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Dudley Nichols

Dudley Nichols (April 6, 1895 – January 4, 1960) was an American screenwriter and film director. He was the first person to decline an Academy Award, as part of a boycott to gain recognition for the Screen Writers Guild; he would later accept his Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 1938.

Dudley Nichols

Left to right: Walter Wanger, Dudley Nichols, Joan Bennett, and Fritz Lang

Photographer unknown · Page 410 from McGilligan, Patrick (1997) Fritz Lang: Nature of the Beast, St. Martin's Press · Public domain

Name
Dudley Nichols
Born
6 April 1895
Birthplace
Wapakoneta, Ohio, United States
Died
4 January 1960
Place of death
Los Angeles, California, United States
Education
University of Michigan
Occupation
Screenwriter, film director
Nationality
United States
Fields
film direction · film production · film
Honours
Academy Award for Best Writing and Adapted Screenplay
Languages
English

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Dudley Nichols (April 6, 1895 – January 4, 1960) was an American screenwriter and film director. He was the first person to decline an Academy Award, as part of a boycott to gain recognition for the Screen Writers Guild; he would later accept his Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 1938.

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