WritingPopularity Score 1.1
Paddy Chayefsky
Also known as:Sidney Aaron "Paddy" ChayefskySidney Aaron ChayefskySidney Aaron
Total Works
26
19 movies • 7 shows
Avg Rating
6.8 / 10
across rated releases
Box Office
—
worldwide gross
Global Reach
#1
TMDB star index
Biography
Sidney Aaron "Paddy" Chayefsky was an American playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. He is the only person to have won three solo Academy Awards for Best Screenplay for "Marty" (1955), "The Hospital" (1971), and "Network" (1976). He is the only person to have won both the Academy Awards for adapted and original screenplays. He was one of the most renowned dramatists of the Golden Age of Television. His intimate, realistic scripts provided a naturalistic style of television drama for the 1950s, dramatizing the lives of ordinary Americans.
