Alvin Sargent
American screenwriter (1927–2019)
Alvin Sargent 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).
Filmography in the catalog
Credited on 4 films (1967–1980) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field.
| Year ▲ | Title | Creator | Length | Format | Color | Sound |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Gambit. | Universal Pictures | 109 min | 35mm | Color | sound |
| 1969 | The Sterile Cuckoo. | Paramount Pictures Corp. & Boardwalk Productions | 107 min | 35mm | Color | sound |
| 1978 | Straight Time | warner brothers | 113 min | 16mm | Color | sound |
| 1980 | Ordinary People | Robert Redford | 12:00 | Color |