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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1928
- Died
- 1984
- Works
- 30
Top works
- Shaft und das Mordkomplott
- Shaft's Big Score
- Flower Power
- John Shaft
- Les Nuits rouges de Harlem
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Film & TV
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Ernest Tidyman (January 1, 1928 - July 14, 1984) was a Cleveland-born American author and screenwriter, best known for his novels featuring the African-American detective John Shaft. He also co-wrote the screenplay for the film version of Shaft with John D.F. Black in 1971. His screenplay for The French Connection garnered him an Academy Award for Best…
Known for
- Film '72 — Self1971
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1928-01-01
- Active to
- 1984-07-14
has german audiobooks
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 103
- Total plays
- 1,741
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ernest
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Cleveland
- Place of death
- London
- Spouse
- Chris Clark
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- American English
- Award
- Edgar Awards
- Notable work
- The French Connection
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- member of
- Writers Guild of America West
- date of birth
- 1928-01-01
- date of death
- 1984-07-14
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
- name in native language
- Ernest Tidyman
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