Dalton Trumbo

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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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2024
Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War
TV show Self - Screenwriter (archive footage)
2021
The Real Charlie Chaplin
Movie Self (archive footage)
2017
Papillon
Movie Original Film Writer
2015
Imminent Threat
Movie Self (archive footage)
2008
Johnny Got His Gun
Movie Writer
2006
Dalton Trumbo: Rebel in Hollywood
Movie Himself
2000
Buñuel in Hollywood
Movie Self (archive footage)
1995
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Movie Self (archive footage)
1989
Always
Movie Original Film Writer
1989
Metallica - 2 of One
Movie Director
1987
Roman Holiday
Movie Original Film Writer
1978
Ishi: The Last of His Tribe
Movie Writer
1973
Papillon
Movie Commandant (uncredited)
1973
Executive Action
Movie Screenplay
1973
The Way We Were
Movie Additional Writing
1972
FTA
Movie Writer