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Ernest Tidyman is a Scriptwriter and Producer American born on 1 january 1928 at Cleveland (USA)

Ernest Tidyman

Ernest Tidyman
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Nationality USA
Birth 1 january 1928 at Cleveland (USA)
Death 14 july 1984 (at 56 years)
Awards Writers Guild of America Award

Ernest Tidyman (January 1, 1928 - July 14, 1984) was a Cleveland-born American author and screenwriter, best known for his novels featuring the African-American detective John Shaft. He also co-wrote the screenplay for the film version of Shaft with John D.F. Black in 1971.

His screenplay for The French Connection garnered him an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, as well as a Golden Globe Award, a Writers Guild of America Award, and an Edgar Award.

He also wrote the screenplay for the 1973 film High Plains Drifter, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood. Tidyman also wrote the sequel to Shaft, Shaft's Big Score, which appeared in theaters in 1972.

In 1974, he published Dummy, a non-fiction account of the story of Donald Lang, an accused deaf-mute murderer. It was nominated for an Edgar in the Fact Crime category.

He co-wrote A Force of One in 1979, one of Chuck Norris's earlier films.

In 1980, he wrote the teleplay for the TV movie Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones, which he also had a hand in producing), which got him an Emmy nomination. For creating the Shaft books, he became one of the few white individuals to win an NAACP Image Award.

Biography

Après des études à Cleveland, il devient journaliste pendant près de vingt ans puis directeur de magazine, scénariste et producteur pour la télévision et le cinéma.

Après avoir écrit le scénario du film Les Nuits rouges de Harlem (Shaft), il en publie la novélisation.

Il reçoit l'oscar du meilleur scénario adapté 1972 et le prix Edgar-Allan-Poe 1972 pour le film French Connection.

Best films

Shaft (2000)
(Novel)
The French Connection (1971)
(Scriptwriter)
High Plains Drifter (1973)
(Writer)
Shaft (1971)
(Novel)

Usually with

Gordon Parks
Gordon Parks
(3 films)
Isaac Hayes
Isaac Hayes
(2 films)
Ed Lauter
Ed Lauter
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Ernest Tidyman (14 films)

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YearNameJobRoles
2019ShaftNovel
2000ShaftNovel
1983Last Plane OutWriter
1980Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim JonesTeleplay, Producer
1980Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking StoryTeleplay, Co-Producer
1979A Force of OneStory
1977To Kill a CopWriter
1976Street PeopleWriter
1975Report to the CommissionerScriptwriter
1973High Plains DrifterWriter
1973Shaft in AfricaCharacters
1972Shaft's Big Score!Writer, Producer
1971The French ConnectionScriptwriter
1971ShaftNovel, Executive Producer