Writers Guild of America Laurel Award for Achievement 1958
Venice Film Festival Best Screenplay Award "Phone Call From a Stranger" 1952
New York Film Critics Circle Award Best Picture "The Grapes of Wrath" 1940
1967 Final feature, wrote the screenplay for "The Dirty Dozen"
1963 Served as a script consultant for the initial shooting of "Cleopatra"
1960 Final feature as director, also credited for screenplay, "The Angel Wore Red"
1959 Produced final feature, also wrote and directed, "The Man Who Understood Women"
1958 Received credit for the TV series, "How to Marry a Millionaire", from his screenplay of the same title
1954 Feature directorial debut, also wrote and produced, "Night People"
1950 TV debut as a writer on "Robert Montgomery Presents Your Lucky Strike Theater"
1943 Formed International Pictures; later absorbed by Universal
1937 Produced, "Cafe Metropole"
1935 First feature as associate producer, also credited for his screenplay, "The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo"
1931 Official screenwriting debut, also from story, "It Ought to Be a Crime"
1927 Made feature debut (uncredited), co-wrote the screenplay for Frank Capra's "For the Love of Mike"
Began career as a reporter and writer for various newspapers and magazines