Richard L. Breen

Richard L. Breen

  • Birthday: 1918-06-26
  • Deathday: 1967-02-01
  • Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
  • Also know as: Richard Breen

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.

Production

Stopover Tokyo

1957

As Director

O. Henry's Full House

1952

As Screenplay

Tony Rome

1967

As Writer

Captain Newman, M.D.

1963

As Screenplay

PT 109

1963

As Screenplay

State Fair

1962

As Screenplay

Pete Kelly's Blues

1955

As Screenplay

Dragnet

1954

As Screenplay

A Foreign Affair

1948

As Screenplay

Do Not Disturb

1965

As Screenplay

Titanic

1953

As Screenplay

The FBI Story

1959

As Screenplay

Niagara

1953

As Writer

Stopover Tokyo

1957

As Screenplay

A Man Could Get Killed

1966

As Screenplay

Seven Cities of Gold

1955

As Screenplay

Miss Tatlock's Millions

1948

As Screenplay

Top o' the Morning

1949

As Screenplay

Isn't It Romantic?

1948

As Writer

Dragnet

1969

As Writer

24 Hour Alert

1955

As Screenplay

The Mating Season

1951

As Writer

Mary, Mary

1963

As Screenplay

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