Writer

Ben Hecht

1894 – 1964

Active years (films on this site)

1945–1946

Genres

DramaFilm-NoirMystery

Schools and movements

Classical Hollywood

Directors worked with

Alfred Hitchcock2 films

Biography

Ben Hecht was an American screenwriter, director, producer, playwright, journalist, and novelist. A journalist in his youth, he went on to write 35 books and some of the most enjoyed screenplays and plays in America. He received screen credits, alone or in collaboration, for the stories or screenplays of some seventy films, including six Academy Award nominations and two wins.

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)

Awards and honours

International

• Academy Award for Best Story 1929
• Academy Award for Best Story 1936
• New York Film Critics Circle Awards 1936
• Locarno International Film Festival Awards 1948

National / local

• Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement 1981

2 films on this site

1. Spellbound 1945 · Alfred Hitchcock · IMDb 7.5 · Writer
2. Notorious 1946 · Alfred Hitchcock · IMDb 7.9 · Writer