William Ludwig

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1912-05-26 (87 years old)

Deathday

1999-02-07

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

William Ludwig

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia William Ludwig (May 16, 1912 – February 7, 1999) was an American screenwriter. He won, with Sonya Levien, an Oscar for "Best Writing, Story and Screenplay" in 1955 for Interrupted Melody. Other notable works include the screenplay for the 1955 production of Oklahoma!. Ludwig graduated from Columbia University in 1932. He died of complications from Parkinson disease.

Production

1941

Love Crazy

as Story

1941

Love Crazy

as Screenplay

1950

1955

1949

Challenge to Lassie

as Screenplay

1946

1942

1938

1954

The Student Prince

as Screenplay

1951

1951

1939

Blackmail

as Screenplay

1957

Gun Glory

as Screenplay

1949

1944

An American Romance

as Screenplay

1939

1946

Boys' Ranch

as Story

1946

Boys' Ranch

as Screenplay

1939

1961

Back Street

as Screenplay

1948

Hills of Home

as Screenplay

1955

Hit the Deck

as Screenplay

1954

Athena

as Writer

1952

The Merry Widow

as Screenplay

1955

Oklahoma!

as Screenplay

1944

Meet Me in St. Louis

as Additional Writing

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