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).
2021The Capote TapesMovieas Self (voice) (archive footage)2021Sept ans de réflexionMovieAuthor2004The Manchurian CandidateMovieOriginal Film Writer1987The Fourth ProtocolMovieScreenstory1985The Holcroft CovenantMovieScreenplay1979The Lady VanishesMovieScreenplay1968The Secret Life of an American WifeMovieDirector · Screenplay · Producer1966The Tammy Grimes ShowTV showCreator1966Lord Love a DuckMovieDirector · Writer · Producer1965How to Murder Your WifeMovieWriter · Producer1964Goodbye CharlieMovieTheatre Play1964Paris When It SizzlesMovieScreenplay · Producer1962The Manchurian CandidateMovieScreenplay · Producer
1962The Merv Griffin ShowTV showas Self · 1 episodes1961Breakfast at Tiffany'sMovieScreenplay1958Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!MovieScreenplay1957Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?MovieTheatre Play1956Bus StopMovieScreenplay1955The Seven Year ItchMovieScreenplay · Theatre Play1954PhffftMovieStory · Screenplay
