Chayefsky, Paddy (Sidney) (1923–1981)
US screenwriter and dramatist. A writer of great passion and insight, he established his reputation with naturalistic television plays, three of which – Marty (1953), Bachelor Party (1954), and The Catered Affair (1955) – were adapted for cinema. He won Academy Awards for his screenplays for Marty, the bitterly satirical The Hospital (1971), and Network (1976).
His stage plays include The Tenth Man (1959) and Gideon (1961). Although he adapted his own novel for Ken Russell's Altered States (1980), Chayefsky was so displeased with the end product that he had his screenwriting credit changed to ‘Sidney Aaron’.
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