George Axelrod

George Axelrod

Writing Jun 9, 1922 Jun 21, 2003 (aged 81) New York, New York, USA

George Axelrod (June 9, 1922 – June 21, 2003) was an American screenwriter, producer, playwright and film director, best known for his play The Seven Year Itch (1952), which was adapted into a film of the same name starring Marilyn Monroe. Axelrod was nominated for an Academy Award for his 1961 adaptation of Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's and also adapted Richard Condon's The Manchurian Candidate (1962).

4 Acting Credits
19 Crew Credits

Acting

What's My Line? TV

What's My Line?

as Self - Panelist

1950
The Merv Griffin Show TV

The Merv Griffin Show

as Self

1962
The Capote Tapes Movie

The Capote Tapes

as Self (voice) (archive footage)

2021
Confessions of a Nervous Man Movie

Confessions of a Nervous Man

as Self - Host

1953

Crew

Breakfast at Tiffany's Movie

Breakfast at Tiffany's

Screenplay

1961
The Manchurian Candidate Movie

The Manchurian Candidate

Original Film Writer

2004
The Seven Year Itch Movie

The Seven Year Itch

Screenplay

1955
The Manchurian Candidate Movie

The Manchurian Candidate

Screenplay

1962
Bus Stop Movie

Bus Stop

Screenplay

1956
The Fourth Protocol Movie

The Fourth Protocol

Screenstory

1987
Paris When It Sizzles Movie

Paris When It Sizzles

Screenplay

1964
How to Murder Your Wife Movie

How to Murder Your Wife

Writer

1965
The Holcroft Covenant Movie

The Holcroft Covenant

Screenplay

1985
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? Movie

Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

Theatre Play

1957
The Lady Vanishes Movie

The Lady Vanishes

Screenplay

1979
Phffft Movie

Phffft

Story

1954