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Post by kijii on Jun 1, 2020 23:10:46 GMT
Who are some of you favorite Oscared directors who wrote screenplays OR Oscared screenwriters who also directed?
Sometimes they directed there own screenplay...
This is very common today so try to limit to those who worked in the 20th Century.
Example:
Joseph L. Mankiewicz both wrote and directed All About Eve (1950)
but have you considered that he also wrote and directed A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
So, he may have been the first director/writer to win back-to-back double Oscars (in both categories).
But, no matter, I am looking for those who were Oscared in one or the other category, but did both actively..not those directors who just added a bit to the screenplay to make it play better.at the end.
With regard to their screenplays, were they Adapted (A) from another source
or
Original (O) written directly for the screen.
Hint: there are many
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Post by bravomailer on Jun 1, 2020 23:21:40 GMT
Kubrick wrote and directed a few films. He adapted Thackeray's novel to make Barry Lyndon. Dr Strangelove was only barely based on Red Alert. He co-wrote Full Metal Jacket with Michael Herr from Hasford's novel.
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Post by mattgarth on Jun 1, 2020 23:34:29 GMT
Preston Sturges wrote most of the films he directed in the 1940s:
THE GREAT MCGINTY
SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS
HAIL THE CONQUERING HERO
etc.
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Post by marshamae on Jun 1, 2020 23:42:28 GMT
BILLY WILDER
THE MAJOR AND THE MINOR
FIVE GRAVES TO CAIRO
DOUBLE INDEMNITY
LOST WEEKEND- won 2 oscars
EMPEROR WALTZ
FOREIGN AFFAIR
SUNSET BOULEVARD
SOME LIKE IT HOT
APARTMENT - won 2 oscars
he wrote most of the films he directed but many, like Sabrina, Stalag 17 , Witness for the prosecution, etc were based on plays so he basically adapted them for screen
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jun 1, 2020 23:44:37 GMT
John Huston 1988 Mr. North (screenplay)
1975 The Man Who Would Be King (screenplay)
1970 The Kremlin Letter (screenplay)
1964 The Night of the Iguana (screenplay)
1957 Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (screenplay)
1956 Moby Dick (screenplay)
1953 Beat the Devil (screenplay)
1952 Moulin Rouge (screenplay)
1951 The African Queen (adapted for the screen by)
1951 The Red Badge of Courage (screenplay)
1950T he Asphalt Jungle (screen play)
1949 We Were Strangers (screenplay)
1948 Key Largo (screenplay)
1948 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (screenplay)
1946 The Killers (uncredited)
1946 The Stranger (uncredited)
1946 Three Strangers (original screenplay)
1944 Dark Waters (uncredited)
1941 The Maltese Falcon (screen play by)
1941 Sergeant York (original screen play)
1941 High Sierra (screen play)
1940 Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (original screen play)
1939 Juarez (screen play)
1939 Wuthering Heights (contributing writer - uncredited)
1938 The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (screen play)
1938 Jezebel (screen play)
1935 It Happened in Paris (screen adaptation)
1935 Death Drives Through (story)
1934 The Mighty Barnum (contract writer - uncredited)
1932 Murders in the Rue Morgue (additional dialogue)
1932 Law and Order (adaptation)
1931 A House Divided (dialogue)
1930 The Storm (dialogue) mdb.com/name/nm0001379/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0#writerMovie
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Post by kijii on Jun 1, 2020 23:48:56 GMT
Preston Sturges wrote most of the films he directed in the 1940s: THE GREAT MCGINTY SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS HAIL THE CONQUERING HERO etc. Yes, I often think of Sturges as one of the first to both write and direct. He started out as a writer and then continued as a director of things he wrote. Billy Wilder was writing long before he directed, but then Oscaed many times in both capacities. Needless to say he Oscared in both capacities too. He actually double-Oscared for: The Apartment (1960) Some Like It Hot (1959) Sabrina (1954) Sunset Blvd. (1950) Double Indemnity (1944) |
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Post by kijii on Jun 2, 2020 0:11:25 GMT
John Huston 1988 Mr. North (screenplay) 1975 The Man Who Would Be King (screenplay) 1970 The Kremlin Letter (screenplay) 1964 The Night of the Iguana (screenplay) 1957 Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (screenplay) 1956 Moby Dick (screenplay) 1953 Beat the Devil (screenplay) 1952 Moulin Rouge (screenplay) 1951 The African Queen (adapted for the screen by) 1951 The Red Badge of Courage (screenplay) 1950T he Asphalt Jungle (screen play) 1949 We Were Strangers (screenplay) 1948 Key Largo (screenplay) 1948 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (screenplay) 1946 The Killers (uncredited) 1946 The Stranger (uncredited) 1946 Three Strangers (original screenplay) 1944 Dark Waters (uncredited) 1941 The Maltese Falcon (screen play by) 1941 Sergeant York (original screen play) 1941 High Sierra (screen play) 1940 Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (original screen play) 1939 Juarez (screen play) 1939 Wuthering Heights (contributing writer - uncredited) 1938 The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (screen play) 1938 Jezebel (screen play) 1935 It Happened in Paris (screen adaptation) 1935 Death Drives Through (story) 1934 The Mighty Barnum (contract writer - uncredited) 1932 Murders in the Rue Morgue (additional dialogue) 1932 Law and Order (adaptation) 1931 A House Divided (dialogue) 1930 The Storm (dialogue) mdb.com/name/nm0001379/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0#writerMovieYes, John Huston was active in both categories: He double-Oscared for: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) and won both The Asphalt Jungle (1950) The African Queen (1951) which was adapted from the C.S. Forester novel Nominated for writing the screenplay for The Man Who Would Be King (1975) adapted from Rudyard Kipling's story Nominated for directing Prizzi's Honor (1985) adapted from Richard Condon's novel Nominated for writing Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957) adapted from Charles Shaw's novelnominated f Nominated for writing The Maltese Falcon (1941) adapted from Dashiell Hammett's novel Nominated for writing Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (1940) for which he wrote the Original screenplay I was thinking of things for which the person was Oscared only..but...this is only an activity |
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Post by OldAussie on Jun 2, 2020 0:24:54 GMT
Richard Brooks
nominated for both writing and directing -
In Cold Blood (1967)
The Professionals (1966)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
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Post by Prime etc. on Jun 2, 2020 0:29:03 GMT
Huston was the first one I thought of!
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Post by kijii on Jun 2, 2020 4:12:05 GMT
Richard Brooks nominated for both writing and directing - In Cold Blood (1967) The Professionals (1966) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) AND-- We could also count: Blackboard Jungle (1955) for which he was nominated for his screenplay adaptation of Evan Hunter's novel. Elmer Gantry (1960) - Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium: the novel by Sinclair Lewis. |
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Post by kijii on Jun 2, 2020 4:34:18 GMT
Huston was the first one I thought of! Hi Prime, The first one I would have thought of would be Woody Allen. Since he was Oscared in both categories, anything he wrote or directed could be listed. I count 38 feature films for which he did both. He was nominated for Best Director 7 times and received about 15 nominations for Best Original Screenplay. He was nominated 7 times for both Best Director and Best Original Screenplay: Annie Hall (1977) Interiors (1978) Broadway Danny Rose (1984) Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) Bullets Over Broadway (1994) Midnight in Paris (2011) |
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Post by kijii on Jun 2, 2020 5:09:00 GMT
Kubrick wrote and directed a few films. He adapted Thackeray's novel to make Barry Lyndon. Dr Strangelove was only barely based on Red Alert. He co-wrote Full Metal Jacket with Michael Herr from Hasford's novel. Stanley Kubrick is a great example of a writing director: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) and A Clockwork Orange (1971) are two more examples for which he was nominated in both categories. He also wrote or co-wrote these movies that he directed: The Killing (1956) Paths of Glory (1957) The Shining (1980) Eyes Wide Shut (1999) |
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Post by Rufus-T on Jun 2, 2020 5:21:33 GMT
These wrote most if not all of the movies they directed
Charlie Chaplin (nominated, never won)
The Coen Brothers
John Hughes (not Oscared though)
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Post by OldAussie on Jun 2, 2020 5:38:24 GMT
Welles and Ed Wood
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Post by marshamae on Jun 2, 2020 13:47:24 GMT
PRESTON STURGES only I scared for his writing, a tragic mistake
LIKE MANY OF THESE ARTISTS STURGES STARTED AS A WRITER AND GOT A CHANCE TO DIRECT HIS OWN SCRIPT . From then on all his writing was for his own films.
1950 Vendetta (uncredited)
1949 The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (written by)
1948 Unfaithfully Yours (original screenplay written by)
1947 The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (original screenplay)
1947 I'll Be Yours (from the screenplay "The Good Fairy" by)
1944 The Great Moment (written by)
1944 Hail the Conquering Hero (written by)
1943 The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
1942 The Palm Beach Story (written by)
1941 Sullivan's Travels (written by)
1941 New York Town (uncredited)
1941 The Lady Eve (written by)
1940 Christmas in July (play "A Cup of Coffee" - uncredited) / (written by)
1940 The Great McGinty (written by)
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Post by kijii on Jun 2, 2020 17:30:39 GMT
Thinking of writer/directors from "across the pond" here is a couple to consider:
Mike Leigh has only directed 7 movies, but most seem to be winners in one category or the other---or both:
Secrets & Lies (1996) and Vera Drake (2004) received Oscar nominations in both categories..
Topsy-Turvy (1999); Happy-Go-Lucky (2008); and Another Year (2010) all received Oscar nominations for Best Original Screenplay.
Jim Sheridan was nominated for both writing and directing My Left Foot (1989) and In the Name of the Father (1993). He was also nominated for writing In America (2002) which he also directed.
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Post by hi224 on Jun 2, 2020 17:42:43 GMT
I actually feel directors who write are stronger as well.
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Post by kijii on Jun 3, 2020 4:26:23 GMT
Oliver Stone
...was double nominated for:
Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
Platoon (1986)
JFK (1991)
Francis Ford Coppola
...was double nominated (writing and directing) for:
The Godfather (1972)
The Conversation (1974)
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
The Godfather: Part III (1990)
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Post by bravomailer on Jun 3, 2020 5:13:21 GMT
Stephen Gaghan wrote Traffic and other films and directed Syriana.
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Post by kijii on Jun 3, 2020 22:00:35 GMT
Slight change of thread--Now I am thinking about Directors who were double-Oscared (nominated or winning) in both categories--Director and Writer--for the same movie.
With that in mind, I will try to add a few from time to time.
Again, this is more common in the current directors than those who worked in the 20th century.
Quentin Tarantino did it several times:
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019)
John Singleton
Boyz n the Hood (1991)
N. Night Shyamalan
The Sixth Sense (1999)
David O. Russell
Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
American Hustle (2013)
Guillermo del Toro
The Shape of Water (2017)
Robert Rossen
All the King's Men (1949)
The Hustler (1961)
Orson Wells
Citizen Kane (1941)
Terrence Malick
The Thin Red Line (1998)
David Lynch
The Elephant Man (1980)
Richard Linklater
Boyhood (2014)
Spike Lee
BlacKkKlansman (2018)
Paul Haggis
Crash (2004)
Ethan Coen (Coen Bros.)
No Country for Old Men (2007)
True Grit (2010)
Damien Chazelle
La La Land (2016)
James L. Brooks
Terms of Endearment (1983)
Robert Benton
Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
Places in the Heart (1984)
Warren Beatty
Heaven Can Wait (1978)
Reds (1981)
Wes Anderson
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
Paul Thomas Anderson
There Will Be Blood (2007)
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