William Ludwig
William Ludwig ( born May 26, 1912 in New York City, New York, † February 7, 1999 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California ) was an American screenwriter who won the Oscar for best original screenplay.
Biography
Ludwig began in the late 1930s and worked as a scriptwriter for the first time in Love Finds Andy Hardy ( 1938) by George B. Seitz for the first time in the creation of a film and was involved throughout his career in 30 films.
1952 was nominated for the bestgeschriebene Musical along with Sonya Levien for The Great Caruso ( 1951) by Richard Thorpe for the price of the Writers Guild of America (WGA Award). In 1956 he received another nomination with Sonya Levien for the WGA Award for bestgeschriebene musical, this time for Oklahoma! (1955 ) by Fred Zinnemann.
Furthermore him for Interrupted Melody (1955 ) by Curtis Bernhardt was awarded the Oscar for best original screenplay with Sonya Levien at the Oscar ceremony in 1956.
Other important works were screenwriter Love Crazy (1941 ) by Jack Conway, The imperfect Dame ( 1948) by Jack Conway and lassies home (1948 ) by Fred M. Wilcox.
William Ludwig was also a founding member of the Screen Writers Guild, now the Writers Guild of America ( WGA), the Union of Writers. During his 18- year tenure as Managing Director ( Secretary - Treasurer ) of the WGA, he became involved in the 1960s for the establishment of their pension funds. For this commitment and his achievements as a screenwriter, he later received several honorary awards from the WGA as the Valentine Davies Award ( 1973), Morgan Cox Award ( 1976) and Edmund J. North Award ( 1992). Ludwig died at the Motion Picture and Television Fund Hospital, was the establishment, inter alia, on his initiative.