December 5, 1897 - March 25, 1977
American screenwriter, film director, producer and playwright
Wrote scripts for over 50 films including "The Grapes of Wrath" (for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay in 1940), "The Three Faces of Eve" and "The Angel Wore Red"
Was nominated for the Director's Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing - Feature Film for "The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit" in 1956
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