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Also Known As Iz Diamond • Isadore Diamond • Itek Domnici
Born June 27, 1920 • Romania
Died April 21, 1988 (aged 67) • Beverly Hills • California
Awards And Honors Academy Award (1961)
Notable Works “The Apartment”
Orson Welles
Orson Welles
American actor, director, and writer
Jack Lemmon
Jack Lemmon
American actor
Billy Wilder poses in a suit and hat, leaning against a streetlamp with a sign reading Sunset Blvd. in a promotional photo for the film Sunset Boulevard.
Billy Wilder
Austrian-born American director and producer
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Joel Coen
American filmmaker
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Ethan Coen
American filmmaker
Woody Allen speaking into a microphone with hands raised beside his face during a press conference, against a red background.
Woody Allen
American director, writer, and actor
Francis Ford Coppola, with a beard, sits on a camera dolly surrounded by crew and actors on the set of The Godfather: Part II, with storefronts in the background.
Francis Ford Coppola
American director and screenwriter
Mel Brooks in a tuxedo smiles widely and points at his Emmy Award trophy while posing in front of a blue Emmy Awards backdrop.
Mel Brooks
American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor
Leo McCarey, seated sideways in a director's chair, looks toward the camera in a black-and-white portrait from around 1930.
Leo McCarey
American director
Ben Affleck wearing a dark suit, blue shirt, and navy tie, posing for a photo at the premiere of the film AIR with a blurred event backdrop behind him.
Ben Affleck
American actor, writer, and director
Sturges, Preston
Preston Sturges
American director
Making movies from the heart
Ryan Coogler
American filmmaker
Matt Damon smiling and wearing a black shirt at a photocall for the film Stillwater at the Cannes Film Festival in France.
Matt Damon
American actor, screenwriter, and producer
Robert Benton
Robert Benton
American filmmaker
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Charlie Kaufman
American screenwriter and director
Frances Marion
Frances Marion
American screenwriter
William Goldman
William Goldman
American screenwriter, novelist, playwright, non-fiction author
Jordan Peele wearing a black tuxedo and bow tie, standing in front of a blue background.
Jordan Peele
American comedian, writer, director, and producer
Schulberg, Budd
Budd Schulberg
American screenwriter, novelist, and journalist
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Alan Jay Lerner
American screenwriter and songwriter

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