Ben Hecht
Ben Hecht was an American screenwriter, director, producer, playwright, journalist, and novelist. A journalist in his youth, he went on to write 35 books and some of the most enjoyed screenplays and plays in America. He received screen credits, alone or in collaboration, for the stories or screenplays of some seventy films, including six Academy Award nominations and two wins.
Background
- Born in
- New York City
- Educated at
- Washington Park High School
- Awards
- 🏆 Academy Award for Best Story🏆 Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement🏆 New York Film Critics Circle Awards🏆 Locarno International Film Festival Awards
Trending & Selected Quotes
Trending topics shown first"It's gonna be just like war!" an editor exults. "That's it! War! You put that in the lead."
"The only place I felt at home was in your heart. You were the only light that didn't go out on me."
"Three years ago, the white hope of the theatre. Today, a mug. That's New York for you. Puts you on a Christmas tree, and then - the alley."
"They're a symbol of the whole town, pretending to fight, love, weep, and laugh all the time - and they're phonies, all of them. And I head the list...their phony hearts were dripping with the milk of …"
"People's sex habits are as well known in Hollywood as their political opinions, and much less criticized."
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Timeline
1894
Born
Birth1964
Died
Death
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