Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Age58
Birth DateJanuary 29, 1923
Place of BirthThe Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
Sidney Aaron "Paddy" ChayefskySidney Aaron ChayefskySidney Aaron
Paddy Chayefsky
January 29, 1923 – 1981
Biography
Sidney Aaron "Paddy" Chayefsky was an American playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. He is the only person to have won three solo Academy Awards for Best Screenplay for "Marty" (1955), "The Hospital" (1971), and "Network" (1976). He is the only person to have won both the Academy Awards for adapted and original screenplays. He was one of the most renowned dramatists of the Golden Age of Television. His intimate, realistic scripts provided a naturalistic style of television drama for the 1950s, dramatizing the lives of ordinary Americans.
