Paddy Chayefsky - Awards & Nominations

Date of Birth	29-January-1923
Place of Birth	The Bronx (United States of America, New York City, New York)
Nationality	United States of America
Also know as	Sidney Aaron Chayefsky, Sidney Aaron "Paddy" Chayefsky, Sidney Aaron, Paddy Chayevsky
Profession	Writer, Screenwriter, Playwright, Novelist, Film Producer, Actor
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. He was considered one of the most renowned dramatists of the so-called Golden Age of Television. His intimate, realistic scripts provided a naturalistic style of television drama for the 1950s, and he was regarded as the central figure in the "kitchen sink realism" movement of American television. Martin Gottfried wrote, "He was a successful writer, the most successful graduate of television's slice of life school of naturalism." Following his critically acclaimed teleplays, Chayefsky continued to succeed as a playwright and novelist. As a screenwriter, he received three Academy Awards for Marty, The Hospital and Network. The movie Marty was based on his own television drama about a relationship between two lonely people finding love. Network was his scathing satire of the television industry and The Hospital was also satiric. Film historian David Thomson termed The Hospital "daring, uninhibited, and prophetic. No one else would have dreamed of doing it."

Awards by Paddy Chayefsky

Check all the awards nominated and won by Paddy Chayefsky.

1978

Nominations 1978 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay	Network

1977

Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay - Motion Picture

Honored for : Network

Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Drama

Honored for : Network

Nominations 1977 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Drama	Network
Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay - Motion Picture	Network

1976

Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay

Honored for : Network

Nominations 1976 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay	Network
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay	Network

1973

BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay

Honored for : The Hospital

Nominations 1973 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay	The Hospital

1972

Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay - Motion Picture

Honored for : The Hospital

Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Comedy

Honored for : The Hospital

Nominations 1972 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Comedy	The Hospital
Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay - Motion Picture	The Hospital

1971

Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay

Honored for : The Hospital

Nominations 1971 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay	The Hospital

1962

Nominations 1962 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Play	Gideon

1960

Nominations 1960 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Play	The Tenth Man

1958

Nominations 1958 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay	The Goddess

1956

Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Drama

Honored for : Marty

Nominations 1956 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Drama	Marty
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Original Teleplay Writing	Goodyear Television Playhouse A Catered Affair

1955

Academy Award for Best Screenplay

Honored for : Marty

Nominations 1955 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Screenplay	Marty
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Written Dramatic Material	The Philco Television Playhouse

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