Alvin Sargent
Alvin Sargent | |
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| Born | Alvin Supowitz April 12, 1927 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | May 9, 2019 (aged 92) Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
| Occupation | Screenwriter |
| Years active | 1956–2012 |
| Spouses | |
| Relatives | Herb Sargent (brother) Alvin York (cousin) |
Alvin Sargent (April 12, 1927 – May 9, 2019) was an American screenwriter. He won two Academy Awards for Best Adapted Screenplay, for Julia (1977), and Ordinary People (1980). Sargent's other works include screenplays of the films The Sterile Cuckoo (1969), The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (1970), Paper Moon (1973), Nuts (1987), White Palace (1990), What About Bob? (1991), Unfaithful (2002), Spider-Man 2 (2004), Spider-Man 3 (2007), and The Amazing Spider-Man (2012).