George Axelrod

Writing

Born 1922-06-09 · New York, New York, USA · Died 2003-06-21

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

The Capote Tapes

Self (voice) (archive footage)

The Merv Griffin Show

Self

Confessions of a Nervous Man

Self - Host

What's My Line?

Self - Panelist

George Axelrod

Acting

Crew