Ben Hecht
Writer

Ben Hecht

1894 – 1964
Active years (films on this site)
1931–1988
Genres
DramaComedyRomanceCrimeFilm-Noir
Schools and movements
Classical HollywoodBritish CinemaFrench Poetic Realism and Classical CinemaNew Hollywood

Directors worked with

Howard Hawks2 filmsAlfred Hitchcock2 filmsOtto Preminger2 filmsLewis Milestone1 filmJack Conway1 filmW.S. Van Dyke1 filmKing Vidor1 filmJulien Duvivier1 filmRalph Thomas1 filmJohn Huston1 filmCharles Walters1 filmBilly Wilder1 filmTed Kotcheff1 film

Biography

Ben Hecht was an American screenwriter, director, producer, playwright, journalist, and novelist. A journalist in his youth, he went on to write 35 books and some of the most enjoyed screenplays and plays in America. He received screen credits, alone or in collaboration, for the stories or screenplays of some seventy films, including six Academy Award nominations and two wins.

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Awards and honours

International

National / local

16 films on this site

  1. The Front Page (1931) 1931 · Lewis Milestone · IMDb 6.7 · Writer
  2. Viva Villa! 1934 · Jack Conway · IMDb 6.3 · Writer
  3. Barbary Coast 1935 · Howard Hawks · IMDb 6.7 · Writer
  4. It's a Wonderful World 1939 · W.S. Van Dyke · IMDb 6.8 · Writer
  5. Comrade X 1940 · King Vidor · IMDb 6.6 · Writer
  6. Tales of Manhattan 1942 · Julien Duvivier · IMDb 7.3 · Writer
  7. Spellbound 1945 · Alfred Hitchcock · IMDb 7.5 · Writer
  8. Notorious 1946 · Alfred Hitchcock · IMDb 7.9 · Writer
  9. Where the Sidewalk Ends 1950 · Otto Preminger · IMDb 7.5 · Writer
  10. Whirlpool 1950 · Otto Preminger · IMDb 6.7 · Writer
  11. Monkey Business 1952 · Howard Hawks · IMDb 6.9 · Writer
  12. The Iron Petticoat 1956 · Ralph Thomas · IMDb 5.1 · Writer
  13. A Farewell to Arms (1957) 1957 · John Huston · IMDb 5.8 · Writer
  14. Billy Rose's Jumbo 1962 · Charles Walters · IMDb 6.1 · Writer
  15. The Front Page (1974) 1974 · Billy Wilder · IMDb 7.3 · Writer
  16. Switching Channels 1988 · Ted Kotcheff · IMDb 5.9 · Writer