Dudley Nichols
Dudley Nichols ( born April 6, 1895 in Wapakoneta, Ohio; † January 4, 1960 in Hollywood) was an American screenwriter and director.
Nichols worked as a reporter in New York, before he went to Hollywood in the early 1930s. There he quickly became one of the busiest screenwriters. Above all his films with director John Ford established the Western as one of the most popular genres of American cinema. He had his high points in the 1930s and 1940s. He was nominated four times for a total of an Oscar and won it in 1936 for the traitor. However, since he was in dispute with the Film Academy, he rejected the first in the history of the Oscars from the price. In 1954 he was awarded the Writers Guild of America Award for Lifetime Achievement.