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Sidney Aaron "Paddy" Chayefsky (/ ˌ tʃ aɪ ˈ (j) ɛ f s k i /; January 29, 1923 – August 1, 1981) was an American playwright, screenwriter and novelist. He is the only person to have won three solo Academy Awards for writing both adapted and original screenplays.
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A “recurring characteristic of Chayefsky’s protagonists,” Itzkoff tells Tracy, “Whatever walk of life they’re in, they tend to be these very wound up people and they always get a moment in their movie where they kind of blow up.” His characters get a hefty-sized chunk of dialogue, a go-all-out, here’s-your-Oscar type speech. Itzkoff admits that, “I...
Chayefsky put in a tremendous amount of research for all of his scripts, particularly Network, for which he visited various newsrooms, not just for a taste and feel of that world, but to study everything. Itzkoff says, “Even though he didn’t consider himself a journalist, I think he sort of felt kind of duty-bound, that if he’s going to write about...
Doubting oneself is pretty much an inevitable side effect of being a writer. If you’re not self-doubting yourself, are you even doing it right? Even Chayefsky, a writer who won threeOscars for his work, had misgivings and felt like giving up on his projects. Of course, there was confidence there, too. But you don’t have to be Chayefsky to find that...
Bea writer! Avoid the easy way out and really write. Don’t do the half-assed thing or the bare minimum. Try to really explore your character’s backgrounds, what may have been happening before the story. Maybe it’ll feel a bit too much like a creative writing class exercise but just remind yourself: Chayefsky did it. “Part of the funny way that he w...
Treat your work ethic like you’re clocking in for a full-time job. That’s what Chayefsky would tell you. Take it from the quote that begins this article: don’t consider yourself an artist. Consider yourself a worker. “We think about [Chayefsky’s scripts], I think fairly, as these great pieces of artistry but he was somebody who was just like… time ...
Jun 10, 2013 · Background: The screenplay was written by Paddy Chayefsky. Plot summary: A TV network cynically exploits a deranged ex-TV anchor’s ravings and revelations about the media for their own profit. Tagline: Not since the dawn of time has America experienced a man like Howard Beale!
Feb 28, 2018 · However, in true “Chayefskian” style (and ultimately there would be a distinctive Chayefskian style), he used the hard work and mundane, repetitive life of a printer as the inspiration for another play, Printer’s Measure (1953).
Apr 25, 2018 · In this video essay, Sage Hyden of Just Write explores the notes Chayefsky took while working on Network, revealing the writer's arduous and consuming creative process in hopes of finding the path he took to turn his scrappy, often overreaching narrative into a powerfully poignant work of art work.
Sep 1, 2024 · Paddy Chayefsky, American playwright and screenwriter whose work was part of the flowering of television drama in the 1950s. He wrote several plays for television that were later filmed, including Marty, The Bachelor Party, and The Catered Affair.
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A collection of six television plays by this brilliant writer: Holiday Song, Printer's Measure, The Big Deal, Marty, The Mother, and The Bachelor Party. Includes an introduction and notes for each play by the author. Report an issue with this product. Part of series.
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