About
James Dalton Trumbo (December 9, 1905 – September 10, 1976) was an American screenwriter who scripted many award-winning films, including Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944), Roman Holiday (1953), Spartacus (1960), and Exodus (1960). One of the Hollywood Ten, he refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) in 1947 during the committee's investigation of Communist influences in the motion picture industry. Trumbo, the other members of the Hollywood Ten, and hundreds of other professionals in the industry were blacklisted by Hollywood. He continued working clandestinely on major films, writing under pseudonyms or other authors' names. His uncredited work won two Academy Awards for Best Story: for Roman Holiday (1953), which was presented to a front writer, and for The Brave One (1956), which was awarded to a pseudonym used by Trumbo. When he was given public...
Known for
Roman HolidayMovie • 1953
SpartacusMovie • 1960
PapillonMovie • 2017
PapillonMovie • 1973
The Way We WereMovie • 1973
AlwaysMovie • 1989
ExodusMovie • 1960
He Ran All the WayMovie • 1951
I Married a WitchMovie • 1942
Kitty FoyleMovie • 1940
Johnny Got His GunMovie • 1971
Lonely are the BraveMovie • 1962
The Last SunsetMovie • 1961
CowboyMovie • 1958
Thirty Seconds Over TokyoMovie • 1944
A Guy Named JoeMovie • 1944
The FixerMovie • 1968
Gun CrazyMovie • 1950
HawaiiMovie • 1966
Executive ActionMovie • 1973
The SandpiperMovie • 1965
Terror in a Texas TownMovie • 1958
The Brothers RicoMovie • 1957
Our Vines Have Tender GrapesMovie • 1945