Nelson Gidding
Writer, Actor
September 15, 1919 — May 1, 2004 (84 years)
Nelson Roosevelt Gidding was an American screenwriter specializing in adaptations. A longtime collaboration with director Robert Wise began with Gidding's screenplay for I Want to Live! (1958), which earned him an Oscar nomination. His long-running course on screenwriting adaptions at the University of Southern California inspired screenwriters of the present generation, including David S. Goyer.
Known For
Filmography
| 1994 | The Mummy Lives · as Screenplay |
| 1991 | |
| 1987 | |
| 1983 | I Want to Live · as Original Film Writer |
| 1979 | Beyond the Poseidon Adventure · as ScreenplayOn Plex |
| 1975 | The Hindenburg · as Screenplay |
| 1971 | The Andromeda Strain · as Screenplay |
| 1970 | Skullduggery · as Screenplay |
| 1966 | |
| 1963 | The Haunting · as Screenplay |
| 1963 | Nine Hours to Rama · as Screenplay |
| 1962 | Lisa · as Screenplay |
| 1959 | Odds Against Tomorrow · as Screenplay |
| 1958 | I Want to Live! · as Screenplay |
| 1958 | Onionhead · as Screenplay |
| 1957 | |
| 1955 | |
| 1955 | |
| 1951 | |
| 1951 |
| 2005 | The 77th Annual Academy Awards · as Memorial Tribute |
| 1983 | Casablanca (1983) · as Written By |
| 1971 | Banyon · as Written By |
| 1959 | Bourbon Street Beat · as Story By |
| 1955 | Playwrights '56 · as Adaptation |
| 1954 | The Inner Sanctum · as Original Screenplay |
| 1953 | The Man Behind the Badge · as Written By |
| 1953 | Johnny Jupiter · as Adaptation |
| 1953 | Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Presents · as Story |
| 1953 | The Triangle · as Story Segment "american Duel" |
| 1950 | The Web (1950) · as Written By |
| 1947 | Kraft Television Theatre · as Written By |