Awards & Winners

Dalton Trumbo

Date of Birth 09-December-1905
Place of Birth Montrose
(Montrose County, Colorado, United States of America)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Robert Rich, Robert Cole, Jack Davis, James Dalton Trumbo, Robert Cole, Jack Davis, Robert Rich, James Dalton Trumbo, Robert Cole, Jack Davis, Robert Rich, James Dalton Trumbo
Profession Novelist, Screenwriter, Writer
James Dalton Trumbo was an American screenwriter and novelist. As one of the Hollywood Ten, he refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1947 during the committee's investigation of Communist influences in the motion picture industry. Trumbo won two Academy Awards while blacklisted; one was originally given to a front writer, and one was awarded to "Robert Rich", Trumbo's pseudonym. Blacklisting effectively ended in 1960 when it lost credibility. Trumbo was publicly given credit for two blockbuster films: Otto Preminger made public that Trumbo wrote the screenplay for the smash hit, Exodus, and Kirk Douglas publicly announced that Trumbo was the screenwriter of Spartacus. Further, President John F. Kennedy crossed picket lines to see the movie. On December 19, 2011, The Writers Guild of America announced that Trumbo was given full credit for his work on the screenplay of the 1953 romantic comedy Roman Holiday, sixty years after the fact.

Awards by Dalton Trumbo

Check all the awards nominated and won by Dalton Trumbo.

1972


Nominations 1972 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Drama Johnny Got His Gun

1969


Nominations 1969 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay - Motion Picture The Fixer

1961


Nominations 1961 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Drama Spartacus

1956


Academy Award for Best Story
Honored for : The Brave One
(The award was originally presented to Robert Rich because Dalton Trumbo was blacklisted)

Nominations 1956 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Story The Brave One

1953


Academy Award for Best Story
Honored for : Roman Holiday
(The screen credit and award were originally credited to Ian McLellan Hunter, who was a front for Dalton Trumbo. On December 15, 1992, the Academy's Board of Governors voted to change the records and award Mr. Trumbo with the achievement. Ian McLellan Hunter's name was removed from the Motion Picture Story category. The Oscar was posthumously presented to Trumbo's widow on May 10, 1993.)

Nominations 1953 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Story Roman Holiday
The screen credit and award were originally credited to Ian McLellan Hunter, who was a \"front\" for Dalton Trumbo. On December 15, 1992, the Academy's Board of Governors voted to change the records and award Mr. Trumbo with the achievement. Ian McLellan Hunter's name was removed from the Motion Picture Story category. The Oscar was posthumously presented to Trumbo's widow on May 10, 1993.

1951


Nominations 1951 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Retro Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation Rocketship X-M

1940


Nominations 1940 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Screenplay Kitty Foyle: The Natural History of a Woman

1939


National Book Award for Most Original Book
Honored for : Johnny Got His Gun

Nominations 1939 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
National Book Award for Most Original Book Johnny Got His Gun