
Actor
George Axelrod
Born 1922 · New York, New York, USA
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).
Acting
Writing

Breakfast at Tiffany's
Screenplay · 1961

The Manchurian Candidate
Screenplay · 1962

The Seven Year Itch
Screenplay · 1955

The Manchurian Candidate
Original Film Writer · 2004

Bus Stop
Screenplay · 1956

The Fourth Protocol
Screenstory · 1987

Paris When It Sizzles
Screenplay · 1964

How to Murder Your Wife
Writer · 1965

Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
Theatre Play · 1957

The Lady Vanishes
Screenplay · 1979

The Holcroft Covenant
Screenplay · 1985

Phffft
Story · 1954





