George Axelrod

Writer

Born: June 9, 1922 (81 years old)

Died: June 21, 2003

Place of birth: New York, New York, USA

Biography

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. Axelrod was nominated for an Academy Award for his 1961 adaptation of Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's and also adapted Richard Condon's The Manchurian Candidate (1962).

Filmography (17)

• What's My Line? (1950, ★ 7)
• Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961, ★ 7.6)
• The Manchurian Candidate (1962, ★ 7.5)
• The Seven Year Itch (1955, ★ 7.1)
• The Capote Tapes (2021, ★ 5.9)
• Paris When It Sizzles (1964, ★ 6.3)
• Bus Stop (1956, ★ 6.1)
• How to Murder Your Wife (1965, ★ 6.3)
• Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957, ★ 6.8)
• Lord Love a Duck (1966, ★ 5.7)
• Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958, ★ 5.2)
• Phffft (1954, ★ 6.1)
• The Lady Vanishes (1979, ★ 6)
• The Fourth Protocol (1987, ★ 6.3)
• The Holcroft Covenant (1985, ★ 5.5)
• Goodbye Charlie (1964, ★ 5.9)
• The Manchurian Candidate (2004, ★ 6.5)