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Philadelphia-born Alvin Sargent was in his mid-30s when he began his career as a screenwriter. He honed his craft penning teleplays for such early 1960s series as "Alfred Hitchcock Presents". "Naked City", "Route 66" and "Ben Casey". Segueing to features in 1966, he shared screen credit on the Shirley MacLaine-Michael Caine vehicle "Gambit". Sargent went on to distinguish himself as a fine adapter of literary material. While his produced oeuvre is not terribly prolific, it has yielded a number of gems and the screenwriter has proven effective at finding a visual equivalent for the written word....
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Filmography

Spider-Man 3 - ( Screenplay / 2007 / Released / )
Spider-Man 2 - ( Screenplay / 2004 / Released / )
Unfaithful - ( Screenplay / 2002 / Released / )
Anywhere But Here - ( Screenplay / 1999 / Released / )
Bogus - ( Screenplay / 1996 / Released / )
Hero - ( From Story / 1992 / Released / )
Other People's Money - ( Screenplay / 1991 / Released / SF )
What About Bob? - ( From Story / 1991 / Released / )
What About Bob? - ( Creative Consultant / 1991 / Released / )
White Palace - ( Screenplay / 1990 / Released / )
Dominick and Eugene - ( Screenplay / 1988 / Released / Village Roadshow Pictures Worldwide )
Nuts - ( Screenplay / 1987 / Released / )
Ordinary People - ( Screenplay / 1980 / Released / Paramount Pictures )
Straight Time - ( Screenplay / 1978 / Released / Columbia-EMI-Warner )
Bobby Deerfield - ( Screenplay / 1977 / Released / )
Julia - ( Screenplay / 1977 / Released / )
Love, Pain and the Whole Damned Thing - ( Screenplay / 1973 / Released / )
Paper Moon - ( Screenplay / 1973 / Released / )
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds - ( Screenplay / 1972 / Released / )
I Walk the Line - ( Screenplay / 1970 / Released / )
The Sterile Cuckoo - ( Screenplay / 1969 / Released / )
The Stalking Moon - ( Screenplay / 1968 / Released / Pathe International )
Gambit - ( Screenplay / 1967 / Released / )

TV Credits
Footsteps ( 1972 / Released ): Screenplay
The Impatient Heart ( 1971 / Released ): Screenplay
The Search ( 1968 / Released ): Writer
Ben Casey ( 1961 / Released ): Writer
Route 66 ( 1960 / Released ): Writer
Alfred Hitchcock Presents ( 1955 / Released ): Writer
Naked City ( Released ): Writer

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Philadelphia-born Alvin Sargent was in his mid-30s when he began his career as a screenwriter. He honed his craft penning teleplays for such early 1960s series as "Alfred Hitchcock Presents". "Naked City", "Route 66" and "Ben Casey". Segueing to features in 1966, he shared screen credit on the Shirley MacLaine-Michael Caine vehicle "Gambit". Sargent went on to distinguish himself as a fine adapter of literary material. While his produced oeuvre is not terribly prolific, it has yielded a number of gems and the screenwriter has proven effective at finding a visual equivalent for the written word. Sargent received solo credit on "The Sterile Cuckoo" (1969) which provided a meaty role for Liza Minnelli and earned his first Academy Award nomination for "Paper Moon" (1973), his fine rendering of Joe David Brown's novel "Addie Pray". While he faltered with the race car romance "Bobby Deerfield" (1977), he took home an Oscar for his lyrical script to "Julia" (also 1977), adapted from Lillian Hellman's memoirs. Sargent won a deserved second statuette from the Academy for his fine rendering of "Ordinary People" (1980), drawn from Judith Guest's novel. He went on to share screen credit on the courtroom drama "Nuts" (1987) and the older woman-younger man romance "White Palace" (1990). For director Norman Jewison, Sargent scripted the slick screen version of Jerry Sterner's hit Off-Broadway play "Other People's Money" (1991) but stumbled with the screenplay for the fantasy "Bogus" (1996), also for Jewison. Three years later, he penned the screenplay adaptation for "Anywhere But Here".

Profession(s):
screenwriter
Sometimes Credited As:
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Companion(s)
Laura Ziskind , Companion , ```..together since c. 1991

Awards (Back to top)

Writers Guild of America Laurel Award for Achievement 1990
Oscar Best Screenplay (Based on Material From Another Medium) "Ordinary People" 1980
Writers Guild of America Award Best-Written Drama Adapted from Another Medium "Ordinary People" 1980
BAFTA Award Best Screenplay "Julia" 1978
Oscar Best Screenplay (Based on Material From Another Medium) "Julia" 1977
Writers Guild of America Award Best-Written Drama Adapted from Another Medium "Julia" 1977
Writers Guild of America Award Best-Written Comedy Adapted from Another Medium "Paper Moon" 1973

Milestones (Back to top)

1999 Wrote the screen adaptation of Mona Simpson's novel "Anywhere But Here"
1996 Penned the script for "Bogus", from a stroy by Jeff Rothenberg and Francis X McCarthy
1991 Adapted Jerry Sterner's play "Other People's Money" for the screen
1990 Co-wrote (with Ted Talley) "White Palace"
1987 Was one of three credited writers on the screenplay for "Nuts"
1980 Earned second Academy Award for his script for "Ordinary People", directed by Robert Redford
1977 Won Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for "Julia"
1973 Recieved first Academy Award nomination for his screenplay adaptation "Paper Moon"
1971 Scripted the NBC TV-movie "The Impatient Heart"
1969 Received solo credit for the script for "The Sterile Cuckoo"
1966 First produced screenplay, "Gambit", co-written with Jack Davies
Wrote for TV series such as "Naked City", "Route 66", "Ben Casey" and "Alfred Hitchcock Presents"

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