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Blake Edwards
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American film director, screenwriter and producer (1922-2010)
OverviewAI-generated
Blake Edwards, born William Blake Crump in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was an American film director, actor, screenwriter, and producer. He was married to Julie Andrews and had a child named Jennifer Edwards. Edwards resided in Los Angeles and spoke English. He died of pneumonia in Santa Monica in 2010.
His filmography includes *The Great Race*, *The Carey Treatment*, *Blake Edwards' Victor Victoria*, and *Ten*. Edwards received several awards, including the Writers Guild of America Award, Edgar Awards, and an Academy Honorary Award. He also received a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director. Additionally, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay, and Golden Raspberry Awards for Worst Director and Worst Screenplay. Edwards is recognized in the Hollywood Walk of Fame collection.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1922
- Died
- 2010
- Works
- 4
Top works
- The great race
- The Carey treatment
- Blake Edwards' Victor Victoria
- Ten
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Directing · Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
Blake Edwards was an American film director, screenwriter and producer. Edwards' career began in the 1940s as an actor but he soon turned to writing radio scripts at Columbia Pictures. He used his writing skills to begin producing and directing, with some of his best films including: Experiment in Terror, The Great Race, and the hugely successful Pink Panther film series with the British…
Known for
- Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames — Self (archive footage)2024
- Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)2019
- Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me — Self2009
- Breakfast at Tiffany's: The Making of a Classic — Self2006
- Behind The Feline: 'The Cartoon Phenomenon' — Self2004
- The Pink Panther Story — Himself2003
- Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady — Self1997
- E! True Hollywood Story1996
- Bruce Lee: The Immortal Dragon — Self1994
- Audrey Hepburn: Remembered — Self1993
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1969-08-20
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,210
- Total plays
- 3,211
Blake Edwards (July 26, 1922 – December 15, 2010) was an American film director, screenwriter and producer. Edwards' career began in the 1940s as an actor, but he soon turned to writing radio scripts at Columbia Pictures. He used his writing skills to begin producing and directing, with some of his best films including: Experiment in Terror, The Great Race, and the hugely successful Pink Panther film series with the British comedian Peter Sellers. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Blake+Edward
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology
· 2000 · cited 36,917x
- Social Identity Theory and the Organization
· 1989 · cited 31,636x
- Relationship of Childhood Abuse and Household Dysfunction to Many of the Leading Causes of Death in Adults
· 1998 · cited 15,218x
- Astropy: A community Python package for astronomy
· 2013 · cited 13,572x
- Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger
· 2016 · cited 11,704x
via Crossref · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Blake Edwards (born William Blake Crump; July 26, 1922 – December 15, 2010) was an American filmmaker, producer, and screenwriter. Often thought of as primarily a director of comedies, he also directed several drama, musical, and detective films. Late in his career, he took up writing, producing and directing for theater. He received an Honorary Academy Award in recognition of his writing, directing and producing an extraordinary body of work for the screen.
Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Edwards began his career in the 1940s as an actor, but he soon began writing screenplays and radio scripts before turning to producing and directing in television and films. His best-known films include Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), Days of Wine and Roses (1962), A Shot in the Dark (1964), The Great Race (1965), 10 (1979), Victor/Victoria (1982), Blind Date (1987), and the hugely successful Pink Panther film series with British actor Peter Sellers.
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