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Also Known As Itek Domnici • Isadore Diamond • Iz Diamond
Born June 27, 1920 • Romania
Died April 21, 1988 (aged 67) • Beverly Hills • California
Awards And Honors Academy Award (1961)
Notable Works “The Apartment”
Jack Lemmon
Jack Lemmon
American actor
Billy Wilder
Billy Wilder
American director and producer
Joel Coen
American filmmaker
Ethan Coen
American filmmaker
Woody Allen
Woody Allen
American actor and director
Orson Welles
Orson Welles
American actor, director, and writer
Francis Ford Coppola directing The Godfather: Part II
Francis Ford Coppola
American director and screenwriter
Leo McCarey
Leo McCarey
American director
Mel Brooks
Mel Brooks
American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor
Sturges, Preston
Preston Sturges
American director
Ben Affleck
Ben Affleck
American actor, writer, and director
Matt Damon
Matt Damon
American actor, screenwriter, and producer
Robert Benton
Robert Benton
American filmmaker
Charlie Kaufman
American screenwriter and director
Frances Marion
Frances Marion
American screenwriter
William Goldman
William Goldman
American screenwriter, novelist, playwright, non-fiction author
Jordan Peele
Jordan Peele
American actor and director
Schulberg, Budd
Budd Schulberg
American screenwriter, novelist, and journalist
Alan Jay Lerner
American screenwriter and songwriter
Quentin Tarantino
Quentin Tarantino
American director and screenwriter

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