Edward Anhalt

For the event promoter, see Edward Francis Anhalt.

Edward Anhalt
BornMarch 28, 1914
New York City, U.S.
DiedSeptember 3, 2000(2000-09-03) (aged 86)
Pacific Palisades, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)Screenwriter, producer, documentary filmmaker

Edward Anhalt (March 28, 1914 – September 3, 2000)[1] was an American screenwriter, producer, and documentary filmmaker. After working as a journalist and documentary filmmaker for Pathé and CBS-TV, he teamed with his wife Edna Anhalt, one of his five wives, during World War II to write pulp fiction.

As a screenwriter, Anhalt won two Academy Awards: He shared the Oscar for Best Writing, Motion Picture Story with his wife Edna Anhalt for Panic in the Streets (1950) and a second Oscar for Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium for Becket (1964).

  1. ^ Verdin, Tom (September 5, 2000). "Anhalt, Oscar-Winning Writer, Dies". AP. Archived from the original on February 20, 2020. Retrieved October 3, 2019.