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Alvin Sargent
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- Works
- 6
Top works
- What about Bob? (1991)
- Spider-Man 3 - Picture Book
- Daily Bugle Stories
- Spider-Man 2
- Julia
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Film & TV
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Alvin Sargent (April 12, 1927–May 9, 2019) was an American screenwriter. He won two Academy Awards for Best Adapted Screenplay, for Julia (1977) and Ordinary People (1980). Sargent's other works include screenplays of the films The Sterile Cuckoo (1969), The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (1970), Paper Moon (1973), Nuts (1987), White Palace (1990), What About Bob? (1991),…
Known for
- From Here to Eternity — Nair (uncredited)1953
- The Oscars — Self1953
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alvin
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Philadelphia
- Place of death
- Seattle
- Spouse
- Laura Ziskin
- Occupation
- screenwriter
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Alvin Sargent.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1927-04-12
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
- date of death
- 2019-05-09
- start of work period
- 1956-00-00
- related category
- Category:Films with screenplays by Alvin Sargent
- member of
- Writers Guild of America West
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