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英国编剧

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JohnGervaseDighton(8December1909–16April1989)wasaBritishplaywrightandscreenwriter.DightonwasborninLondontoBasilLewisDighton,ofWestKensington,anantiquesdealer,authorandpoet,andhiswifeBeatriceMary(néeFranks).HewaseducatedatCharterhouseSchoolandCaiusCollege,Cambridge.Hisoutputduringthe1940sincludedcomedianWillHay'slaststarringfeatures,andseveralGeorgeFormbyfilmsaswellasthe1947adaptationofCharlesDickens'NicholasNickleby,andthe1943warmovieUndercoverstarringJohnClementsandMichaelWilding.In1947Dightonwrotehisfirstplayforthetheatre,TheHappiestDaysofYourLife,whichranintheWestEndformorethan600performancesin1948and1949.ForEalingStudios,hecollaboratedonthescreenplaysofsuchcelebratedcomediesasKindHeartsandCoronets(1949)andTheManintheWhiteSuit(1952),sharinganAcademyAwardnominationforthelatter.HegainedasecondnominationfortheAmerican-financedRomanHoliday(1953).Twoofhismorepopularstageplays,TheHappiestDaysofYourLifeandWhoGoesThere!(knownasThePassionateSentryintheUSA),weresuccessfullyadaptedforthescreenbyDightonhimself,theformerincollaborationwithFrankLaunder.Healsowrotethe1955comedyplayManAlive!thattransferredtotheWestEndthefollowingyearwithRobertsonHareinthelead.HeadaptedtheplaySummeroftheSeventeenthDoll.HisfinalscreencreditwashisadaptationofShaw'sTheDevil'sDisciple,writtenincollaborationwithRolandKibbee.DightonmarriedKathleenMariePhilippsin1934.

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    1 基本信息 2 获奖经历 3 高清写真

      基本信息

      性别: 男

      星座: 射手座

      生卒日期: 1909年12月08日 至 1989年

      出生地: 英国,伦敦

      职业: 编剧

      家庭成员: Kathleen Marie Philipps(妻)

      imdb编号: nm0226538

      获奖经历

      1954年 第26届奥斯卡金像奖 最佳编剧(提名) 罗马假日。

      1953年 第25届奥斯卡金像奖 最佳编剧(提名) 白衣男子。

      高清写真

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