George Axelrod

George Axelrod (June 9, 1922 – June 21, 2003) was an American screenwriter, producer, playwright and film director, best known for his play The Seven Year Itch (1952), which was adapted into a film of the same name starring Marilyn Monroe. Axelrod was nominated for an Academy Award for his 1961 adaptation of Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's and also adapted Richard Condon's The Manchurian Candidate (1962).
Crew

Breakfast at Tiffany's
Screenplay

The Manchurian Candidate
Screenplay, Producer

The Seven Year Itch
Screenplay

Paris When It Sizzles
Screenplay, Producer

Bus Stop
Screenplay

How to Murder Your Wife
Producer, Writer

Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
Theatre Play

Lord Love a Duck
Director, Writer, Producer

Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!
Screenplay

Sept ans de réflexion
Author

The Secret Life of an American Wife
Director, Screenplay, Producer

Phffft
Story, Screenplay

The Lady Vanishes
Screenplay

The Fourth Protocol
Screenstory

The Holcroft Covenant
Screenplay

Goodbye Charlie
Theatre Play
