Paul Monash

Paul Monash was born on Jun 14, 1917 in USA. Paul Monash's big-screen debut came with Sing Boy Sing directed by Henry Ephron in 1958. Paul Monash is known for The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery directed by Bill Duke, Maury Chaykin stars as Nero Wolfe and Timothy Hutton as Archie Goodwin. Paul Monash has got 3 awards and 9 nominations so far. The most recent award Paul Monash achieved is Writers Guild of America, USA. The upcoming new movie Paul Monash plays is Carrie which will be released on Nov 04, 2002.

Scriptwriter Paul Monash, the son of silent film actress Rhoda Melrose, was born in New York on June 14, 1917. Although he was more interested in writing the Great American Novel, he wrote scripts for the early days of television, including the pilot for 'The Untouchables', which he also produced, and the hit soap Peyton Place (1964), which starred Ryan O'Neal and Mia Farrow. He later graduated to films and scripts for classics such as Carrie au bal du diable (1976) and Abattoir 5 (1972). In addition, he scripted the television movie À l'ouest rien de nouveau (1979), which won a Golden Globe Award for the best television film of 1980. In 2000, the Writers' Guild of America gave him a lifetime achievement award. Accepting the award, he lamented: "I have not written the Great American Novel. It is in its first draft." He died in Los Angeles January 14, 2003, aged 85.