Dalton Trumbo
Writing
Born: December 9, 1905 · Montrose, Colorado, USA
Died: September 10, 1976 (aged 70)
Highest Rated
Biography
James Dalton Trumbo (December 9, 1905 – September 10, 1976) was an American screenwriter who scripted many award-winning films, including Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944), Roman Holiday (1953), Spartacus (1960), and Exodus (1960). One of the Hollywood Ten, he refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) in 1947 during the committee's investigation of Communist influences in the motion picture industry. Trumbo, the other members of the Hollywood Ten, and hundreds of other professionals in the industry were blacklisted by Hollywood. He continued working clandestinely on major films, writing under pseudonyms or other authors' names. His uncredited work won two Academy Awards for Best Story: for Roman Holiday (1953), which was presented to a front writer, and for The Brave One (1956), which was awarded to a pseudonym used by Trumbo. When he was given public screen credit for both Exodus and Spartacus in 1960, it marked the beginning of the end of the Hollywood Blacklist for Trumbo and other affected screenwriters. He finally was given full credit by the Writers' Guild for Roman Holiday in 2011, nearly 60 years after the fact, and 35 years after his death. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dalton Trumbo, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Spartacus
1960
Roman Holiday
1953
Papillon
2017
Papillon
1973
Always
1989
The Way We Were
1973
Johnny Got His Gun
1971
Gun Crazy
1950
Exodus
1960
I Married a Witch
1942
Lonely are the Brave
1962
The Prowler
1951
Photos (2)
Movies (3)
Self / Appearances (6)
Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War
Self - Screenwriter (archive footage) · 1 eps
The Real Charlie Chaplin
Self (archive footage)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Self (archive footage)
Buñuel in Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
The Hollywood Ten
Self
Imminent Threat
Self (archive footage)
Directing (2)
Writing (62)
Roman Holiday
Screenplay
Roman Holiday
Story
Spartacus
Screenplay
Papillon
Original Film Writer
Papillon
Screenplay
Always
Original Film Writer
Lonely are the Brave
Screenplay
Exodus
Screenplay
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
Screenplay
Johnny Got His Gun
Novel
Johnny Got His Gun
Screenplay
The Sandpiper
Screenplay
Kitty Foyle
Screenplay
The Last Sunset
Screenplay
Executive Action
Screenplay
A Guy Named Joe
Screenplay
Hawaii
Screenplay
Gun Crazy
Screenplay
The Horsemen
Screenplay
He Ran All the Way
Screenplay
Cowboy
Screenplay
Five Came Back
Screenplay
Terror in a Texas Town
Screenplay
We Who Are Young
Screenplay
You Belong to Me
Story
Somewhere I'll Find You
Writer
FTA
Writer
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes
Screenplay
The Prowler
Screenplay
Ishi: The Last of His Tribe
Writer
The Brave One
Story
The Brave One
Screenplay
Fugitives for a Night
Screenplay
Tender Comrade
Writer
Town Without Pity
Writer
The Lone Wolf Strikes
Story
A Man to Remember
Screenplay
The Kid from Kokomo
Story
The Flying Irishman
Screenplay
The Fixer
Screenplay
That Man's Here Again
Writer
A Bill of Divorcement
Writer
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
Screenplay
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
Story
The Brothers Rico
Screenplay
Johnny Got His Gun
Writer
Love Begins at Twenty
Screenplay
Road Gang
Screenplay
The Green-Eyed Blonde
Writer
The Deerslayer
Screenplay
Roman Holiday
Original Film Writer
Tugboat Princess
Story
Half a Sinner
Story
Sorority House
Screenplay
A Day of My Life
Story
Emergency Wedding
Story
The Remarkable Andrew
Screenplay
Curtain Call
Screenplay
Devil's Playground
Writer
Career
Writer
Accent on Love
Story
Jealousy
Story