George Axelrod (June 9, 1922 – June 21, 2003) was an American screenwriter, producer, playwright and film director, best known for his play The Seven Year Itch (1952), which was adapted into a film of the same name starring Marilyn Monroe. Axelrod was nominated for an Academy Award for his 1961 adaptation of Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's and also adapted Richard Condon's The Manchurian Candidate (1962).
Breakfast at Tiffany's
(Screenplay)
The Manchurian Candidate
(Screenplay)
The Manchurian Candidate
(Producer)
The Seven Year Itch
(Screenplay)
Paris When It Sizzles
(Screenplay)
Bus Stop
(Screenplay)
How to Murder Your Wife
(Producer)
How to Murder Your Wife
(Writer)
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
(Theatre Play)
Lord Love a Duck
(Director)
Lord Love a Duck
(Writer)
Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!
(Screenplay)
Sept ans de réflexion
(Author)
The Secret Life of an American Wife
(Director)
Phffft
(Story)
Phffft
(Screenplay)
Lord Love a Duck
(Producer)
The Lady Vanishes
(Screenplay)
Paris When It Sizzles
(Producer)
The Fourth Protocol
(Screenstory)
The Holcroft Covenant
(Screenplay)
The Secret Life of an American Wife
(Screenplay)
The Secret Life of an American Wife
(Producer)
Goodbye Charlie
(Theatre Play)
The Tammy Grimes Show
(Creator)