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Screenwriter, Book Author, Teleplay By Born: December 22, 1922 in Atlanta, GA Death: February 19, 1995 in Laconia, NH Biography:Best-selling author and highly respected screenwriter "Calder Willingham" was behind several important films of the '60s and '70s. His best-known hits include "The Graduate" (1967), co-written with "Buck Henry", "Stanley Kubrick"'s "Paths of Glory" (1957), and "Little Big Man" (1970). Willingham was born and raised in the American South, the setting of many of his subsequent novels. After receiving his education from the Citadel and the University of Virginia, Willingham headed north to New York to launch his writing career. The year was 1943, and the talented Willingham found himself running with a circle of similarly talented writers, including "Gore Vidal", "Truman Capote" and "Norman Mailer". As an author, Willingham made an auspicious debut in 1947 with his novel "End as a Man". A graphic and sometimes shocking exposé of life in a military college, it generated considerable controversy and at one... Full Biography
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