Waldo Salt

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American screenwriter human screenwriter

Waldo Salt was an American screenwriter renowned for his Oscar-winning work on films such as "Midnight Cowboy" and "Coming Home."

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Waldo Salt canonical 14

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American screenwriter ⓘ
human ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
awardReceivedForWork Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Midnight Cowboy

Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Coming Home
causeOfDeath kidney failure ⓘ
child Jennifer Salt ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1914-10-18 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1987-03-07 ⓘ
educatedAt New York University ⓘ
Stuyvesant High School ⓘ
familyName Salt ⓘ
genre drama film ⓘ
war film ⓘ
givenName Waldo ⓘ
hasHeritage Jewish American ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf Writers Guild of America ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium for Serpico
notableEvent blacklisted during the Hollywood blacklist era ⓘ
notableWork Coming Home ⓘ
Midnight Cowboy ⓘ
Serpico ⓘ
Taras Bulba ⓘ
The Day of the Locust (film) ⓘ
surface form: The Day of the Locust

The Flame and the Arrow ⓘ
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight ⓘ
The Shopworn Angel ⓘ
Wild in the Country ⓘ
occupation film producer ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
politicalAlignment left-wing ⓘ
residence Los Angeles ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States

New York City ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Eve Salt ⓘ
Gladys Schwartz ⓘ
Mary Davenport ⓘ
subjectOf Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey ⓘ
workPeriod 1930s ⓘ
1940s ⓘ
1950s ⓘ
1960s ⓘ
1970s ⓘ

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Midnight Cowboy → screenwriter → Waldo Salt ⓘ
Coming Home → screenwriter → Waldo Salt ⓘ
The Flame and the Arrow → screenwriter → Waldo Salt ⓘ
The Day of the Locust (film) → screenwriter → Waldo Salt ⓘ
Faye Greener in The Day of the Locust (film) → screenwriterOfDepiction → Waldo Salt ⓘ
subject surface form: Faye Greener
Joe Buck is a naive Texan dishwasher → workScreenwriterOfAppearance → Waldo Salt ⓘ
subject surface form: Joe Buck
Ratso Rizzo is a sickly con man → adaptedBy → Waldo Salt ⓘ
subject surface form: Ratso Rizzo
The Brink's Job → screenwriter → Waldo Salt ⓘ
James Leo Herlihy → collaboratedWith → Waldo Salt ⓘ
Serpico → screenwriter → Waldo Salt ⓘ
Sundance Film Festival Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award (Larry Gross) → namedAfter → Waldo Salt ⓘ
Jon Voight as Luke Martin → writtenBy → Waldo Salt ⓘ
Bruce Dern as Bob Hyde → writtenBy → Waldo Salt ⓘ
Luke Martin → createdBy → Waldo Salt ⓘ