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He wrote the screenplay for the 1980 film but he is credited by his real first and middle name Sidney Aaron because of disputes with director Ken Russell. Sidney Aaron "Paddy" Chayefsky (January 29 1923 – August 1 1981) was an American playwright screenwriter and novelist. Filmography
The True Glory (1945) uncredited with Garson Kanin
As Young as You Feel (1955) with Lamar Trotti
Marty (1955)
The Catered Affair (1956)
The Bachelor Party (1957)
The Goddess (1958)
Middle of the Night (1959)
The Americanization of Emily (1964)
Paint Your Wagon (with Alan Jay Lerner) (1969)
The Hospital (1971)
Network (1976)
Altered States (1980)
The Habakkuk Conspiracy (1983)


Television and stage plays
Television (selection)
1950-55 Danger
1951-52 Manhunt
1951-60 Goodyear Playhouse
1952-54 Philco Television Playhouse
1952 Holiday Song
1952 The Reluctant Citizen
1953 Printer's Measure
1953 Marty
1953 The Big Deal
1953 The Bachelor Party
1953 The Sixth Year
1953 Catch My Boy On Sunday
1954 The Mother
1954 Middle of the Night
1955 The Catered Affair
1956 The Great American Hoax
Stage
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As a screenwriter he received three Academy Awards for Marty (1955) The Hospital (1971) and Network (1976). Sidney Aaron "Paddy" Chayefsky (January 29 1923 – August 1 1981) was an American playwright screenwriter and novelist. No one else would have dreamed of doing it.