Personal Info
Known For
Writing
Known Credits
38
Gender
Male
Birthday
1923-01-29
Day of Death
1981-08-01 (58 years old)
Place of Birth
The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
Sidney Aaron "Paddy" Chayefsky
Sidney Aaron Chayefsky
Sidney Aaron
Paddy Chayefsky
Biography
Sidney Aaron "Paddy" Chayefsky was an American playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. He is the only person to have won three solo Academy Awards for Best Screenplay for "Marty" (1955), "The Hospital" (1971), and "Network" (1976). He is the only person to have won both the Academy Awards for adapted and original screenplays. He was one of the most renowned dramatists of the Golden Age of Television. His intimate, realistic scripts provided a naturalistic style of television drama for the 1950s, dramatizing the lives of ordinary Americans.
