Director

Pierre Collings

Writing

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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 13

TMDB ID: 1170238

IMDb ID: nm0172074

Known for: Writing

Born: September 22, 1900

Died: December 21, 1937

Age: 37

Place of birth: Nova Scotia, Canada

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1924 - 1936

Years active: 13

Average TMDB rating: 6.91

Wikidata: Q2093312

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lysander Pierre Collings (September 22, 1900 - December 21, 1937), known professionally as Pierre Collings, was a writer and filmmaker who, along with Sheridan Gibney, won two Academy Awards in 1936 for The Story of Louis Pasteur. Their screenplay was adapted from their own work, leading to awards for both Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Story. Collings started in the motion picture industry at 17 as a messenger boy and worked as a cameraman before becoming known for his writing. He wrote a number of screenplays in the mid-late 1920s and although he was less active and suffered from a number of personal issues in the 1930s, it was then that his best known work was released. The Story of Louis Pasteur was nominated for Best Picture and won Best Actor for Paul Muni, in addition to winning Best Story and Best Adapted Screenplay for Collings and Gibney. Unusually, the pair won Best Adapted Screenplay for adapting their own work. The Best Story category was discontinued in 1957 in favor of Best Original Screenplay.

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