Howard Sackler
Howard O. Sackler ( born December 19, 1929 in New York City; † October 12, 1982 in Ibiza, Spain) was an American screenwriter and playwright, best known for his play The Great White Hope with both the Pulitzer Prize for 1969 theater and was awarded the Tony Award for best play.
Life
Sackler began in the mid -1950s to work as a screenwriter, and wrote in 1953 along with Stanley Kubrick on the screenplay for his first film, Fear and Desire. In 1954 he wrote his first play Uriel Acosta. In 1955, he reunited with Kubrick and wrote the screenplay for this film whose The Tiger of New York.
His most successful stage work was The Great White Hope (1967 ), which was in 1969 awarded both the Pulitzer Prize for drama and the Tony Award for best play. 1970 of this Martin Ritt under the title The Great White Hope (AKA The Great White Hope ) was made into a film starring James Earl Jones and Jane Alexander in the lead roles. For the written screenplay by himself, he was nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay in 1971 for the price of the Writers Guild of America (WGA Award).
His other famous works include the screenplays for the films Jaws (1975) Jaws 2 (1978), U- boat in distress ( 1978) and Saint Jack (1979 ) by Peter Bogdanovich.