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- Stephen H. Shagan (* 25. Oktober 1927 in Brooklyn, New York City; † 30. November 2015 in Los Angeles, Kalifornien) war ein US-amerikanischer Schriftsteller, Drehbuchautor und Filmproduzent. (de)
- Steve Shagan, né le 25 octobre 1927 à New York dans le quartier de Brooklyn et mort le 30 novembre 2015 à Los Angeles en Californie, est un producteur, scénariste et écrivain américain. (fr)
- Stephen H. Shagan (October 25, 1927 – November 30, 2015) was an American novelist, screenwriter, and television and film producer. Shagan was born in Brooklyn, New York to Rachel (née Rosenzweig) and Barnard H. "Barney" Shagan. Barney ran a pharmacy, Shagan's Pharmacy, at 49 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, with his brother, Samuel. After Barney's death the pharmacy went bankrupt and Samuel liquidated the assets at public auction in 1949. Steve dropped out of high school and joined the United States Coast Guard when World War II broke out. While in the Coast Guard, he started writing to pass the time. Shagan came to Hollywood in 1958 with his wife, Elizabeth Florance "Betty" Ricker, whom he married on November 18, 1956, in New York City. At first he did odd jobs, for example working as a stagehand at a little theater and pulling cables at MGM Studios in the middle of the night. Eventually he started working on scripts and then produced the Tarzan television show on location in Mexico. Betty talked him into quitting and concentrating on writing. Betty, a former fashion model, was the daughter of Philomena (née Pisano) and Al Ricker. Her mother, a dancer, later remarried, to Mayo J. Duca, a Boston jazz trumpet player. Philomena Pisano was the daughter of Katherine "Kitty" Bingham and Fred Anthony Pisano, of the musical-comedy vaudeville team of Pisano and Bingham. Shagan wrote the screenplay for and co-produced the 1973 film Save the Tiger, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and won a Writers Guild of America Award. His novelization of Save the Tiger, which was his first novel, was actually published a year prior to the film's release. He had written the script first, and while he was shopping it around Hollywood, he wrote the novel to help him deal with the stress of trying to sell the script, which took two years to get produced. As he was finishing the book his typewriter broke and author Harold Robbins loaned him his. Shagan went on to write the novel City of Angels and its film adaptation, Hustle, both released in 1975. He then wrote the screenplay for and co-produced Voyage of the Damned, for which he received another Academy Award nomination, this time for Best Adapted Screenplay. This was followed by Nightwing, which he adapted from the novel of same name by Martin Cruz Smith. He then adapted his 1979 novel The Formula into a 1980 film of the same name, which he also co-produced and which reunited him with Save the Tiger director John G. Avildsen. Of the performances by Brando and Scott in The Formula, Steve Shagan reportedly stated: "I sensed a loss of purpose, a feeling that they didn't want to work any more and had come to think of acting as playing with choo-choo trains." Subsequent films written by Shagan include The Sicilian, which he adapted from the novel by Mario Puzo, and Primal Fear, based on the novel by William Diehl. Shagan also wrote the teleplay for the made-for-television movie Gotti, for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries or a Special. Shagan died at his home in Los Angeles, California, on November 30, 2015. (en)
- Stephen H. Shagan (New York, 25 ottobre 1927 – Los Angeles, 30 novembre 2015) è stato uno sceneggiatore, romanziere, produttore cinematografico e televisivo statunitense. Shagan nacque a Brooklyn da Rachel Rosenzweig e Barnard H. Shagan. Dopo la morte del padre ed il fallimento della farmacia di famiglia, Shagan abbondonò la high school e si arruolò nella United States Coast Guard allo scoppio della seconda guerra mondiale. Durante il servizio iniziò a scrivere come passatempo. Nel 1958 si trasferì a Hollywood con al moglie Betty Ricker, sposata il 18 novembre 1956 a New York. Dopo aver fatto diversi lavori manuali negli "studios", iniziò a lavorare a sceneggiature e produsse la serie televisiva Tarzan girata in Messico. La moglie lo convinse poi ad abbandonare l'incarico e a concentrarsi sulla sceneggiatura. Shagan nel 1973 sceneggiò e coprodusse il film Salvate la tigre, per il quale venne candidato al premio Oscar alla migliore sceneggiatura originale e vinse il Writers Guild of America Award. La sua trasposizione letteraria della sceneggiatura fu il primo romanzo da lui pubblicato che uscì in realtà un anno prima del film. In seguito Shagan scrisse il romanzo City of Angels e il suo adattamento cinematografico Un gioco estremamente pericoloso, entrambi pubblicati nel 1975. Scrisse poi la sceneggiatura e coprodusse La nave dei dannati, sceneggiatura per la quale ottenne un'altra candidatura agli Oscar, questa volta per la miglior sceneggiatura non originale. Seguì la sceneggiatura di Le ali della notte, tratta dal romanzo Nightwing di Martin Cruz Smith. Nel 1980 adattò il proprio romanzo dell'anno precedente The Formula nel film omonimo che coprodusse. Tra gli altri film sceneggiati da Shagan ci sono Il siciliano, adattamento dall'omonimo romanzo di Mario Puzo e Schegge di paura, liberamente tratto da Primal Fear, un giallo di William Diehl. Shagan sceneggiò inoltre il film per la tv Gotti per il quale venne candidato per il premio Emmy Shagan morì nella sua casa di Los Angeles, in California il 30 novembre 2015. (it)
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- Stephen H. Shagan (* 25. Oktober 1927 in Brooklyn, New York City; † 30. November 2015 in Los Angeles, Kalifornien) war ein US-amerikanischer Schriftsteller, Drehbuchautor und Filmproduzent. (de)
- Steve Shagan, né le 25 octobre 1927 à New York dans le quartier de Brooklyn et mort le 30 novembre 2015 à Los Angeles en Californie, est un producteur, scénariste et écrivain américain. (fr)
- Stephen H. Shagan (October 25, 1927 – November 30, 2015) was an American novelist, screenwriter, and television and film producer. Shagan was born in Brooklyn, New York to Rachel (née Rosenzweig) and Barnard H. "Barney" Shagan. Barney ran a pharmacy, Shagan's Pharmacy, at 49 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, with his brother, Samuel. After Barney's death the pharmacy went bankrupt and Samuel liquidated the assets at public auction in 1949. Steve dropped out of high school and joined the United States Coast Guard when World War II broke out. While in the Coast Guard, he started writing to pass the time. (en)
- Stephen H. Shagan (New York, 25 ottobre 1927 – Los Angeles, 30 novembre 2015) è stato uno sceneggiatore, romanziere, produttore cinematografico e televisivo statunitense. Shagan nacque a Brooklyn da Rachel Rosenzweig e Barnard H. Shagan. Dopo la morte del padre ed il fallimento della farmacia di famiglia, Shagan abbondonò la high school e si arruolò nella United States Coast Guard allo scoppio della seconda guerra mondiale. Durante il servizio iniziò a scrivere come passatempo. Nel 1958 si trasferì a Hollywood con al moglie Betty Ricker, sposata il 18 novembre 1956 a New York. (it)
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