Director

Joseph Farnham

Writing

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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 42

TMDB ID: 29965

IMDb ID: nm0267868

Known for: Writing

Born: December 2, 1884

Died: June 2, 1931

Age: 46

Place of birth: New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1920 - 1930

Years active: 11

Average TMDB rating: 7.1

Wikidata: Q1706967

Also known as

Joe Farnham • Jos. W. Farnham • Joseph W. Farnham • Joe Farnum

Frequent jobs

Writer (12)Title Graphics (11)Dialogue (6)Editor (3)Scenario Writer (2)Title Designer (2)Title Illustration (2)Additional Dialogue (1)

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Joseph White Farnham (December 2, 1884 – June 2, 1931) was an American playwright and a film writer and film editor of the silent movie era to the early 1930s. He was also a founding member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Born in Connecticut in 1884,Farnham got his start in film through his business relationship with theatre empresarios Gustave and Daniel Frohman who owned The Frohman Amusement Corp. The Big Parade is probably the most famous of his works adapted to film. In the 1st Academy Awards of 1929, nominees could be considered for an Oscar for an award on the basis of multiple films within the year. Joseph won his Best Writing - Title Cards award for the films Fair Co-Ed; Laugh, Clown, Laugh; and Telling the World. This was the only year that an Oscar for title cards would be awarded. Joseph Farnham was the very first Academy Award-winner to die. He died in 1931 of a heart attack while living in Los Angeles, California and was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.

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