Dalton Trumbo

Dalton Trumbo

Writing

Awards

Won 2 Academy Awards

Academy Awards 2 won · 1 nominated

Golden Globe Awards 1 nominated

  • 1968 Best Screenplay Nominated The Fixer

Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix 1 won

Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement 1 won

  • 1970 Screenwriting Achievement Won

National Book Award 1 won

  • 1939 National Book Award Won

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James Dalton Trumbo (December 9, 1905 – September 10, 1976) was an American screenwriter who scripted many award-winning films, including Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944), Roman Holiday (1953), Spartacus (1960), and Exodus (1960). One of the Hollywood Ten, he refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) in 1947 during the committee's investigation of Communist influences in the motion picture industry. Trumbo, the other members of the Hollywood Ten, and hundreds of other professionals in the industry were blacklisted by Hollywood. He continued working clandestinely on major films, writing under pseudonyms or other authors' names. His uncredited work won two Academy Awards for Best Story: for Roman Holiday (1953), which was presented to a front writer, and for The Brave One (1956), which was awarded to a pseudonym used by Trumbo. When he was given public screen credit for both Exodus and Spartacus in 1960, it marked the beginning of the end of the Hollywood Blacklist for Trumbo and other affected screenwriters. He finally was given full credit by the Writers' Guild for Roman Holiday in 2011, nearly 60 years after the fact, and 35 years after his death. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dalton Trumbo, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography — top 60 of 68
Writing 48 credits
Roman Holiday
Roman Holiday
1953 · ★ 7.9 · Screenplay, Story
Spartacus
Spartacus
1960 · ★ 7.5 · Screenplay
Papillon
Papillon
1973 · ★ 7.8 · Screenplay, Commandant (uncredited)
Exodus
Exodus
1960 · ★ 6.7 · Screenplay
The Sandpiper
The Sandpiper
1965 · ★ 6.4 · Screenplay
Johnny Got His Gun
Johnny Got His Gun
1971 · ★ 7.5 · Director, Screenplay, Novel
Hawaii
Hawaii
1966 · ★ 6.3 · Screenplay
Lonely are the Brave
Lonely are the Brave
1962 · ★ 7.4 · Screenplay
Kitty Foyle
Kitty Foyle
1940 · ★ 6.6 · Screenplay
The Last Sunset
The Last Sunset
1961 · ★ 6.8 · Screenplay
The Prowler
The Prowler
1951 · ★ 6.8 · Screenplay, John Gilvray's Voice (voice) (uncredited)
Cowboy
Cowboy
1958 · ★ 6.5 · Screenplay
Executive Action
Executive Action
1973 · ★ 6.5 · Screenplay
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
1944 · ★ 6.7 · Screenplay
He Ran All the Way
He Ran All the Way
1951 · ★ 7.2 · Screenplay
Gun Crazy
Gun Crazy
1950 · ★ 7.4 · Screenplay
The Horsemen
The Horsemen
1971 · Screenplay
A Guy Named Joe
A Guy Named Joe
1944 · ★ 6.7 · Screenplay
Town Without Pity
Town Without Pity
1961 · Writer
The Brothers Rico
The Brothers Rico
1957 · Screenplay
The Fixer
The Fixer
1968 · Screenplay
FTA
FTA
1972 · Writer
Road Gang
Road Gang
1936 · Screenplay
The Brave One
The Brave One
1956 · Screenplay, Story
Tender Comrade
Tender Comrade
1944 · Writer
Five Came Back
Five Came Back
1939 · Screenplay
Terror in a Texas Town
Terror in a Texas Town
1958 · Screenplay
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes
1945 · Screenplay
You Belong to Me
You Belong to Me
1941 · Story
Somewhere I'll Find You
Somewhere I'll Find You
1942 · Writer
The Deerslayer
The Deerslayer
1957 · Screenplay
The Lone Wolf Strikes
The Lone Wolf Strikes
1940 · Story
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
1939 · Screenplay, Story
The Kid from Kokomo
The Kid from Kokomo
1939 · Story
Tugboat Princess
Tugboat Princess
1936 · Story
The Remarkable Andrew
The Remarkable Andrew
1942 · Screenplay
Ishi: The Last of His Tribe
Ishi: The Last of His Tribe
1978 · Writer
Sorority House
Sorority House
1939 · Screenplay
Devil's Playground
Devil's Playground
1937 · Writer
That Man's Here Again
That Man's Here Again
1937 · Writer
Jealousy
Jealousy
1945 · Story
A Bill of Divorcement
A Bill of Divorcement
1940 · Writer
A Man to Remember
A Man to Remember
1938 · Screenplay
Half a Sinner
Half a Sinner
1940 · Story
The Green-Eyed Blonde
The Green-Eyed Blonde
1957 · Writer
Fugitives for a Night
Fugitives for a Night
1938 · Screenplay
The Flying Irishman
The Flying Irishman
1939 · Screenplay
We Who Are Young
We Who Are Young
1940 · Screenplay
Acting 15 credits
Directing 1 credit
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