George Axelrod

Writing·Jun 9, 1922·New York, New York, USA

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George Axelrod (June 9, 1922 – June 21, 2003) was an American screenwriter, producer, playwright and film director, best known for his play The Seven Year Itch (1952), which was adapted into a film of the same name starring Marilyn Monroe. Axelrod was nominated for an Academy Award for his 1961 adaptation of Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's and also adapted Richard Condon's The Manchurian Candidate (1962).

Film	Credit
The Capote Tapes2021 · Self (voice) (archive footage)	Self (voice) (archive footage)
The Holcroft Covenant1985 · Screenplay	Screenplay
The Lady Vanishes1979 · Screenplay	Screenplay
The Secret Life of an American Wife1968 · Director, Screenplay, Producer	Director, Screenplay, Producer
Lord Love a Duck1966 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
How to Murder Your Wife1965 · Producer, Writer	Producer, Writer
Paris When It Sizzles1964 · Screenplay, Producer	Screenplay, Producer
The Manchurian Candidate1962 · Screenplay, Producer	Screenplay, Producer
Breakfast at Tiffany's1961 · Screenplay	Screenplay
Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!1958 · Screenplay	Screenplay
Bus Stop1956 · Screenplay	Screenplay
The Seven Year Itch1955 · Screenplay	Screenplay
Phffft1954 · Screenplay	Screenplay
Confessions of a Nervous Man1953 · Self - Host, Writer	Self - Host, Writer