Blake Edwards (1922-2010) was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, began as an actor and writer and created the television detective series Peter Gunn. His films mix sophistication with slapstick: Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) with Audrey Hepburn, the alcoholism drama Days of Wine and Roses (1962), and the Pink Panther series with Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseau. He later made 10 (1979) and Victor/Victoria (1982), starring his wife Julie Andrews, and was known for long, meticulously staged comic set pieces.
Filmography
- The Perfect Furlough (1958)
- Operation Petticoat (1959)
- Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
- Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
- Experiment in Terror (1962)
- The Pink Panther (1963)
- A Shot in the Dark (1964)
- The Great Race (1965)
- What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? (1966)
- The Party (1968) (1968)
- Darling Lili (1970)
- Wild Rovers (1971)
- The Carey Treatment (1972)
- The Tamarind Seed (1974)
- The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)
- The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
- Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978)
- 10 (1979)
- S.O.B. (1981)
- Trail of the Pink Panther (1982)
- Victor/Victoria (1982) (1982)
- Curse of the Pink Panther (1983)
- The Man Who Loved Women (1983) (1983)
- Micki + Maude (1984)
- A Fine Mess (1986)
- That's Life! (1986)
- Blind Date (1987)
- Sunset (1988) (1988)
- Skin Deep (1989)
- Switch (1991)
- Son of the Pink Panther (1993)
- Victor/Victoria (1995) (1995)