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Philip Dunne
New Rochelle, New York, USA
Philip Ives Dunne (February 11, 1908 – June 2, 1992) was an American screenwriter, film director and producer, who worked prolifically from 1932 until 1965. He spent the majority…
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Philip Ives Dunne (February 11, 1908 – 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 1940s–1950s. 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).[1] 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.
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1992
The Last of the Mohicans
Movie Original Film Writer
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1966
Blindfold
Movie Director
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1965
The Agony and the Ecstasy
Movie Screenstory
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1962
The Inspector
Movie Director
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1961
Wild in the Country
Movie Director
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1959
Blue Denim
Movie Screenplay
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1958
In Love and War
Movie Director
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1958
Ten North Frederick
Movie Director
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1956
Three Brave Men
Movie Director
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1956
Hilda Crane
Movie Director
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1955
The View from Pompey's Head
Movie Director
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1955
Prince of Players
Movie Director
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1954
The Egyptian
Movie Screenplay
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1954
Demetrius and the Gladiators
Movie Screenplay
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1953
The Robe
Movie Screenplay
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1952
Way of a Gaucho
Movie Screenplay
More credits
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1952
Lydia Bailey
Movie Writer
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1951
Anne of the Indies
Movie Screenplay
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1951
David and Bathsheba
Movie Writer
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1949
Pinky
Movie Screenplay
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1948
The Luck of the Irish
Movie Screenplay
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1948
Escape
Movie Writer
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1947
Forever Amber
Movie Writer
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1947
Kiss of Death
Movie Additional Writing
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1947
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Movie Screenplay
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1947
The Late George Apley
Movie Screenplay
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1944
A Salute to France
Movie Screenplay
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1942
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
Movie Screenplay
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1941
How Green Was My Valley
Movie Screenplay
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1940
Johnny Apollo
Movie Screenplay
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1939
Swanee River
Movie Screenplay
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1939
The Rains Came
Movie Screenplay
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1939
Stanley and Livingstone
Movie Screenplay
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1938
Suez
Movie Screenplay
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1937
Lancer Spy
Movie Writer
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1937
Breezing Home
Movie Story
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1936
The Last of the Mohicans
Movie Screenplay
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1934
Student Tour
Movie Writer
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1934
The Count of Monte Cristo
Movie Writer
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1932
Me and My Gal
Movie Additional Writing
