Director

Deric Washburn

Writing

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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 4

TMDB ID: 12113

IMDb ID: nm0913346

Known for: Writing

Born: June 2, 1937

Age: 89

Place of birth: Buffalo, New York, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1972 - 1987

Years active: 16

Average TMDB rating: 6.67

Wikidata: Q1103557

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Biography

Deric Washburn is an American screenwriter. Washburn graduated from Harvard College in 1959. He began his career as a playwright, penning the off-Broadway plays Ginger Anne and The Love Nest. He is best known for having written the original screenplay of The Deer Hunter after having co-written the story with Michael Cimino, with whom he had previously worked on scripting the science fiction film, Silent Running in 1971. The film won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1978. Washburn and Cimino spent three days writing the story, and then Washburn spent a month writing the script. Cimino then tried to deny him screenwriting credit. Washburn went to arbitration and was given full credit. Description above from the Wikipedia article Deric Washburn, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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