Awards & Winners

Harold Jacob Smith

Date of Birth 02-July-1912
Place of Birth New York
(United States of America, Contiguous United States)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Hal Smith
Profession Screenwriter, Writer
Harold Jacob Smith was an American screenwriter. His screenplay for The Defiant Ones won the Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay in 1958.

Awards by Harold Jacob Smith

Check all the awards nominated and won by Harold Jacob Smith.

1960


Nominations 1960 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay Inherit the Wind
Upon request of his widow and upon recommendation of the Writers Branch Executive Committee, the Board of Governors voted on June 22, 1993, to restore the name of Nedrick Young to the nominations and award presented to Nathan E. Douglas (Mr. Young's pseudonym during the blacklisting period).

1959


Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Drama
Honored for : The Defiant Ones
Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay
Honored for : The Defiant Ones

Nominations 1959 »

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

1958


Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
Honored for : The Defiant Ones
(Upon request of his widow and upon recommendation of the Writers Branch Executive Committee, the Board of Governors voted on June 22, 1993, to restore the name of Nedrick Young to the nominations and award presented to Nathan E. Douglas (Mr. Young's pseudonym during the blacklisting period).)

Nominations 1958 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay The Defiant Ones