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Ben Maddow

Ben Maddow

Writer, Director, Producer

Born August 7, 1909 in Passaic, New Jersey, USA

Died October 9, 1992

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Benjamin D. Maddow (August 7, 1909 in Passaic, New Jersey – October 9, 1992 in Los Angeles, California) was a prolific screenwriter and documentarian from the 1930s through the 1970s. Educated at Columbia University, Maddow began his career working within the American documentary movement in the 1930s.

In 1936 he co-founded the short-lived left-wing newsreel The World Today. Under the pseudonym of David Wolff, Maddow co-wrote the screenplay to the Paul Strand–Leo Hurwitz documentary landmark, Native Land (1942).

He earned his first feature screenplay credit with Framed (1947). Other screenplays include Clarence Brown's Intruder in the Dust (1949, an adaptation of the William Faulkner novel), John Huston's The Asphalt Jungle (1950, for which he received an Academy Award nomination), Johnny Guitar (1954, credited to Philip Yordan, God's Little Acre (1958, an adaptation of the Erskine Caldwell novel officially credited to Philip Yordan as a HUAC-era "front" for Maddow), and, again with Huston, an Edgar Award for Best Mystery Screenplay) and The Unforgiven (1960).

As a documentarian he directed and wrote such films as Storm of Strangers, The Stairs, and The Savage Eye (1959), which won the BAFTA Flaherty Documentary Award. Maddow made his solo feature directorial debut with the striking, offbeat feature An Affair of the Skin (1963), a well-acted story of several loves and friendships gone sour and marked by the rich characterisations which had distinguished his best screenplays.

In 1961, Maddow and Huston co-wrote the episode "The Professor" of the 1961 television series The Asphalt Jungle. In 1968 he wrote a screenplay based on Edmund Naughton's novel McCabe; while a film adaptation of the novel was ultimately produced as McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971), Maddow wasn't credited on the film. His final screenplay was for the horror melodrama The Mephisto Waltz (1970).

2 wins and 6 nominations

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Filmography

Writer

38

Type

Year

Slow Fires: On the Preservation of the Human Record Poster

Slow Fires: On the Preservation of the Human Record Documentary1987

Man on a String Poster

Man on a String TV Movie1972

The Mephisto Waltz Poster

The Mephisto Waltz Feature Film1971

The Chairman Poster

The Chairman Feature Film1969

The Secret of Santa Vittoria Poster

The Secret of Santa Vittoria Feature Film1969

The Way West Poster

The Way West Feature Film1967

Selena TV Short1964

An Affair of the Skin Poster

An Affair of the Skin Feature Film1963

Arrest and Trial Poster

Arrest and Trial TV Series1963

Kraft Suspense Theatre Poster

Kraft Suspense Theatre TV Series1963

The Balcony Poster

The Balcony Feature Film1963

The Asphalt Jungle Poster

The Asphalt Jungle TV Series1961

Two Loves Poster

Two Loves Feature Film1961

The Unforgiven Poster

The Unforgiven Feature Film1960

The Savage Eye Poster

The Savage Eye Feature Film1959

The Untouchables Poster

The Untouchables TV Series1959

God's Little Acre Poster

God's Little Acre Feature Film1958

Murder by Contract Poster

Murder by Contract Feature Film1958

Naked City Poster

Naked City TV Series1958

Gun Glory Poster

Gun Glory Feature Film1957

Men in War Poster

Men in War Feature Film1957

No Down Payment Poster

No Down Payment Feature Film1957

Johnny Guitar Poster

Johnny Guitar Feature Film1954

The Naked Jungle Poster

The Naked Jungle Feature Film1954

The Wild One Poster

The Wild One Feature Film1953

Shadow in the Sky Poster

Shadow in the Sky Feature Film1952

Steps of Age Poster

Steps of Age Short Film1950

The Asphalt Jungle Poster

The Asphalt Jungle Feature Film1950

Intruder in the Dust Poster

Intruder in the Dust Feature Film1949

Kiss the Blood Off My Hands Poster

Kiss the Blood Off My Hands Feature Film1948

The Man from Colorado Poster

The Man from Colorado Feature Film1948

Framed Feature Film1947

Native Land Poster

Native Land Documentary1942

Valley Town Poster

Valley Town Documentary1940

United Action Means Victory Poster

United Action Means Victory Documentary1939

China Strikes Back Short Film1937

Heart of Spain Documentary1937

People of the Cumberland Poster

People of the Cumberland Documentary1937

Director

4

Type

Year

A Storm of Strangers Documentary1969

An Affair of the Skin Poster

An Affair of the Skin Feature Film1963

The Savage Eye Poster

The Savage Eye Feature Film1959

Steps of Age Poster

Steps of Age Short Film1950

Producer

3

An Affair of the Skin Poster

An Affair of the Skin Feature Film1963

The Balcony Poster

The Balcony Feature Film1963

The Savage Eye Poster

The Savage Eye Feature Film1959

Thanks

1

American Masters Poster

American Masters TV Series1985

Editor

1

The Savage Eye Poster

The Savage Eye Feature Film1959

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