Wendell Mayes
Wendell Mayes (born July 21, 1919 in Hayti , Missouri , † March 28, 1992 in Santa Monica , California ) was an American screenwriter .
biography
Wendell Mayes began his show career as an actor. To promote himself as an actor, he began writing screenplays for television. One of those scripts for an episode of Kraft Television Theater got such good reviews that director Billy Wilder hired Mayes to write Lindbergh - My Flight Over the Ocean . Mayes remained loyal to this subject in the following years. In 1961 he also worked on a German production ( Spanish legend ). Although his output of manuscripts with just under 20 scripts was low, he had quite a respectable success with these.
His greatest success was the script for Anatomy of a Murder , the adaptation of the novel of the same name by Robert Traver. He won the NYFCC Award from the New York Film Critics Circle in 1959 and was nominated for an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay in 1960 and for the WGA Award from the Writers Guild of America in the same year . He received another nomination for the WGA Award in 1979 for The Last Battle .
Wendell Mayes died on March 28, 1992 at the age of 72.
Filmography (selection)
- 1957: Lindbergh - My flight over the ocean ( The Spirit of St. Louis )
- 1957: The track to Gold ( The Way to the Gold )
- 1957: Duel in the Atlantic ( The Enemy Below )
- 1958: Shoot Back, Cowboy ( From Hell to Texas )
- 1958: Fighter Aviators ( The Hunters )
- 1959: Anatomy of a Murder ( Anatomy of a Murder )
- 1960: Land of a Thousand Adventures ( North to Alaska ) unnamed
- 1961: Spanish legend
- 1962: Storm over Washington ( Advise and Consent )
- 1965: First Victory ( In Harm's Way )
- 1965: Colonel von Ryans Express ( Von Ryans Express )
- 1966: The Hotel ( Hotel )
- 1968: The big Schweiger ( The Stalking Moon )
- 1972: Revengers ( The Revengers )
- 1972: The Poseidon Adventure ( The Poseidon Adventure )
- 1974: A Man Sees Red ( Death Wish )
- 1974: Let's steal the whole bank (The Bank Shot)
- 1978: The Last Battle ( Go Tell the Spartans )
- 1979: A man cleans up ( Love and Bullets )
- 1982: Monsignor
- 1982: A woman for all cases ( Criminal Behavior )
Web links
- Wendell Mayes in the Internet Movie Database (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Mayes, Wendell |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American screenwriter |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 21, 1919 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Hayti (Missouri) , Missouri , United States |
DATE OF DEATH | March 28, 1992 |
Place of death | Santa Monica , California , United States |