Alvin Sargent, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American screenwriter
Date of Birth: 12-Apr-1927
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Date of Death: 09-May-2019
Profession: screenwriter
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Alvin Sargent
- Alvin Sargent (April 12, 1927 – May 9, 2019) was an American screenwriter who wrote the screenplays for dozens of movies.
- He won two Academy Awards, for his screenplays of Julia (1977) and Ordinary People (1980).
- Before he became a writer, he had a brief period as an actor, portraying the role of Nair opposite Montgomery Clift in From Here To Eternity (1953), which won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
- Sargent was best known, later in life, for writing Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy and for the 2012 reboot The Amazing Spider-Man.
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