- Alvin Sargent
Infobox Actor
name = Alvin Sargent
birthdate = birth date and age|1927|4|12
birthplace =Pennsylvania
spouse = Joan CamdenLaura Ziskin
academyawards = Best Adapted Screenplay
1977 "Julia"
1980 "Ordinary People "
baftaawards = Best Screenplay
1978 "Julia"
awards = Best Writing
2004 "Spider-Man 2 "Alvin Sargent (born on
April 12 ,1927 inPennsylvania ) is a multiple award-winning Americanscreenwriter .Early life
Sargent graduated from
Upper Darby High School in 1945. As of 2006, he is one of 35 alums to be onUpper Darby High School's Wall of Fame Career
Sargent began writing for television in 1953 and through the 1960s he scripted episodes for various series such as "Route 66", "
Ben Casey " and "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour " amongst others. He collaborated on his first screenplay for amotion picture in 1966 and gained considerable recognition for his screenplay for the 1970John Frankenheimer film, "I Walk the Line " and 1973s acclaimed "Paper Moon" for which he won the WGA Award for Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium and was nominated for anAcademy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay . He won the Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay in 1978 for the film "Julia" and again in 1981 for "Ordinary People ". Most recently, he collaborated on the 2004 screenplay for "Spider-Man 2 " as well as "Spider-Man 3 " released in 2007.Personal
He has been married to producer
Laura Ziskin for the past 17 years. His brother wasHerb Sargent (1923-2005).Partial filmography
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Spider-Man 3 " (2007)
*"Spider-Man 2 " (2004)
*"Spider-Man" (2002) (Uncredited)
*"Unfaithful" (2002)
*"Anywhere but Here" (1999)
*"Bogus" (1996)
*"Hero" (1992)
*"Other People's Money " (1991)
*"What About Bob? " (1991)
*"White Palace" (1990)
*"Dominick and Eugene " (1988)
*"Nuts" (1987)
*"Ordinary People " (1980)
*"Straight Time " (1978)
*"Julia" (1977)
*"Bobby Deerfield " (1977)
*"A Star Is Born" (1976)
*"Paper Moon" (1973)
*"Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing " (1973)
*"I Walk the Line " (1970)
*"The Sterile Cuckoo " (1969)
*"The Stalking Moon " (1969)
*"Gambit" (1966)External links
*imdb name|id= 0765091|name= Alvin Sargent
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