Philip Dunne

About

Philip Ives Dunne (February 11, 1908 – June 2, 1992) was an American screenwriter, film director and producer, who worked prolifically from 1932 until 1965. He spent the majority of his career at 20th Century Fox. He crafted well regarded romantic and historical dramas, usually adapted from another medium. Dunne was a leading Screen Writers Guild organizer and was politically active during the "Hollywood Blacklist" episode of the 1940s–1950s. He is best known for the films How Green Was My Valley (1941), The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947), The Robe (1953) and The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965).[1] Dunne received two Academy Award nominations for screenwriting: How Green Was My Valley (1941) and David and Bathsheba (1951). He also received a Golden Globe nomination for his 1965 screen adaptation of Irving Stone's novel The Agony and the Ecstasy, as well as several peer awards from the Writers...

Known for

The Last of the MohicansMovie • 1992The RobeMovie • 1953The EgyptianMovie • 1954How Green Was My ValleyMovie • 1941Kiss of DeathMovie • 1947The Ghost and Mrs. MuirMovie • 1947PinkyMovie • 1949Wild in the CountryMovie • 1961The Agony and the EcstasyMovie • 1965David and BathshebaMovie • 1951Demetrius and the GladiatorsMovie • 1954The Count of Monte CristoMovie • 1934Forever AmberMovie • 1947Way of a GauchoMovie • 1952The Luck of the IrishMovie • 1948The Last of the MohicansMovie • 1936Anne of the IndiesMovie • 1951Me and My GalMovie • 1932Stanley and LivingstoneMovie • 1939The Rains CameMovie • 1939Johnny ApolloMovie • 1940