Awards & Winners

Paddy Chayefsky

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