William Rose (screenwriter)
William Rose (born December 12, 1914 in Jefferson City , Missouri , † February 10, 1987 in Jersey ) was an American screenwriter .
Life
William Rose came to Great Britain during his military service in the Canadian Army in World War II and began his work as a screenwriter there after the end of the war. He wrote a number of comedies for Ealing Studios , but was also at home in other genres. At the beginning of the 1960s he returned to the United States and worked several times with the director Stanley Kramer . He received an Oscar in 1968 for the script for the comedy Rat mal, who comes to dinner . He was previously nominated for an Oscar three times.
The 1955 screenplay for Ladykillers earned him a British Academy Film Award for Best British Screenplay . Rose always stated that he had dreamed the entire story of Ladykillers and only had to add details afterwards. The Writers Guild of America honored him with the 1973 Laurel Award for Screen Writing Achievement . In 1967 he was honored with a Writers Guild of America Award .
Filmography (selection)
script
- 1948: Race against Death (Once a jolly Swagman)
- 1950: Demon Uran (My Daughter Joy )
- 1952: A Food for the Fish (The Gift Horse)
- 1953: The fiery Isabella (Genevieve)
- 1954: The Maggie (The Maggie)
- 1955: Ladykillers (The Ladykillers)
- 1955: The Other Half Of Me (Touch and go )
- 1956: Test machine CB 5 (The Man in the Sky )
- 1957: The smallest show on earth (The smallest show on earth)
- 1963: It's a Mad, Mad, Mad , Mad World (It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World)
- 1965: The Russians are coming! The Russians are Coming! (The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming)
- 1967: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner)
- 1967: The great Mr. Flim-Flam (The Flim-Flam Man)
- 1969: The Secret of Santa Vittoria (The Secret of Santa Vittoria)
Literary template
- 2004: Ladykillers
- 2005: Guess Who - You won't have my daughter! (Guess Who)
Web links
- William Rose in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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 6: N - R. Mary Nolan - Meg Ryan. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 628.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rose, William |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 12, 1914 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Jefferson City , Missouri |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 10, 1987 |
| Place of death | on Jersey |