Ernest Lehman
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Lehman and Hitchcock in 1959
Biography
Ernest Lehman (1915–2005) was an American screenwriter.
He was perhaps best known for writing the screenplays for Sabrina (1954), Sweet Smell of Success (1957), North by Northwest (1959) and The Sound of Music (1965).
Lehman died in 2005, aged 89, after a prolonged illness.
Filmography
With Hitchcock...
- North by Northwest (1959) - writer
- Family Plot (1976) - writer: screenplay
Documentaries
He has appeared in the following Hitchcockian documentaries...
- Reputations: Alfred Hitchcock (BBC, 1999)
- Destination Hitchcock - The Making of North by Northwest (2000)
See Also...
Books
- North by Northwest (1999) by Ernest Lehman
Articles
- American Film (1976) - Dialogue on Film: Ernest Lehman
- American Film (1979) - Lehman at Large: On the Importance of Relative Importances
- American Film (1980) - Lehman at Large: Hitch
Awards and Nominations
- 1960 Edgar Allan Poe Awards:
- won Best Motion Picture (North by Northwest)
- 1960 Academy Awards - Oscars:
- nominated for Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen (North by Northwest)
- 1960 Writers Guild of America - WGA Award:
- nominated for Best Written American Drama (North by Northwest)
- 1977 Edgar Allan Poe Awards:
- won Best Motion Picture (Family Plot)
- 1977 Writers Guild of America - WGA Award:
- nominated for Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium (Family Plot)
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