Director

Alec Coppel

Writing

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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 25

TMDB ID: 5735

IMDb ID: nm0178785

Known for: Writing

Born: September 17, 1907

Died: January 22, 1972

Age: 64

Place of birth: Melbourne, Australia

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1939 - 2019

Years active: 81

Average TMDB rating: 7.18

Wikidata: Q1437441

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Biography

Alec Coppel (17 September 1907 – 22 January 1972) was an Australian-born screenwriter, novelist and playwright. He spent most of his career in London and Hollywood, specialising in light thrillers, mysteries and sex comedies. He is best known for the films Vertigo(1958), The Captain's Paradise (1953), Mr Denning Drives North (1951) and Obsession (1949), and the plays I Killed the Count and The Gazebo. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alec Coppel, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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