George Axelrod  

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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 movie of the same name starring Marilyn Monroe. He 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).

Filmography

• The Seven Year Itch, directed by Billy Wilder (1955, based on his play The Seven Year Itch)
• Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?, directed by Frank Tashlin (1957, based on the play Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?)
• Goodbye Charlie, directed by Vincente Minnelli (1964, based on the play Goodbye Charlie)

Screenwriter

• Phffft!, directed by Mark Robson (1954)
• Bus Stop, directed by Joshua Logan (1956)
• Breakfast at Tiffany's, directed by Blake Edwards (1961)
• The Manchurian Candidate, directed by John Frankenheimer (1962)
• Paris When It Sizzles, directed by Richard Quine (1964)
• How to Murder Your Wife, directed by Richard Quine (1965)
• Lord Love a Duck, directed by George Axelrod (1966)
• The Secret Life of an American Wife, directed by George Axelrod (1968)
• The Lady Vanishes, directed by Anthony Page (1979)
• The Holcroft Covenant, directed by John Frankenheimer (1985)
• The Fourth Protocol, directed by John Mackenzie (1987)
• The Manchurian Candidate, directed by Jonathan Demme (2004), Remake of the 1962 film

Director

• Lord Love a Duck (1966)
• The Secret Life of an American Wife (1968)

Producer

• The Manchurian Candidate, directed by John Frankenheimer (1962)
• Paris When It Sizzles, directed by Richard Quine (1964)
• How to Murder Your Wife, directed by Richard Quine (1965)
• Lord Love a Duck, directed by George Axelrod (1966)
• The Secret Life of an American Wife, directed by George Axelrod (1968)