Anthony Veiller

Personal Info

Known For Writer

Gender Male

Birthday 1903-06-23

Deathday 1965-06-27 (62 years old)

Place of Birth New York, New York, USA

Anthony Veiller

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Anthony Veiller (23 June 1903 – 27 June 1965) was an American screenwriter and film producer. The son of the screenwriter Bayard Veiller and the English actress Margaret Wycherly, Anthony Veiller wrote for 41 films between 1934 and 1964. He was born on 23 June 1903 in New York City to Bayard Veiller and Margaret Wycherly. He moved to Hollywood in 1930. Veiller was twice nominated for an Academy Award for Best Screenplay. In 1937, he co-wrote (with Morrie Ryskind) the screenplay for Stage Door, starring Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers and Adolphe Menjou. This very loose adaptation of the play by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Veiller was also Oscar-nominated for writing (with uncredited help from John Huston and Richard Brooks) The Killers (1946), an adaptation of the short story by Ernest Hemingway. This seminal example of film noir, which introduced Burt Lancaster to filmgoers, won an Edgar Award as best mystery film of 1946, and in 2008 was enshrined in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". Veiller frequently worked with top directors. During the Second World War he worked with Frank Capra on several films in the documentary/propaganda film series collectively titled Why We Fight. In 1946 (the same year as The Killers), Veiller co-wrote The Stranger, directed by and starring Orson Welles. For State of the Union (1948), again directed by Capra, Veiller was credited as co-producer as well as co-writer. Veiller worked with director John Huston on several films: Moulin Rouge (1952), Beat the Devil (1953), The List of Adrian Messenger (1963), and The Night of the Iguana (1964), the film of the Tennessee Williams play that became Veiller's final screen credit. Veiller died on 27 June 1965 of cancer, in Hollywood, California. He was buried in the St Mary Churchyard, Bepton, Chichester, West Sussex, England as was his mother.

Known For

Writer

1964
1959
Solomon and Sheba

as Screenplay

1959
Timbuktu

as Screenplay

1957
Monkey on My Back

as Screenplay

1956
Safari

as Screenplay

1955
That Lady

as Screenplay

1952
Moulin Rouge

as Screenplay

1952
Red Planet Mars

as Writer

1948
State of the Union

as Screenplay

1946
The Stranger

as Screenplay

1946
The Killers

as Screenplay

1945
1943
1942
Her Cardboard Lover

as Screenplay

1939
Let Us Live

as Screenplay

1939
Disputed Passage

as Screenplay

1938
Radio City Revels

as Screenplay

1937
Stage Door

as Screenplay

1937
1936
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford

as Screenplay

1936
A Woman Rebels

as Screenplay

1936
Winterset

as Screenplay

1936
The Lady Consents

as Screenplay

1935
Star of Midnight

as Screenplay

1935
Break of Hearts

as Screenplay

1935
Jalna

as Screenplay

1934
1934
Menace

as Writer

Producer

1952
Red Planet Mars

as Producer

1951
Fort Worth

as Producer

1951
Force of Arms

as Producer

1951
1950
Backfire

as Producer

1950
Chain Lightning

as Producer

1950
Dallas

as Producer

1949
Colorado Territory

as Producer

1941
New York Town

as Producer

1940
Typhoon

as Producer

1940
Moon Over Burma

as Producer

1940
Safari

as Producer

1940
Victory

as Producer

1934
The Witching Hour

as Producer

Director

Crew

1938