Neil Simon - Awards & Nominations

Date of Birth	04-July-1927
Place of Birth	The Bronx (United States of America, New York City, New York)
Nationality	United States of America
Also know as	Marvin Neil Simon, Doc Simon, Doc, Marvin Neil Simon
Profession	Playwright, Screenwriter, Author, Film Producer, Lyricist
Neil Simon is an American playwright and screenwriter. He has written over thirty plays and nearly the same number of movie screenplays, most adapted from his plays. He has received more Oscar and Tony nominations than any other writer. He grew up in New York during the Great Depression, with his parents' financial hardships affecting their marriage, and giving him a mostly unhappy and unstable childhood. He often took refuge in movie theaters where he enjoyed watching the early comedians like Charlie Chaplin, which inspired him to become a comedy writer. After a few years in the Army Air Force Reserve after graduating high school, he began writing comedy scripts for radio and some popular early television shows. Among them were The Phil Silvers Show and Sid Caesar's Your Show of Shows in 1950, where he worked alongside other young writers including Carl Reiner, Mel Brooks and Selma Diamond. He began writing his own plays beginning with Come Blow Your Horn, which took him three years to complete and ran for 678 performances on Broadway. It was followed by two more successful plays, Barefoot in the Park and The Odd Couple, for which he won a Tony Award, making him a national celebrity and "the hottest new playwright on Broadway." His style ranged from romantic comedy to farce to more serious dramatic comedy. Overall, he has garnered seventeen Tony nominations and won three. During one season, he had four successful plays showing on Broadway at the same time, and in 1983 became the only living playwright to have a New York theatre, the Neil Simon Theatre, named in his honor. During the time between the 1960s, 70s, and 80s, he wrote both original screenplays and stage plays, with some films actually based on his plays.

Awards by Neil Simon

Check all the awards nominated and won by Neil Simon.

2006

Mark Twain Prize for American Humor

2001

Nominations 2001 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie	Laughter on the 23rd Floor

1997

Nominations 1997 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy	Laughter On The 23rd Floor

1996

Helmerich Award

1995

Kennedy Center Honors

1993

Nominations 1993 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy	Lost In Yonkers

1992

Nominations 1992 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing - Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special	Broadway Bound

1991

Tony Award for Best Play

Honored for : Lost in Yonkers

Pulitzer Prize for Drama

Honored for : Lost in Yonkers

Nominations 1991 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Play	Lost in Yonkers
Pulitzer Prize for Drama	Lost in Yonkers

1987

Nominations 1987 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Play	Broadway Bound
Pulitzer Prize for Drama	Broadway Bound

1985

Tony Award for Best Play

Honored for : Biloxi Blues

Nominations 1985 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Play	Biloxi Blues
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play	Biloxi Blues

1979

Nominations 1979 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Comedy	California Suite
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical	They're Playing Our Song
Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical	They're Playing Our Song
BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay	The Goodbye Girl

1978

David di Donatello Special Award

(For his depiction of the American society in his scripts.)

Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay - Motion Picture

Honored for : The Goodbye Girl

Nominations 1978 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Comedy	The Goodbye Girl
Tony Award for Best Play	Chapter Two
Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay	California Suite
Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay - Motion Picture	The Goodbye Girl

1977

Nominations 1977 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay	The Goodbye Girl
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Comedy	Murder by Death
BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay	The Sunshine Boys

1976

Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Comedy

Honored for : The Sunshine Boys

Nominations 1976 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Comedy	The Sunshine Boys
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Comedy	The Prisoner of Second Avenue
Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay - Motion Picture	The Sunshine Boys

1975

Nominations 1975 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay	The Sunshine Boys

1974

Nominations 1974 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Original Score	The Good Doctor

1973

Nominations 1973 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Comedy	The Heartbreak Kid
Tony Award for Best Play	The Sunshine Boys
Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay - Motion Picture	The Heartbreak Kid

1972

Nominations 1972 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Play	The Prisoner of Second Avenue

1971

Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Comedy

Honored for : The Out-of-Towners

Nominations 1971 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Comedy	The Out-of-Towners

1970

Nominations 1970 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Play	Last of the Red Hot Lovers

1969

Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Comedy

Honored for : The Odd Couple

Nominations 1969 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Comedy	The Odd Couple
Tony Award for Best Musical	Promises, Promises

1968

Nominations 1968 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Comedy	Barefoot in the Park
Tony Award for Best Play	Plaza Suite
Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay	The Odd Couple

1966

Nominations 1966 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Musical	Sweet Charity

1965

Tony Award for Best Author

Honored for : The Odd Couple

Nominations 1965 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Play	The Odd Couple
Tony Award for Best Author	The Odd Couple

1964

Nominations 1964 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Play	Barefoot in the Park

1963

Nominations 1963 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Musical	Little Me
Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical	Little Me

1958

Nominations 1958 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Writing In Comedy	Caesar's Hour

1957

Nominations 1957 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Comedy Writing - Variety or Situation Comedy	Caesar's Hour

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