Awards & Winners

Stanley Shapiro

Date of Birth 16-July-1925
Place of Birth Brooklyn
(United States of America, New York City, New York, New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division)
Nationality United States of America
Profession Screenwriter, Film Producer, Television Producer
Stanley Shapiro was an American screenwriter and producer responsible for three of Doris Day's most successful films. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Shapiro earned his first screen credit for South Sea Woman in 1953. His work for Day earned him Oscar nominations for Lover Come Back and That Touch of Mink and a win for Pillow Talk, and Mink won him the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written American Comedy. He produced the first season of Ray Bolger's ABC sitcom, Where's Raymond?, and was replaced in the second season by Paul Henning, as the series was renamed The Ray Bolger Show. Additional writing credits include Operation Petticoat, Come September, Bedtime Story, Me, Natalie, For Pete's Sake, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and Carbon Copy. Shapiro's last project was the television movie Running Against Time, based on his novel A Time to Remember. Broadcast four months after his death from leukemia in Los Angeles, it was dedicated to his memory.

Awards by Stanley Shapiro

Check all the awards nominated and won by Stanley Shapiro.

1963


Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Comedy
Honored for : That Touch of Mink
Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Honored for : That Touch of Mink

Nominations 1963 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Comedy That Touch of Mink
Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy That Touch of Mink

1962


Nominations 1962 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay That Touch of Mink

1961


Nominations 1961 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay Lover Come Back

1960


Nominations 1960 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Comedy Operation Petticoat
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Comedy Pillow Talk

1959


Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
Honored for : Pillow Talk

Nominations 1959 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay Operation Petticoat
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay Pillow Talk