Arnold Schulman

Arnold Schulman (born August 11, 1925) is an American screenwriter and producer. Schulman was born in in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and attended the University of North Carolina, and was a stage actor long associated with the American Theatre Wing and the Actors Studio. He was also a playwright for the stage and television, a songwriter and novelist. Schulman also took writing courses at the University of North Carolina, served with the Navy, and in 1946 came to New York City, where he began to write in earnest. He studied playwriting with Robert Anderson, the author of Tea & Sympathy, in classes at New York's American Theatre Wing. However, he is best known for his contributions as a screenwriter and producer.

Awards

Schulman received Oscar nominations for Best Original Screenplay for "Love with the Proper Stranger" in 1963 and for Best Adapted Screenplay for "Goodbye, Columbus" in 1969. He also received three Writers Guild nominations for Best Screenplay for "Wild Is the Wind", "A Hole in the Head", and "Love with the Proper Stranger", and a Writers Guild award for "Goodbye, Columbus".

Credits

* 1954 "General Electric Theater": "I'm a Fool" (Teleplay)
* 1954 "Omnibus": "Nothing So Monstrous" (Teleplay)
* 1955 "Kraft Television Theatre": "The Beautiful Time" (Teleplay)
* 1956 "Playwrights '56": "Adam and Evening"; "Lost"; "The Heart's a Forgotten Hotel" (Teleplays)
* 1957 "Wild Is the Wind" (Screenwriter)
* 1959 "A Hole in the Head" Screenwriter)
* 1960 "Cimarron" (Screenwriter)
* 1963 "Jennie" (Book of Broadway musical)
* 1963 "Love with the Proper Stranger" (Screenwriter)
* 1968 "The Night They Raided Minsky's" (Screenwriter)
* 1969 "Goodbye, Columbus" (Screenwriter)
* 1972 "To Find a Man" (Screenwriter)
* 1975 "Funny Lady" (Screenwriter / Book Author)
* 1976 "Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood" (Producer/Screenwriter)
* 1979 "Players" (Executive Producer / Producer/Screenwriter)
* 1985 "A Chorus Line" (Screenwriter)
* 1988 "" (Songwriter/Screenwriter
* 1993 "And the Band Played On" (Co-producer/Screenwriter)

Bibliography

*Schulman, Arnold "Baba" 1971 The Viking Press, New York (about the Indian guru Sathya Sai Baba)

External links

* [http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/filmography.html?p_id=110408 New York Times] On Arnold Schulman
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* [http://theoscarsite.com/whoswho4/schulman_a.htm Katz's Film Encyclopedia] Entry on Arnold Schulman