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Nelson Gidding is a Scriptwriter American born on 15 september 1919 at New York City (USA)
Nelson Roosevelt Gidding (September 15, 1919 – May 1, 2004) was an American screenwriter specializing in adaptations. A longtime collaboration with director Robert Wise began with Gidding's screenplay for I Want To Live! (1958), which earned him an Oscar nomination. His long-running course on screenwriting adaptions at the University of Southern California inspired screenwriters of the present generation, including David S. Goyer.
Gidding was born in New York and attended school at Phillips Exeter Academy; as a young man he was friends with Norman Mailer. After graduating from Harvard University, he entered the Army Air Forces in World War II as the navigator on a B-26. His plane was shot down over Italy, but he survived; he spent 18 months as a POW but effected an escape. Returning from the war, in 1946 he published his only novel, End Over End, begun while captive in a German prison camp.
In 1949 Gidding married Hildegarde Colligan; together they had a son, Joshua Gidding, who today is a New York writer and college professor.
In Hollywood, Gidding entered work in television, writing for such series as Suspense and Sergeant Preston of the Yukon, and eventually moved into feature films like The Helen Morgan Story (1957), Odds Against Tomorrow (1959), The Haunting (1963), Lost Command (1966), The Andromeda Strain (1971), and The Hindenburg (1975).
After the death of his first wife on June 13, 1995, in 1998 Gidding married Chun-Ling Wang, a Chinese immigrant.
Gidding taught at USC until his death from congestive heart failure at a Santa Monica hospital in 2004.
Nelson Gidding naît dans l'arrondissement new-yorkais de Manhattan. Il est scolarisé à la Phillips Exeter Academy. Il étudie l'histoire et la littérature à l'université Harvard, dont il sort diplômé en 1941. Durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, il est navigateur dans un équipage de bombardier. Son B-26 Marauder est abattu et il passe dix-huit mois dans un camp de prisonniers, rédigeant clandestinement un roman sur sa détention. Il est publié après la guerre sous le titre End Over End.
Carrière
Radio et télévision
Nelson Gidding travaille en tant que scénariste sur des séries radiophoniques, dont Challenge of the Yukon. Au cours des années 1950, il signe des épisodes de la série télévisée qui en est tirée. Il travaille également sur des séries télévisées comme Suspense et Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Presents .
Cinéma
Nelson Gidding fait partie des scénaristes de Pour elle un seul homme (). Le film, réalisé par Michael Curtiz et sorti en 1957, est inspiré de la vie de la chanteuse et actrice Helen Morgan. Il écrit également le scénario de la comédie dramatique Onionhead de Norman Taurog, sortie l'année suivante. Avec Don Mankiewicz, il signe le scénario de Je veux vivre ! () de Robert Wise. Ils sont nommés pour l'Oscar de la meilleure adaptation cinématographique en 1958. Par la suite, Gidding travaille à quatre reprises sur des projets cinématographiques du réalisateur. Il signe le scénario du film noir Le Coup de l'escalier () en 1959, de La Maison du diable (), adaptation d'un roman de Shirley Jackson, en 1963, du film de science-fiction Le Mystère Andromède (), adapté d'un roman de Michael Crichton en 1971, et de L'Odyssée du Hindenburg () en 1975.
Enseignement
Durant une dizaine d'années, Nelson Gidding enseigne à l'université de Californie du Sud (USC). Son cours est consacré à l'adaptation cinématographique.
(1975)
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(1958)
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(1966)
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Birth name Nelson Roosevelt Gidding
Nationality USA
Birth 15 september 1919 at New York City (USA)
Death 2 may 2004 (at 84 years) at Santa Monica (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 15 september 1919 at New York City (USA)
Death 2 may 2004 (at 84 years) at Santa Monica (USA)
Gidding was born in New York and attended school at Phillips Exeter Academy; as a young man he was friends with Norman Mailer. After graduating from Harvard University, he entered the Army Air Forces in World War II as the navigator on a B-26. His plane was shot down over Italy, but he survived; he spent 18 months as a POW but effected an escape. Returning from the war, in 1946 he published his only novel, End Over End, begun while captive in a German prison camp.
In 1949 Gidding married Hildegarde Colligan; together they had a son, Joshua Gidding, who today is a New York writer and college professor.
In Hollywood, Gidding entered work in television, writing for such series as Suspense and Sergeant Preston of the Yukon, and eventually moved into feature films like The Helen Morgan Story (1957), Odds Against Tomorrow (1959), The Haunting (1963), Lost Command (1966), The Andromeda Strain (1971), and The Hindenburg (1975).
After the death of his first wife on June 13, 1995, in 1998 Gidding married Chun-Ling Wang, a Chinese immigrant.
Gidding taught at USC until his death from congestive heart failure at a Santa Monica hospital in 2004.
Biography
JeunesseNelson Gidding naît dans l'arrondissement new-yorkais de Manhattan. Il est scolarisé à la Phillips Exeter Academy. Il étudie l'histoire et la littérature à l'université Harvard, dont il sort diplômé en 1941. Durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, il est navigateur dans un équipage de bombardier. Son B-26 Marauder est abattu et il passe dix-huit mois dans un camp de prisonniers, rédigeant clandestinement un roman sur sa détention. Il est publié après la guerre sous le titre End Over End.
Carrière
Radio et télévision
Nelson Gidding travaille en tant que scénariste sur des séries radiophoniques, dont Challenge of the Yukon. Au cours des années 1950, il signe des épisodes de la série télévisée qui en est tirée. Il travaille également sur des séries télévisées comme Suspense et Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Presents .
Cinéma
Nelson Gidding fait partie des scénaristes de Pour elle un seul homme (). Le film, réalisé par Michael Curtiz et sorti en 1957, est inspiré de la vie de la chanteuse et actrice Helen Morgan. Il écrit également le scénario de la comédie dramatique Onionhead de Norman Taurog, sortie l'année suivante. Avec Don Mankiewicz, il signe le scénario de Je veux vivre ! () de Robert Wise. Ils sont nommés pour l'Oscar de la meilleure adaptation cinématographique en 1958. Par la suite, Gidding travaille à quatre reprises sur des projets cinématographiques du réalisateur. Il signe le scénario du film noir Le Coup de l'escalier () en 1959, de La Maison du diable (), adaptation d'un roman de Shirley Jackson, en 1963, du film de science-fiction Le Mystère Andromède (), adapté d'un roman de Michael Crichton en 1971, et de L'Odyssée du Hindenburg () en 1975.
Enseignement
Durant une dizaine d'années, Nelson Gidding enseigne à l'université de Californie du Sud (USC). Son cours est consacré à l'adaptation cinématographique.
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The Mummy Lives (1993)
Genres Drama, Horror
Actors Tony Curtis, Mohammad Bakri, Mosko Alkalai, Moshe Ivgy, Yosef Shiloach, Yigal Naor
Rating35%
Une jeune femme prénommée Sandra, ressemblant trait pour trait à une ancienne prêtresse gisant dans un sarcophage découvert par un groupe de scientifiques, arrive au Caire. C'est alors que la malédiction de la momie peut s'accomplir.
, 1h54Directed by Irwin Allen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes La fin du monde, Seafaring films, Transport films, Disaster films, American disaster films, Films about seafaring accidents or incidents
Actors Michael Caine, Telly Savalas, Sally Field, Karl Malden, Peter Boyle, Shirley Jones
Rating47%
The capsized luxury liner, S.S. Poseidon is still afloat after six survivors have been rescued via helicopter.
The Hindenburg (1975)
, 1h45Directed by Robert Wise, Howard Kazanjian
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Historical
Themes La fin du monde, Transport films, Aviation films, Disaster films, American disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents
Actors George C. Scott, Anne Bancroft, William Atherton, Roy Thinnes, Gig Young, Burgess Meredith
Rating62%
Kathie Rauch (Ruth Schudson), a psychic from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, sends a letter to the German Embassy in Washington, D.C. claiming the Hindenburg zeppelin will explode after flying over New York. In the meantime, Luftwaffe Colonel Franz Ritter (George C. Scott) boards with the intention of protecting the Hindenburg as various threats have been made to down the airship, which some see as a symbol of Nazi Germany.
The Andromeda Strain (1971)
, 2h11Directed by Robert Wise, James Fargo
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller
Themes Medical-themed films, Films based on science fiction novels, Films about viral outbreaks, Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Arthur Hill, James Olson, Kate Reid, David Wayne, Paula Kelly, George Mitchell
Rating71%
Two crewmembers of the U.S. government's "Project Scoop" investigate the town of Piedmont, New Mexico, to retrieve the Scoop 7 satellite. They find townspeople dead in the streets and die themselves while reporting back to Scoop Mission Control. Suspecting the satellite may have brought back an extraterrestrial pathogen, Scoop Mission Control activates an elite scientific team it had previously recruited for just this type of emergency.
Skullduggery (1970)
, 1h45Directed by Gordon Douglas
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Adventure, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Films based on science fiction novels
Actors Burt Reynolds, Susan Clark, Roger C. Carmel, Edward Fox, Paul Hubschmid, Chips Rafferty
Roles Ecrivain
Rating47%
On an expedition in Papua New-Guinea, Tropis, a tribe of apelike creatures are being used quickly as slaves by humans. As one of the Tropis is allegedly murdered, The following murder trial centers round the question: are the Tropis a form of humans or a form of animals. The question is a form of the Sorites paradox.
Lost Command (1966)
, 2h9Directed by Mark Robson
Origin France
Genres Drama, War, Action, Historical
Themes Films set in Africa, French war films, La colonisation française, Films about terrorism, Algerian War films, Political films, Histoire de France
Actors Anthony Quinn, Alain Delon, George Segal, Michèle Morgan, Claudia Cardinale, Maurice Ronet
Roles Writer
Rating62%
In the final moments of the 1954 Battle of Dien Bien Phu, a weakened French garrison anticipates a last assault by communist Viet Minh troops.
Nine Hours to Rama (1963)
, 2h4Directed by Mark Robson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Crime
Themes Children's films
Actors Horst Buchholz, José Ferrer, Robert Morley, Diane Baker, Valerie Gearon, Harry Andrews
Rating63%
The film is a fictional narrative set in the nine hours in the life of Nathuram Godse (Horst Buchholz) that lead up to his assassination of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (J.S. Casshyap). As he prepares for the shooting at Gandhi's residence, flashbacks recall Godse's hostility to Muslims, his adherence to a militant Hindu group that hatches the plot to kill Gandhi, and his involvement with a married woman Rani (Valerie Gearon) and a prostitute Sheila (Diane Baker). Meanwhile, a police officer Supt. Gopal Das (Jose Ferrer) is attempting to find the killer before it is too late.
The Haunting (1963)
, 1h52Directed by Robert Wise
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Fantastic, Horror
Themes Films about sexuality, Ghost films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson, Russ Tamblyn, Fay Compton, Lois Maxwell
Rating73%
Dr. John Markway narrates the history of the 90-year-old Hill House, which was constructed by Hugh Crain as a home for his wife. She died when her carriage crashed against a tree as she approached the house for the first time. Crain remarried, but his second wife died in the house from a fall down the stairs. Crain's daughter Abigail lived in the house for the rest of her life, never moving out of the nursery. She died calling for her nurse-companion. The companion inherited the house, but later hanged herself from a spiral staircase in the library. Hill House was eventually inherited by a Mrs. Sanderson, although it has stood empty for some time.
The Inspector (1962)
, 1h52Directed by Philip Dunne
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Stephen Boyd, Dolores Hart, Leo McKern, Hugh Griffith, Donald Pleasence, Finlay Currie
Roles Ecrivain
Rating66%
In 1946 Holland, Lisa Held (Dolores Hart), a survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II, has fallen prey to ex-Nazi Thorens (Marius Goring), who has promised to smuggle her into Palestine. In reality, Thorens is a white slaver who plans to send Lisa to South America. Unbeknownst to both Lisa and Thorens, they are being trailed by Dutch Inspectors Peter Jongman (Stephen Boyd) and Sergeant Wolters (Donald Pleasence). Jongman carries with him the guilt of not having saved his Jewish fiancée from death at the hands of the Nazis during the war. Jongman follows Lisa and Thorens to London, where Jongman meets with Thorens to discuss Lisa’s situation. During their encounter, Jongman strikes Thorens, who accidentally falls into an SS dagger and dies. Jongman leaves, unaware of Thorens’ death, and thinks Thorens has only passed out from the blow.
Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)
, 1h36Directed by Robert Wise
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Noir, Crime
Themes Films about racism, Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Robert Ryan, Ed Begley, Harry Belafonte, Gloria Grahame, Shelley Winters, Richard Bright
Rating73%
David Burke (Ed Begley) is a former policeman who was ruined when he refused to cooperate with state crime investigators. He has asked hard-bitten, racist, ex-con Earl Slater (Robert Ryan) to help him rob an upstate bank, promising him $50,000 if the robbery is successful. Burke also recruits Johnny Ingram (Belafonte), a nightclub entertainer who doesn’t want the job but who is addicted to gambling and is in debt.
I Want to Live! (1958)
, 2hDirected by Robert Wise
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Prison films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Susan Hayward, Simon Oakland, Theodore Bikel, Virginia Vincent, Wesley Lau, Philip Coolidge
Rating74%
The film tells the story of the life and execution of Barbara Graham (Hayward) a prostitute and convicted perjurer. Graham is the product of a broken home, and works luring men into fixed card games.
Onionhead (1958)
, 1h51Directed by Norman Taurog
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Military humor in film, Political films
Actors Andy Griffith, Felicia Farr, Walter Matthau, Joe Mantell, Erin O'Brien, Erin O'Brien
Rating59%
In the spring of 1941, Al Woods quits an Oklahoma college to join the armed forces after a quarrel with his co-ed sweetheart, Jo. He joins the Coast Guard, partly by chance due to the flip of a coin. After boot training, Al is assigned to a buoy tender in Boston, the Periwinkle, as a ship's cook. He encounters immediate hostility from the chief of the galley, Red Wildoe, from new crew mates and cooks' helpers Gutsell and Poznicki, and from his arrogant department head, Lieutenant (junior grade) Higgins.
The Helen Morgan Story (1957)
, 1h58Directed by Michael Curtiz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Ann Blyth, Paul Newman, Richard Carlson, Gene Evans, Alan King, Cara Williams
Roles Writer
Rating62%
Helen Morgan begins her career as a Chicago carnival dancer. She catches the eye of fast-talking, double-dealing Larry Maddux, whose promotion catapults her to fame as a Broadway performer in Show Boat and a headliner in her own nightclub.