Walter Newman

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Walter Newman (born February 11, 1916 in New York City , New York , † October 14, 1993 in Sherman Oaks , California ) was an American screenwriter .

Life

Walter Newman began his writing career as a writer for radio programs. With his debut as a screenwriter, he had an immediate international success with Reporter des Satan . Several westerns can be found among his other works. After disagreements with director John Sturges about subsequent changes, his collaboration on both The Magnificent Seven and Broken Chains was not mentioned .

Newman was nominated for an Oscar in 1952, 1966 and 1979 , the last two times in the Best Adapted Screenplay category .

At the 1965 Berlin International Film Festival , he and Frank Pierson received a special mention for the screenplay for Cat Ballou - You Should Hang in Wyoming .

His screenplay project Harrow Alley 1963, which is inspired by Daniel Defoe's book about the plague in London (Harrow Alley is a street of butchers in London) and the plague in England, he described as the high point of his career. John Huston (1963), Laurence Harvey , Rex Harrison , Bryan Forbes, and George C. Scott (who bought the script for $ 150,000 and wanted to do it as a director, not an actor) were interested in the script but couldn't get funding. The script revolves around the experience of people who know they are going to die and hundreds die in the plague epidemic in the script, some in cruel ways. Emma Thompson had been trying to make it happen since the 2000s and found producers for a series on HBO in 2018.

Filmography (selection)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 5: L - N. Rudolf Lettinger - Lloyd Nolan. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 663.
  2. ↑ Cody Hamman: Emma Thompson producing Black Death script Harrow Alley, written in the '60s , joblo.com, March 7, 2018
personal data
SURNAME Newman, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH February 11, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City , New York
DATE OF DEATH October 14, 1993
Place of death Sherman Oaks , California