Actor

Blake Edwards

Directing

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Acting credits

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Large and steady acting portfolio.

TMDB popularity

1.9

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Movies: 92Series: 13Crew credits: 75

TMDB ID: 1927

IMDb ID: nm0001175

Known for: Directing

Born: July 26, 1922

Died: December 15, 2010

Age: 88

Place of birth: Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1942 - 2024

Years active: 83

Average TMDB rating: 6.28

Wikidata: Q56093

Also known as

Sam O. Brown • 블레이크 에드워즈 • William Blake Crump • بلیک ادواردز

Other jobs

Director (28)Screenplay (14)Writer (8)Producer (6)Creator (5)Story (5)Characters (3)Executive Producer (2)

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Biography

Blake Edwards was an American film director, screenwriter and producer. Edwards' career began in the 1940s as an actor but he soon turned to writing radio scripts at Columbia Pictures. He used his writing skills to begin producing and directing, with some of his best films including: Experiment in Terror, The Great Race, and the hugely successful Pink Panther film series with the British comedian Peter Sellers. Often thought of as primarily a director of comedies, he was also renowned for his dramatic work, Breakfast at Tiffany's and Days of Wine and Roses. His greatest successes, however, were his comedies, and most of his films were either musicals, melodramas, slapstick comedies, and thrillers. In 2004, he received an Honorary Academy Award in recognition of his writing, directing and producing an extraordinary body of work for the screen.