Michael Blankfort

Michael Blankfort
Born	December 10, 1907 New York City, New York
Died	July 13, 1982 Los Angeles, California
Occupation	Screenwriter Author Playwright
Notable work(s)	Broken Arrow (1950) (front for Albert Maltz) The Caine Mutiny
Spouse(s)	1st) Laurette Spingarn 2nd) Dorothy Stiles

Michael Blankfort (December 10, 1907 – July 13, 1982) was a Jewish-American screenwriter, author and playwright. He served as a front for the blacklisted Albert Maltz on the Academy Award-nominated screenplay of Broken Arrow (1950). Among his own screenplays were The Juggler (1953) and The Caine Mutiny. He was also president of the Writers Guild of America, West from 1967 to 1969.^[1]

He was born in New York City and died in Los Angeles.

Bibliography

• "Battle hymn; a play in three acts, prologues and an epilogue". (with Michael Gold) New York, Los Angeles, London: S. French, 1936.
• "The crime". New York: New York Theatre League, 1936.
• "The brave and the blind : a one-act drama". New York: S. French, 1937.
• "A Time to Live". New York: Harcourt Brace, 1943.
• "An Exceptional Man - A Novel of Incest". New York: Antheneum, 1980.

External links

• Michael Blankfort at the Internet Movie Database

References

1. ^ "Past Presidents". Writers Guild of America, West. http://www.wga.org/history/past_presidents.html. Retrieved 2009-09-04. 

Persondata
Name	Blankfort, Michael
Alternative names
Short description	Jewish-American screenwriter, playwright and author
Date of birth	10 December 1907
Place of birth	New York City, New York
Date of death	13 July 1982
Place of death	Los Angeles, California