Ernest Lehman

1915–2005 · American screenwriter

Ernest Paul Lehman was an American screenwriter and film producer. He was nominated six times for Academy Awards for his screenplays during his career, but did not win. At the 73rd Academy Awards in 2001, he received an Honorary Academy Award in recognition of his achievements and his influential works for the screen. He was the first screenwriter to receive that honor.

Ernest Lehman, in order

1. 1954 Executive Suite: wrote · directed by Robert Wise
2. 1954 Sabrina: wrote · directed by Billy Wilder · critics 89%, audiences 89% · streaming on MGM+, Kanopy, Hoopla
3. 1956 Somebody Up There Likes Me: wrote · directed by Robert Wise · critics 83%, audiences 86%
4. 1956 The King and I: wrote · directed by Walter Lang
5. 1957 Sweet Smell of Success: wrote · directed by Alexander Mackendrick
6. 1959 North by Northwest: wrote · directed by Alfred Hitchcock · critics 97%, audiences 94% · streaming on Philo, Tubi
7. 1960 From the Terrace: wrote · directed by Mark Robson · critics 30%, audiences 59%
8. 1961 West Side Story: wrote · directed by Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise
9. 1963 The Prize: wrote · directed by Mark Robson
10. 1965 The Sound of Music: wrote · directed by Robert Wise
11. 1966 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?: wrote, produced · directed by Mike Nichols · critics 95%, audiences 90%
12. 1969 Hello, Dolly!: wrote, produced · directed by Gene Kelly
13. 1972 Portnoy's Complaint: directed
14. 1976 Family Plot: wrote · directed by Alfred Hitchcock · critics 90%, audiences 62%
15. 1977 Black Sunday: wrote · directed by John Frankenheimer · critics 77%, audiences 65% · streaming on MGM+