Paddy Chayefsky

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Why Is Paddy Chayefsky Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Sidney Aaron "Paddy" Chayefsky was an American playwright, screenwriter and novelist. He is the only person to have won three solo Academy Awards for writing both adapted and original screenplays. He was one of the most renowned dramatists of the Golden Age of Television. His intimate, realistic scripts provided a naturalistic style of television drama for the 1950s, dramatizing the lives of ordinary Americans. Martin Gottfried wrote in All His Jazz that Chayefsky was "the most successful graduate of television's slice of life school of naturalism."

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What Schools Are Affiliated With Paddy Chayefsky?

Paddy Chayefsky is affiliated with the following schools:

• City College of New York
• Fordham University