Biography
Arthur Laurents (July 14, 1917 β May 5, 2011) was an American playwright, theatre director, film producer and screenwriter. With a career spanning seven decades he received numerous accolades including two Tony Awards, and a Drama Desk Award as well as nominations for two Academy Awards, two BAFTA Awards, and a Golden Globe Award.
After writing scripts for radio shows after college and then training films for the U.S. Army during World War II, Laurents turned to writing for Broadway, producing a body of work that includes West Side Story (1957), Gypsy (1959), and Hallelujah, Baby! (1967), winning the Tony Award for Best Musical for the latter. He directed the musical La Cage aux Folles in 1983 and received the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical.
Laurents also worked as a screenwriter on Hollywood films such as Alfred Hitchcock's thriller Rope (1948), Anastasia (1956), Bonjour Tristesse (1958) and Sydney Pollack's romance The Way We Were (1973). He received two Academy Award nominations for Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay for Herbert Ross drama film The Turning Point (1977).
Filmography
all 31
Movies 28
self 14
Writer 14
TV Shows 3
Screenplay 2
West Side Story (2021)
I Am Alfred Hitchcock (2021)
West Side Stories: The Making of a Classic (2016)
Gypsy (2015)
A War in Hollywood (2009)
Words and Music by Jerry Herman (2007)
Broadway: The American Musical (2004)
West Side Memories (2003)
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003)
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer (2002)
Rescued from the Closet (2001)
Rope Unleashed (2001)
The Way We Were: Looking Back (1999)
The Celluloid Closet (1996)
Gypsy (1993)
The Turning Point (1977)
The Way We Were (1973)
Gypsy (1962)
Er ging an meiner Seite (1961)
West Side Story (1961)
The David Susskind Show (1959)
Bonjour Tristesse (1958)
Anastasia (1956)
Tony Awards (1956)
Summertime (1955)
Anna Lucasta (1949)
Home of the Brave (1949)
Caught (1949)
The Snake Pit (1948)
Rope (1948)
Anyone Can Whistle
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Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1917-07-14
Deathday2011-05-05 (93 years old)
Birth PlaceNew York City, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
AwardsDrama League Award, Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical
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