Director

Richard L. Breen

Writing

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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 24

TMDB ID: 80601

IMDb ID: nm0106764

Known for: Writing

Born: June 26, 1918

Died: February 1, 1967

Age: 48

Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1948 - 1967

Years active: 20

Average TMDB rating: 6.29

Wikidata: Q506404

Also known as

Richard Breen

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Screenplay (17)Writer (7)

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Biography

Richard L. Breen (June 26, 1918 – February 1, 1967) was a Hollywood screenwriter and director. He began as a freelance radio writer. After a stint in the US Navy during World War II, he began writing for films and worked alone and in collaboration with such distinguished writers as Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett. He won an Oscar for his work on the screenplay to "Titanic" (1953), and was nominated for "A Foreign Affair" (1948) and "Captain Newman, M.D." (1963). In 1957, he directed "Stopover Tokyo", and then returned to screenwriting. He was president of the Screenwriters' Guild from 1952 to 1953. He was also credited as "Richard Breen" and "Robert Breen". Text from Wikipedia.

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