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Waldo Miller Salt [1] (October 18, 1914 – March 7, 1987) was an American screenwriter who won Academy Awards for both Midnight Cowboy and Coming Home.
Waldo Salt. Writer: Midnight Cowboy. Waldo Salt was one of the many people blacklisted in Hollywood during the Red Scare, but unlike others, Salt recovered triumphantly.
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- Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Los Angeles, California, USA
Jun 30, 2022 · His legacy — he died in 1987 — is recognized with the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award, presented every year since 1991 at the Sundance Film Festival. His was not a legacy easily won, as told in Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter’s Journey, which played at the 1990 Festival.
Dec 11, 2006 · The career of screenwriter Waldo Salt was brought to a halt by McCarthyism in the 1950s. His acclaimed works include Midnight Cowboy (1969), Serpico (1972) and Coming Home (1978). Skip to main...
Waldo Salt. Writer: Midnight Cowboy. Waldo Salt was one of the many people blacklisted in Hollywood during the Red Scare, but unlike others, Salt recovered triumphantly. He wrote his first scripts in the late 1930s (MGM contract writer, 1936-42) and also served as a civilian consultant to the Office of War Information from 1942- 1945 before ...
- October 18, 1914
- March 7, 1987
Mar 8, 1987 · Waldo Salt, a two-time winner of the Academy Award for screenwriting, died of lung cancer yesterday at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. He was 72 years old and lived in Los Angeles.
Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey is a 1990 American documentary film directed by Eugene Corr. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. The film was screened at the 1990 Sundance Film Festival and is a part of the PBS American Masters series of documentary films.