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Ernest Ralph Tidyman (January 1, 1928 – July 14, 1984) was an American author and screenwriter, best known for his novels featuring the African-American detective John Shaft. 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 ...
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Ernest Tidyman was born on 1 January 1928 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for The French Connection (1971), High Plains Drifter (1973) and Shaft (2019). He was married to Chris Clark and Susan Gould. He died on 14 July 1984 in London, England, UK.
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- January 1, 1928
- Ernest Tidyman
- July 14, 1984
Jul 16, 1984 · Ernest R. Tidyman, author and screenwriter whose screenplay for the movie ''The French Connection'' won him an Academy Award, died Saturday in Westminster Hospital in London of a perforated...
Ernest Tidyman was born on January 1, 1928 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for The French Connection (1971), High Plains Drifter (1973) and Shaft (2019). He was previously married to Chris Clark and Susan Gould. He died on July 14, 1984 in London, England, UK.
Jan 7, 1991 · Jan. 7, 1991 12 AM PT. <i> A screenwriter, Clark was nominated for an Oscar as co-writer of "Lady Sings the Blues." She is the widow of writer Ernest Tidyman</i> As did many others in the...
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Feb 13, 2019 · By Wyoming Public Media. Published February 13, 2019 at 11:11 AM MST. Listen • 1:00. Cover of Shaft by Ernest Tidyman, circa 1970. Box 71, Ernest Tidyman papers. Writer Ernest Tidyman said he was a newspaper reporter by age 14 and an alcoholic by age 15. He later adapted his own book into the 1971 film Shaft.
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.
