John Paxton was an American screenwriter. Some of his films include Murder, My Sweet in 1944, Cornered in 1945, Crossfire in 1947 (an adaptation of the controversial novel The Brick Foxhole that earned him his only Oscar nomination). He helped adapt the screenplay for the controversial movie The Wild One in 1953 starring Marlon Brando, and his adaptation of the Nevil Shute novel On the Beach appeared in 1959.

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  • John Paxton was an American screenwriter. Some of his films include Murder, My Sweet in 1944, Cornered in 1945, Crossfire in 1947 (an adaptation of the controversial novel The Brick Foxhole that earned him his only Oscar nomination). He helped adapt the screenplay for the controversial movie The Wild One in 1953 starring Marlon Brando, and his adaptation of the Nevil Shute novel On the Beach appeared in 1959. Paxton's work twice received the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay, for Murder, My Sweet and Crossfire. He won a Golden Globe and an award from the Writers Guild of America in 1971 for his screenplay to the Walter Matthau film Kotch. Before coming to Hollywood in the 1940s, Paxton worked as a journalist and a publicist. Paxton was an uncle of comic book writer Ed Brubaker as well as retired army intelligence officer, Col. David O. Paxton.
  • John Paxton war ein US-amerikanischer Drehbuchautor. Bevor Paxton in den 1940er-Jahren nach Hollywood kam, arbeitete er als Journalist und Publizist. Der Comiczeichners Ed Brubaker (* 17. November 1966) ist sein Neffe.
  • John Paxton est un scénariste et producteur américain né le 21 mai 1911 à Kansas City, Missouri, décédé le 5 janvier 1985 à Santa Monica.
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  • John Paxton was an American screenwriter. Some of his films include Murder, My Sweet in 1944, Cornered in 1945, Crossfire in 1947 (an adaptation of the controversial novel The Brick Foxhole that earned him his only Oscar nomination). He helped adapt the screenplay for the controversial movie The Wild One in 1953 starring Marlon Brando, and his adaptation of the Nevil Shute novel On the Beach appeared in 1959.
  • John Paxton war ein US-amerikanischer Drehbuchautor. Bevor Paxton in den 1940er-Jahren nach Hollywood kam, arbeitete er als Journalist und Publizist. Der Comiczeichners Ed Brubaker (* 17. November 1966) ist sein Neffe.
  • John Paxton est un scénariste et producteur américain né le 21 mai 1911 à Kansas City, Missouri, décédé le 5 janvier 1985 à Santa Monica.
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