Charles Schnee, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Charles Schnee

American screenwriter

Date of Birth: 06-Aug-1916

Place of Birth: Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States

Date of Death: 29-Nov-1963

Profession: screenwriter, film producer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

For the American producer (1920-2009), see Charles Schneer.Charles Schnee (6 August 1916 Bridgeport, Connecticut - 29 November 1963 Beverly Hills, California) gave up law to become a screenwriter in the mid-1940s, crafting scripts for the classic Westerns Red River (1948) and The Furies (1950), the social melodrama They Live By Night (1949), and the cynical Hollywood saga The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), for which he won an Academy Award. He worked primarily as a film producer and production executive during the mid-1950s (credits include Until They Sail), but he eventually turned his attention back to scriptwriting.