Richard L. Breen - Awards & Nominations

Date of Birth	26-June-1918
Place of Birth	Chicago (Illinois, United States of America, Chicago metropolitan area, Area code 872)
Nationality	United States of America
Also know as	Richard Breen
Profession	Screenwriter, Writer, Film Director
Richard L. Breen was a Hollywood screenwriter and director. He began as a freelance radio writer. After a stint in the US Navy during World War II, he began writing for films and worked alone and in collaboration with such distinguished writers as Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett. He won an Oscar for his work on the screenplay to Titanic, and was nominated for A Foreign Affair and Captain Newman, M.D.. In 1957, he directed one film Stopover Tokyo, and then returned to screenwriting. He was president of the Screenwriters' Guild from 1952 to 1953. He was also credited as "Richard Breen" and "Robert Breen".

Awards by Richard L. Breen

Check all the awards nominated and won by Richard L. Breen.

1964

Nominations 1964 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Drama	Captain Newman, M.D.

1963

Nominations 1963 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Musical	State Fair
Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay	Captain Newman, M.D.

1953

Academy Award for Best Story and Screenplay

Honored for : Titanic

Nominations 1953 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Story and Screenplay	Titanic

1949

Nominations 1949 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Comedy	A Foreign Affair
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Comedy	Miss Tatlock's Millions

1948

Nominations 1948 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay	A Foreign Affair
Academy Award for Best Screenplay	A Foreign Affair

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