George Axelrod
Known for: Writing
Born: June 8, 1922 in New York, New York, USA - Died: June 20, 2003
George Axelrod (June 9, 1922 – June 21, 2003) was an American screenwriter, producer, playwright and film director, best known for his play The Seven Year Itch (1952), which was adapted into a film of the same name starring Marilyn Monroe. Axelrod was nominated for an Academy Award for his 1961 adaptation of Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's and also adapted Richard Condon's The Manchurian Candidate (1962).
Known for
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The Capote Tapes
Self (voice) (archive footage)
Confessions of a Nervous Man
Self - Host
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
What's My Line?
Self - Panelist
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Screenplay
The Manchurian Candidate
Screenplay
The Seven Year Itch
Screenplay
Paris When It Sizzles
Screenplay
Bus Stop
Screenplay
How to Murder Your Wife
Writer
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
Theatre Play
Lord Love a Duck
Director
Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!
Screenplay
Sept ans de réflexion
Author
The Secret Life of an American Wife
Director
The Lady Vanishes
Screenplay
The Fourth Protocol
Screenstory
The Holcroft Covenant
Screenplay
Goodbye Charlie
Theatre Play
The Tammy Grimes Show
Creator