Ernest Tidyman

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Ernest Tidyman was an American author and screenwriter best known for creating the character Shaft and writing the Oscar-winning screenplay for the film adaptation of "The French Connection."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human
screenwriter
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Edgar Award NERFINISHED
awardReceivedFor The French Connection (screenplay) NERFINISHED
basedOnWorkAuthor Robin Moore NERFINISHED
basedOnWorkBy The French Connection: A True Account of Cops, Narcotics, and International Conspiracy NERFINISHED
collaboratedWith William Friedkin NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
createdCharacter John Shaft NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork film
literature
genre crime fiction
detective fiction
influencedGenre crime thriller films
urban detective fiction
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement blaxploitation cinema (through Shaft)
notableFor creating the character Shaft
writing the Oscar-winning screenplay for The French Connection
notableWork Shaft NERFINISHED
Shaft (novel) NERFINISHED
Shaft Among the Jews NERFINISHED
Shaft Has a Ball
Shaft’s Big Score! NERFINISHED
Shaft’s Carnival of Killers NERFINISHED
Shaft’s Revenge NERFINISHED
The French Connection (screenplay) NERFINISHED
occupation journalist
novelist
screenwriter
screenplayFor High Plains Drifter NERFINISHED
Shaft (1971 film) NERFINISHED
Shaft’s Big Score! (1972 film) NERFINISHED
The French Connection (1971 film) NERFINISHED
wroteSeries Shaft novel series NERFINISHED

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The French Connection screenwriter Ernest Tidyman
Buddy Russo in The French Connection createdBy Ernest Tidyman
subject surface form: Buddy Russo
High Plains Drifter screenwriter Ernest Tidyman