Dalton Trumbo
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- December 9, 1905
- Died
- September 10, 1976 (aged 70)
- Birthplace
- Montrose, Colorado, USA
Biography
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
Papillon
Movie · Original Film Writer
Johnny Got His Gun
Movie · Writer
Always
Movie · Original Film Writer
Roman Holiday
Movie · Original Film Writer
Ishi: The Last of His Tribe
Movie · Writer
Papillon
Movie · Screenplay
Executive Action
Movie · Screenplay
FTA
Movie · Writer
The Horsemen
Movie · Screenplay
Johnny Got His Gun
Movie · Screenplay, Novel
The Fixer
Movie · Screenplay
Hawaii
Movie · Screenplay
The Sandpiper
Movie · Screenplay
Lonely are the Brave
Movie · Screenplay
The Last Sunset
Movie · Screenplay
A Day of My Life
Movie · Story
Town Without Pity
Movie · Writer
Spartacus
Movie · Screenplay
Exodus
Movie · Screenplay
Cowboy
Movie · Screenplay
Terror in a Texas Town
Movie · Screenplay
The Deerslayer
Movie · Screenplay
The Brothers Rico
Movie · Screenplay
The Green-Eyed Blonde
Movie · Writer
No Down Payment
Movie · Script Consultant
The Brave One
Movie · Story, Screenplay
Roman Holiday
Movie · Screenplay, Story
The Prowler
Movie · Screenplay
He Ran All the Way
Movie · Screenplay
Gun Crazy
Movie · Screenplay
Emergency Wedding
Movie · Story
Jealousy
Movie · Story
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes
Movie · Screenplay
A Guy Named Joe
Movie · Screenplay
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
Movie · Screenplay
Tender Comrade
Movie · Writer
The Remarkable Andrew
Movie · Screenplay
Somewhere I'll Find You
Movie · Writer
You Belong to Me
Movie · Story
Accent on Love
Movie · Story
Curtain Call
Movie · Screenplay
Kitty Foyle
Movie · Screenplay
A Bill of Divorcement
Movie · Writer
Half a Sinner
Movie · Story
The Lone Wolf Strikes
Movie · Story
We Who Are Young
Movie · Screenplay
Five Came Back
Movie · Screenplay
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
Movie · Screenplay, Story
Sorority House
Movie · Screenplay
The Flying Irishman
Movie · Screenplay
Career
Movie · Writer
The Kid from Kokomo
Movie · Story
Fugitives for a Night
Movie · Screenplay
A Man to Remember
Movie · Screenplay
Devil's Playground
Movie · Writer
That Man's Here Again
Movie · Writer
Tugboat Princess
Movie · Story
Love Begins at Twenty
Movie · Screenplay
Road Gang
Movie · Screenplay