Douglas Z. Doty

Douglas Zabriskie Doty (* October 15, 1874 in New York City, New York, † February 20, 1935 in Los Angeles, California ) was an American screenwriter.

Biography

Doty began his career as a screenwriter in the Hollywood film industry in 1920 with the writing of the template for the silent film Two Kinds of Love and wrote until his death the screenplays for more than 60 films.

At the Academy Awards in 1931 he was nominated along with director Harry d' Abbadie d' Arrast and Donald Ogden Stewart for Laughter (1930 ) for the Oscar for best original story.

More movies with your own scripts and templates were Ralph's nighttime adventures (1924 ), The woman who seduces men ( 1924), A girl and three old fool (1924 ), Grace makes a bond (1925 ), The Criminal Cavaliers (1928 ) and the men to Lucie ( 1931). He worked with film directors such as Monta Bell, Robert Z. Leonard, King Vidor, Irving Cummings and Alexander Korda.