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Alvin Sargent

Screenwriter (1931-)

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

Bobby Deerfield

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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