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Nelson Roosevelt Gidding (September 15, 1919 – May 2, 2004) was an American screenwriter specializing in film adaptation. A longtime collaboration with director Robert Wise began with Gidding's screenplay for I Want to Live! (1958), which earned him an Oscar nomination.
May 14, 2004 · Nelson Gidding, a Hollywood screenwriter who worked on classics like the Susan Hayward prison drama ''I Want to Live!,'' died on May 2 at a hospital in Santa...
Nelson Gidding. Writer: The Andromeda Strain. Born in New York and educated at Phillips Exeter Academy and Harvard, Nelson Gidding said that he had been interested in writing ever since he was a child and had a poem published in the Boy Scouts magazine ("That was as recently as the mid-'20s!"
Gidding was a prominent television and Hollywood screenwriter whose credits include such films as The Haunting (1964), The Andromeda Strain (1970), and Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979). Source for information on Gidding, Nelson 1919-2004: Contemporary Authors dictionary.
Nelson Gidding -- a screenwriter and frequent collaborator of director Robert Wise whose credits included “The Haunting,” “The Andromeda Strain” and “I Want to Live!” -- has died. He ...
Nelson Roosevelt Gidding (September 15, 1919 – May 2, 2004) was an American screenwriter specializing in adaptations. A longtime collaboration with director Robert Wise began with Gidding's screenplay for I Want to Live! (1958), which earned him an Oscar nomination.
May 7, 2004 · Born in New York City, Giddings majored in history and literature at Harvard College. His plane was shot down in Italy during World War II and he began writing a novel about his POW experiences...
