Paddy Chayefsky

Paddy Chayefsky

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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.

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Network

Network

1976

Altered States

Altered States

1980

Paint Your Wagon

Paint Your Wagon

1969

The Way We Were

The Way We Were

1973

Marty

Marty

1955

Middle of the Night

Middle of the Night

1959

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