About Louis Garfinkle
Lived 1928 – 2005 (aged 77). Louis Garfinkle was an American screenwriter.
Louis Alan Garfinkle (1928–2005) was an American scriptwriter and the co-developer of the Collaborator computer screenwriting program. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay with four others for The Deer Hunter. He died of complications from Parkinson's disease at his home in Studio City in 2005.
Garfinkle also co-wrote the story for the 1973 Broadway musical Molly that starred Kaye Ballard.
Credits The Young Guns (1956) I Bury the Living (1958) Face of Fire (1959) The Doberman Gang (1972) Little Cigars (1973) The Deer Hunter (1978) (co-writer)
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Who was Louis Garfinkle?
American screenwriter (1928-2005)
When was Louis Garfinkle born?
Louis Garfinkle was born on 11 February 1928 in Seattle.
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Louis Garfinkle died on 3 October 2005 in Studio City.
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Louis Garfinkle was a screenwriter.
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Louis Garfinkle was American.
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