Awards & Winners

Ben Maddow

Date of Birth 07-August-1909
Place of Birth Passaic
(Passaic County, New Jersey, United States of America)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as David Wolff, Maddow
Profession Screenwriter
Ben Maddow was a prolific screenwriter and documentarian from the 1930s through the 70s. Educated at Columbia University, Maddow began his career working within the American documentary movement in the 30s. In 1936 he co-founded the short-lived left-wing newsreel The World Today. Under the pseudonym of David Wolff, Maddow co-wrote the screenplay to the Paul Strand–Leo Hurwitz documentary landmark, Native Land. He earned his first feature screenplay credit with Framed. Other screenplays include Clarence Brown's Intruder in the Dust, John Huston's The Asphalt Jungle, God's Little Acre, and, again with Huston, an Edgar Award for Best Mystery Screenplay and The Unforgiven. As a documentarian he directed and wrote such films as Storm of Strangers, The Stairs, and The Savage Eye, which won the BAFTA Flaherty Documentary Award. Maddow made his solo feature directorial debut with the striking, offbeat feature An Affair of the Skin, a well-acted story of several loves and friendships gone sour and marked by the rich characterisations which had distinguished his best screenplays.

Awards by Ben Maddow

Check all the awards nominated and won by Ben Maddow.

1975


Nominations 1975 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
National Book Award for Biography Edward Weston; His Life

1964


Nominations 1964 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Drama The Balcony

1960


BAFTA Award for Best Documentary
Honored for : The Savage Eye

Nominations 1960 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Documentary The Savage Eye

1951


Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay
Honored for : The Asphalt Jungle

Nominations 1951 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Drama The Asphalt Jungle
Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay The Asphalt Jungle

1950


Nominations 1950 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Drama Intruder in the Dust
Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay The Asphalt Jungle
Academy Award for Best Screenplay The Asphalt Jungle