Gladys Hill

Gladys Hill was a screenwriter, and film executive. Best known as co-writer of the screenplay for The Man Who Would Be Kingfor which she received an Academy Award Nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay, she also co-wrote screenplays for The Kremlin Letter and Reflections in a Golden Eye. Hill's film career began in 1946 as dialogue director on The Stranger, Directed by Orsen Welles. She went on to be dialogue director on other films such as John Huston's We Were Strangers in 1949, and The Prowler in 1951 which was directed by Joseph Losey. In 1962 Hill became head assistant to Director John Huston, a position which continued through 11 more films with Huston. She acted in 3 movies in the 1960s and 70's. Hill died in 1981. Credits as Writer Reflections in a Golden Eye, 1967 The Kremlin Letter, 1970 The Man Who Would Be King, 1975 Credits as Actor The Night of the Iguana, 1964 Winter Kills, 1979 Wise Blood, 1979 Credits as Assistant to John Huston Freud, 1962 The List of Adrian Messenger, 1963 The Night of the Iguana, 1964 The Bible: In the Beginning, 1966 Sinful Davey, 1969 Fat City, 1972 The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean, 1972 The MacKintosh Man, 1973 Phobia, 1980 Victory, 1981 Annie, 1982^ "Script of The man who would be king - Yale University Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library". Retrieved 2013-01-06.^ "The Man Who Would Be King (1975)". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 June 2013.^ "IMDB Biography". Retrieved 2013-01-06.