Ernest Lehman

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1915-12-08 (90 years old)

Deathday

2005-07-02

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Ernest Lehman

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ernest Lehman (December 8, 1915 in New York City – July 2, 2005 in Los Angeles, California) was an American screenwriter. He received 6 Academy Award nominations during his screenwriting career. In 2001 he received an honorary Oscar for his works, the first screenwriter to receive that honor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ernest Lehman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Production

1957

1961

West Side Story

as Screenplay

1976

Family Plot

as Screenplay

1954

Sabrina

as Screenplay

1960

From the Terrace

as Screenplay

1965

The Sound of Music

as Screenplay

1954

Executive Suite

as Screenplay

1956

The King and I

as Screenplay

1977

Black Sunday

as Screenplay

1972

Portnoy's Complaint

as Screenplay

1972

1957

The Comedian

as Novel

1948

1969

1959

2021

Mashup

as Original Story

1969

Hello, Dolly!

as Producer

1995

Sabrina

as Original Film Writer

1963

The Prize

as Screenplay

1969

Hello, Dolly!

as Writer

1972

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