Carl Foreman

Writing

Born 1914-07-23 Died 1984-06-26 Chicago, Illinois, USA 30 credits Academy Awards 1 Golden Globe Awards 1 Commander of the Order of the British Empire 1 Valentine Davies Award 1 Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement 1

Awards

Won 1 Academy Award

Academy Awards 1 won · 6 nominated

1973 Best Writing, Original Screenplay Nominated Young Winston
1962 Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay Nominated The Guns of Navarone
1962 Best Picture Nominated The Guns of Navarone
1958 Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay Won The Bridge on the River Kwai
1953 Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay Nominated High Noon
1951 Best Writing, Original Screenplay Nominated The Men
1950 Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay Nominated Champion

Golden Globe Awards 1 won · 1 nominated

1961 Best Motion Picture – Drama Won The Guns of Navarone
1952 Best Screenplay Nominated High Noon

BAFTA Awards 2 nominated

1962 Best British Screenplay Nominated The Guns of Navarone
1959 Best British Screenplay Nominated The Key

Commander of the Order of the British Empire 1 won

— Commander of the Order of the British Empire Won

Valentine Davies Award 1 won

1977 Valentine Davies Award Won

Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement 1 won

1969 Screenwriting Achievement Won

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Carl Foreman, CBE was an American screenwriter and film producer who wrote the award-winning films The Bridge on the River Kwai and High Noon, among others. He was one of the screenwriters who were blacklisted in Hollywood in the 1950s because of their suspected communist sympathy or membership in the Communist Party.