George Axelrod
Writing · Screenplay · Producer · Writer
Born Jun 9, 1922 · New York, New York, USA
Active 1953–2003
George Axelrod (June 9, 1922 – June 21, 2003) was an American screenwriter, producer, playwright and film director, best known for his play The Seven Year Itch (1952), which was adapted into a film of the same name starring Marilyn Monroe.
Filmography
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) — ScreenplayThe Manchurian Candidate (1962) — Screenplay · ProducerThe Seven Year Itch (1955) — ScreenplayThe Manchurian Candidate (2004) — Original Film WriterBus Stop (1956) — ScreenplayThe Fourth Protocol (1987) — ScreenstoryParis When It Sizzles (1964) — Screenplay · ProducerHow to Murder Your Wife (1965) — Producer · WriterWill Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957) — Theatre PlayThe Lady Vanishes (1979) — ScreenplayThe Holcroft Covenant (1985) — ScreenplayPhffft (1954) — Story · ScreenplayGoodbye Charlie (1964) — Theatre PlayLord Love a Duck (1966) — Director · Writer · ProducerRally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958) — ScreenplaySept ans de réflexion (2021) — AuthorThe Secret Life of an American Wife (1968) — Director · Screenplay · ProducerThe Tammy Grimes Show (1966) — CreatorConfessions of a Nervous Man (1953) — Writer