Уолдо Солт: Сценаристтің жолы

American screenwriter
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Waldo Miller Salt (October 18, 1914 – March 7, 1987) was an American screenwriter who won Academy Awards for both Midnight Cowboy and Coming Home.

Salt was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Winifred (née Porter) and William Haslem Salt, an artist and business executive. He graduated from Stanford University in 1934. The first of the nineteen films he wrote or co wrote was released in 1937 with the title The Bride Wore Red. Salt's career in Hollywood was interrupted when he was blacklisted after refusing to testify before the House Committee on Un American Activities in 1951. Like many other blacklisted writers, while he was unable to work in Hollywood, Salt wrote under a pseudonym for the British television series The Adventures of Robin Hood. After the collapse of the blacklist, Salt won Academy Awards for Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium for his work on Midnight Cowboy and Coming Home, as well as earning a nomination for Serpico. Salt is featured in the extras for the Criterion Collection's Midnight Cowboy blu ray release, specifically in an audio interview with Michael Childers; many photos of Waldo Salt can be seen here as he was a collaborator for the screenplay. The documentary listed below, Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey, is also featured on the disc.

Salt was married four times, first to Amber Dana, then to actress Mary Davenport with whom he had two children, actress/writer/producer Jennifer, and Deborah. After his divorce from Davenport, he married Gladys Schwartz and later playwright Eve Merriam. He remained married to Merriam until his death in Los Angeles, aged 72, on March 7, 1987.

Waldo Salt was the subject of a 1990 documentary Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey, which featured interviews with Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, Jon Voight, John Schlesinger and other collaborators and friends.

The Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award, first presented in 1992, is awarded at the Sundance Film Festival annually. It is determined by the dramatic jury, and recognizes outstanding screenwriting in a film screened at the festival that year.

Year Award Result Category Film or series 1949Writers Guild of America AwardNominated Best Written American Western Rachel and the Stranger 1970Won Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium Midnight Cowboy 1974 Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium Serpico (Shared with Norman Wexler) 1979 Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen Coming Home (Shared with Robert C. Jones) 1986 Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement 1970Academy Award Won Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium Midnight Cowboy 1974 Nominated Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium Serpico (Shared with Norman Wexler) 1979 Won Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen Coming Home (Shared with Nancy Dowd and Robert C. Jones) 1970 BAFTA Award Won Best Screenplay Midnight Cowboy 1974 Edgar Allan Poe Awards Nominated Serpico (Shared with Norman Wexler) 1970Golden Globe AwardNominated Best Screenplay Midnight Cowboy 1979 Best Screenplay Motion Picture Coming Home (Shared with Robert C. Jones)