Neil Simon

Neil Simon was an American playwright, screenwriter, and author. He was born on 4 July 1927 in The Bronx, New York Click to look into! >> Read More... . His father was Irving Simon and his mother was Mamie Simon. He had one elder brother Danny Simon. He completed his graduation from DeWitt Clinton High School. His nickname was Doc. He married four times Joan Baim, Marsha Mason Marsha Mason is an American actress and director b >> Read More... , Diane Lander, and Elaine Joyce. He has worked in multiple fields. He started his career in feature films in 1963 with a comedy genre movie Come Blow Your Horn. His last movie was released in 2021 titled Liars and Cheats. He has worked in 36 films and mostly all are in the comedy genre. He has worked in 50 TV series starting in 1948 with a comedy series The Arrow Show and his last series was Hoy Nos Toca in 2017.

He worked in 458 episodes in these 50 series. He worked in 65 TV movies starting from 1954 with a Musical movie Satins and Spurs. And his last movie was Pletykak in 2011. He has also worked in 27 TV specials with the first one in 1954 titled Max Liebman Present: Spotlight. And his last special was in 2006 which was a documentary titled The Mark Twain Prize: Neil Simon. He worked on ten different videos with the first one in 1999 titled Murder by Death: A Conversation with Neil Simon. And the last one in 2003 titled Sid Caesar Collection: Buried Treasures - The Impact of Sid Caesar. He worked on four different short films the first one in 1975 titled Urban Living: Funny and Formidable and the last one in 2000 titled The Second Callback Audition.

He worked on three TV Mini-series. The first one in 1999 titled Great Conversations, the second in 1999 titled The Century: America's Time, and the last one in 2019 titled Fosse/Verdon. He has worked as an actor, soundtrack, producer, camera department, and writer in these films and series. He has been nominated for 18 awards and won 10 from them which are- Best Written American Comedy in WGA Awards for The Odd Couple in 1969. In 1971 he again won the WGA Awards for Best comedy written directly for the screen for The Out of Towners. In 1976 he won WGA Awards for Best comedy adapted from Another Medium for The Sunshine Boys.

In 1979 he was the winner of the Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement. In 1995 he won Kennedy Center Honors. In 2004, he won the OFTA film hall of fame. In 2006, he won Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. In 1978, he won The Golden Globe for Best screenplay- motion picture for The Goodbye Girl. In 1978, he won the Special David for his description of the American Society in his scripts. In 1989, he was the winner of the Creative Achievement Awards in American Comedy Awards. He was four times in Oscar but had never won that. He died on 26 August 2018 in Manhattan, New York City.