Writer
George Axelrod
104 years · New York, New York, USA · 14 films
George Axelrod (June 9, 1922 – June 21, 2003) was an American screenwriter, producer, playwright and film director, best known for his play The Seven Year Itch (1952), which was adapted into a film of the same name starring Marilyn Monroe. Axelrod was nominated for an Academy Award for his 1961 adaptation of Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's and also adapted Richard Condon's The Manchurian Candidate (1962).
Best known for
Filmography 14
The Capote Tapes
2021 · Self (voice) (archive footage)
On Dekkoo
The Holcroft Covenant
1985 · Screenplay
On Philo
The Lady Vanishes
1979 · Screenplay
On Tubi TV
The Secret Life of an American Wife
1968 · Director, Screenplay
Lord Love a Duck
1966 · Director, Writer
On Philo
How to Murder Your Wife
1965 · Producer, Writer
Paris When It Sizzles
1964 · Screenplay, Producer
The Manchurian Candidate
1962 · Screenplay, Producer
Breakfast at Tiffany's
1961 · Screenplay
On Philo
Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!
1958 · Screenplay
Bus Stop
1956 · Screenplay
The Seven Year Itch
1955 · Screenplay
On Brew
Phffft
1954 · Screenplay
Confessions of a Nervous Man
1953 · Self - Host, Writer