ( A Big Hand for the Little Lady )
- 1973: The Man Without a Country (TV movie) ( The Man Without a Country )
- 1973: The Forbidden City (TV documentary)
- 1975: Beacon Hill (pilot for the television series)
- 1975: Der Graf von Monte-Christo (The Count of Monte-Christo) (TV movie)
- 1976: Truman at Potsdam (TV movie)
- 1982: The Incredible Stories of Roald Dahl (TV series, Tales of the Unexpected )
- 1986: Ike (TV movie)
Awards (selection)
- 1957: Edgar Allan Poe Award in the category “Best Episode in a TV Series” for the episode The Fine Art of Murder in the TV series Omnibus
- 1962 : Oscar nomination in the “ Best Adapted Screenplay ” category for Haie der Großstadt
- 1962: Writers Guild of America Award in the “Best Written Drama” category for Sharks of the Big City
- 1963: Emmy nomination in the category “Outstanding writing achievement in Drama” for The Du Pont Show of the Week
Web links
- Sidney Carroll in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- Literature by and about Sidney Carroll in the WorldCat bibliographic database
- Sidney Carroll in the database of Find a Grave (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sidney Carroll's estate in the Online Archive of California oac.cdlib.org, accessed January 2, 2014.
- ^ Harvard Lampoon elects officers for coming year. In: The Harvard Crimson , December 17, 1932, accessed January 2, 2014.
- ↑ searching Edgars Database theedgars.com, accessed on January 2, 2014.
- ↑ WGA Prize Winner ( Memento of the original from April 12, 2015 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. wga.org, accessed January 2, 2014.
- ↑ Search for Emmy Prize Winners emmys.com, accessed on January 2, 2014.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Carroll, Sidney |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Carroll, Sydney |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 25, 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd November 1988 |
| Place of death | Los Angeles , California , United States |