Alvin Sargent (born on April 12, 1927 in Pennsylvania) is an American screenwriter.

[edit] Early life

Sargent graduated from Upper Darby High School in 1945. As of 2006, he is one of 35 alums to be on the school's Wall of Fame.

[edit] Career

Sargent began writing for television in 1953 and through the 1960s he scripted episodes for Route 66, Ben Casey and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. He collaborated on his first screenplay for a motion picture in 1966 and gained recognition for I Walk the Line and Paper Moon for which he won the WGA Award for Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium and was nominated for an Academy Award. He won the Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay in 1978 for the film Julia and again in 1981 for Ordinary People. He collaborated on the 2004 screenplay for Spider-Man 2 and Spider-Man 3 released in 2007.

[edit] Personal

He has been married to producer Laura Ziskin for 17 years. His brother was Herb Sargent.

[edit] Partial filmography

• Spider-Man 4 (2011)
• Spider-Man 3 (2007)
• Spider-Man 2 (2004)
• Spider-Man (2002) (Uncredited)
• Unfaithful (2002)
• Anywhere but Here (1999)
• Bogus (1996)
• Hero (1992)
• Other People's Money (1991)
• What About Bob? (1991)
• White Palace (1990)
• Dominick and Eugene (1988)
• Nuts (1987)
• Ordinary People (1980)
• Straight Time (1978)
• Julia (1977)
• Bobby Deerfield (1977)
• A Star Is Born (1976)
• Paper Moon (1973)
• Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing (1973)
• The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (1972)
• I Walk the Line (1970)
• The Sterile Cuckoo (1969)
• The Stalking Moon (1969)
• Gambit (1966)

[edit] External links

• Alvin Sargent at the Internet Movie Database