George Axelrod

Personal Info

Known For Writer

Gender Male

Birthday 1922-06-09

Deathday 2003-06-21 (81 years old)

Place of Birth New York, New York, USA

George Axelrod

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).

Known For

Writer

1987
The Fourth Protocol

as Screenstory

1985
The Holcroft Covenant

as Screenplay

1979
The Lady Vanishes

as Screenplay

1966
1964
Paris When It Sizzles

as Screenplay

1964
Goodbye Charlie

as Theatre Play

1962
1961
1956
Bus Stop

as Screenplay

1955
The Seven Year Itch

as Screenplay

1954
Phffft

as Story

1954
Phffft

as Screenplay

Producer

1966
Lord Love a Duck

as Producer

1965
1964
1962

Actor

2021
The Capote Tapes

as Self (voice) (archive footage)

1950
What's My Line?

as Self - Panelist

Director

Creator

1966