
Philip Dunne
Personal Info
Known for
Writing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1908-02-11
Day of Death
1992-06-02 (84 years old)
Place of Birth
New Rochelle, New York, USA
Philip Dunne
Biography
Philip Ives Dunne (February 11, 1908 ā June 2, 1992) was an American screenwriter, film director and producer, who worked prolifically from 1932 until 1965. He spent the majority of his career at 20th Century Fox. He crafted well regarded romantic and historical dramas, usually adapted from another medium. Dunne was a leading Screen Writers Guild organizer and was politically active during the "Hollywood Blacklist" episode of the 1940sā1950s. He is best known for the films How Green Was My Valley (1941), The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947), The Robe (1953) and The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965).[1]
Dunne received two Academy Award nominations for screenwriting: How Green Was My Valley (1941) and David and Bathsheba (1951). He also received a Golden Globe nomination for his 1965 screen adaptation of Irving Stone's novel The Agony and the Ecstasy, as well as several peer awards from the Writers Guild of America (WGA), including the Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement.
Many notable directors worked with Dunne's screenplays, including Carol Reed, John Ford, Jacques Tourneur, Elia Kazan, Otto Preminger, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, and Michael Curtiz, among others.
Known For
Crew
(1992)
The Last of the Mohicans
Screenplay
(1966)
Blindfold
Director, Screenplay
(1965)
The Agony and the Ecstasy
Screenstory, Screenplay
(1962)
The Inspector
Director
(1961)
Wild in the Country
Director
(1959)
Blue Denim
Director, Screenplay
(1958)
Ten North Frederick
Director, Screenplay
(1958)
In Love and War
Director
(1956)
Hilda Crane
Director, Screenplay
(1956)
Three Brave Men
Director, Writer
(1955)
Prince of Players
Director, Producer
(1955)
The View from Pompey's Head
Director, Writer, Producer
(1954)
The Egyptian
Screenplay
(1954)
Demetrius and the Gladiators
Screenplay
(1953)
The Robe
Screenplay
(1952)
Lydia Bailey
Writer
(1952)
Way of a Gaucho
Screenplay, Producer
(1951)
David and Bathsheba
Writer
(1951)
Anne of the Indies
Screenplay
(1949)
Pinky
Screenplay
(1948)
Escape
Writer
(1948)
The Luck of the Irish
Screenplay
(1947)
Forever Amber
Writer
(1947)
The Late George Apley
Writer
(1947)
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Screenplay
(1947)
Kiss of Death
Additional Writing
(1944)
A Salute to France
Screenplay
(1942)
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
Screenplay
(1941)
How Green Was My Valley
Screenplay
(1940)
Johnny Apollo
Screenplay
(1939)
The Rains Came
Screenplay
(1939)
Stanley and Livingstone
Screenplay
(1939)
Swanee River
Screenplay
(1938)
Suez
Screenplay
(1937)
Lancer Spy
Writer
(1937)
Breezing Home
Story
(1936)
The Last of the Mohicans
Screenplay
(1934)
Student Tour
Writer
(1934)
(1932)
Me and My Gal
Additional Writing