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American screenwriter
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Male
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Birth:
6 August 1916(Bridgeport)
Death:
29 November 1963(Beverly Hills)
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The details
Biography
Introduction
For the American producer (1920-2009), see Charles Schneer.
Charles Schnee (6 August 1916 Bridgeport, Connecticut - 29 November 1963 Beverly Hills, California) gave up law to become a screenwriter in the mid-1940s, crafting scripts for the classic Westerns Red River (1948) and The Furies (1950), the social melodrama They Live By Night (1949), and the cynical Hollywood saga The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), for which he won an Academy Award.
He worked primarily as a film producer and production executive during the mid-1950s (credits include Until They Sail), but he eventually turned his attention back to scriptwriting.
Selected filmography
- Cross My Heart (1946)
- Bannerline (1951)