Achievements
- 1938 - Passed New York bar exam
- 1938 - Won the Bureau of New Plays nationwide playwrighting contest previously won by Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams
- 1939 - First feature credit as one of four credited screenwriters on the film adaptation of Golden Boy
- 1941 - Served in the US Army
- 1948 - Debut as a Broadway playwright, Red Gloves, adapted from the work by Jean-Paul Sartre
- 1949 - Breakthrough screen credit as co-writer of Knock on Any Door
- 1953 - Earned Academy Award for his screenplay for From Here to Eternity, adapted from the James Jones novel
- 1956 - Adapted William Inge's Picnic
- 1956 - Directorial debut, Storm Center (also wrote)
- 1958 - Wrote the screenplay adaptation of Bell, Book and Candle
- 1959 - Made one-shot return to Broadway as playwright of There Was a Little Girl, starring Jane Fonda
- 1966 - Received co-writer credit on Hawaii; originally he and director Fred Zinnemann had hoped to make two films based on the James Michener novel but financing could not be raised
- 1971 - Scripted Doctors Wives
- 1977 - Final screenplay credit, The Other Side of Midnight
| Non-profit organization positions | ||
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| Preceded by Gregory Peck |
President of Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences 1970-1973 |
Succeeded by Walter Mirisch |
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