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Carl Foreman
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Carl Foreman was an American screenwriter, film director, and producer. Born in Chicago in 1914, he was educated at the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign and served in World War II. He was a member of the Communist Party of the United States of America and the Writers Guild of America West. Foreman also resided in the United Kingdom.
His notable works include the screenplays for *Clay pigeon* (1949), *The Golden Gate murders*, *A cast of lines*, and *A cast of lions*. He received the Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay, the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama, and the Commander of the Order of the British Empire. He was also nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best British Screenplay and a Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay.
Foreman died of a brain tumor in Los Angeles in 1984. He was survived by his child, Amanda Foreman.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 7
Top works
- His greatest screenplay
- Clay pigeon (1949)
- The Golden Gate murders
- A cast of lines
- A cast of lions
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Film & TV
Writing · Chicago, Illinois, USA
Carl Foreman, CBE was an American screenwriter and film producer who wrote the award-winning films The Bridge on the River Kwai and High Noon, among others. He was one of the screenwriters who were blacklisted in Hollywood in the 1950s because of their suspected communist sympathy or membership in the Communist Party.
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1
- Total plays
- 11
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,951x
- The MIQE Guidelines: Minimum Information for Publication of Quantitative Real-Time PCR Experiments
· 2009 · cited 14,217x
- Salmon provides fast and bias-aware quantification of transcript expression
· 2017 · cited 12,493x
- <tt>emcee</tt>: The MCMC Hammer
· 2013 · cited 12,237x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,995x
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Carl
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Chicago
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Child
- Amanda Foreman
- Occupation
- producer
- Political party
- Communist Party of the United States of America
- Conflict
- World War II
- Image
- Carl Foreman 1961.jpg
- Residence
- United Kingdom
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- date of birth
- 1914-07-23
- date of death
- 1984-06-26
- cause of death
- brain tumor
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons category
- Carl Foreman
- related category
- Category:Films with screenplays by Carl Foreman
- member of
- Writers Guild of America West
Sources (10)
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