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Alvin Sargent
Screenwriter (1931-)
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Biography
Screenwriter Alvin Sargent graduated from the TV-series mills to theatrical features with his script for the 1966
Shirley MacLaine
/
Michael Caine
comedy
Gambit
. Sargent's more laudable film writing credits include
The Sterile Cuckoo
(1969),
Straight Time
(1978),
White Palace
(1990), and What About Bob? He was Oscar nominated for his work on
Peter Bogdanovich
's
Paper Moon
. Alvin Sargent went on to win an Academy Award for
Ordinary People
(1980), and both an Oscar and a British Film Association award for
Julia
(1977). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Most loved movie
Paper Moon
Most disliked movie
The Sterile Cuckoo
Awards
Best Screenplay (nom)
Ordinary People
1980
Golden Globe
Best Adapted Screenplay (win)
Ordinary People
1980
Academy
Best Screenplay (win)
Julia
1978
British Academy Awards
Best Screenplay (nom)
Julia
1977
Golden Globe
Best Adapted Screenplay (win)
Julia
1977
Academy
Best Adapted Screenplay (nom)
Paper Moon
1973
Academy
Best Screenwriting (nom)
The Sterile Cuckoo
1969
New York Film Critics Circle
Worked With
Production Teams:
Laura Ziskin
Alan J. Pakula
Sydney Pollack
Norman Jewison
Sam Raimi
Peter Bogdanovich
Joseph M. Caracciolo, Jr.
Cis Corman
John Daly
John C. Foreman
Actors:
Willem Dafoe
Rosemary Harris
J.K. Simmons
James Franco
Dylan Baker
Gregory Peck
Theresa Russell
Thomas Haden Church
Tobey Maguire
Topher Grace
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