1964
Ben Hecht, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1894)
Ben Hecht, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1894)
Ben Hecht
American writer, director, and producer (1894–1964)
- Died
- 1964
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.