Biography
Philip Ives Dunne (February 11, 1908 β June 2, 1992) was an American screenwriter, film director and producer, who worked prolifically from 1932 until 1965. He spent the majority of his career at 20th Century Fox. He crafted well regarded romantic and historical dramas, usually adapted from another medium. Dunne was a leading Screen Writers Guild organizer and was politically active during the "Hollywood Blacklist" episode of the 1940sβ1950s. He is best known for the films How Green Was My Valley (1941), The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947), The Robe (1953) and The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965).Dunne received two Academy Award nominations for screenwriting: How Green Was My Valley (1941) and David and Bathsheba (1951). He also received a Golden Globe nomination for his 1965 screen adaptation of Irving Stone's novel The Agony and the Ecstasy, as well as several peer awards from the Writers Guild of America (WGA), including the Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement.
Many notable directors worked with Dunne's screenplays, including Carol Reed, John Ford, Jacques Tourneur, Elia Kazan, Otto Preminger, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, and Michael Curtiz, among others.
Filmography
all 42
Movies 42
Writer 30
Director 10
Screenplay 1
Producer 1
The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
Blindfold (1966)
The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)
The Inspector (1962)
Wild in the Country (1961)
Blue Denim (1959)
In Love and War (1958)
Ten North Frederick (1958)
Three Brave Men (1956)
Hilda Crane (1956)
The View from Pompey's Head (1955)
Prince of Players (1955)
The Egyptian (1954)
Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954)
The Robe (1953)
Way of a Gaucho (1952)
Lydia Bailey (1952)
Anne of the Indies (1951)
David and Bathsheba (1951)
Pinky (1949)
That Wonderful Urge (1948)
The Luck of the Irish (1948)
Escape (1948)
Forever Amber (1947)
Kiss of Death (1947)
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)
The Late George Apley (1947)
The Town (1945)
A Salute to France (1944)
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942)
How Green Was My Valley (1941)
Johnny Apollo (1940)
Swanee River (1939)
The Rains Came (1939)
Stanley and Livingstone (1939)
Suez (1938)
Lancer Spy (1937)
Breezing Home (1937)
The Last of the Mohicans (1936)
Helldorado (1935)
Student Tour (1934)
The Count of Monte Cristo (1934)
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GenderMale
Birthday1908-02-11
Deathday1992-06-02 (84 years old)
Birth PlaceNew York City, United States of America
ReligionCatholic Church
Height
FatherFinley Peter Dunne
MotherMargaret Abbott
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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