Blake Edwards
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- July 26, 1922, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
- Died
- December 15, 2010
- Movies
- 90
Blake Edwards was an American film director, screenwriter and producer.
Edwards' career began in the 1940s as an actor but he soon turned to writing radio scripts at Columbia Pictures. He used his writing skills to begin producing and directing, with some of his best films including: Experiment in Terror, The Great Race, and the hugely successful Pink Panther film series with the British comedian Peter Sellers. Often thought of as primarily a director of comedies, he was also renowned for his dramatic work, Breakfast at Tiffany's and Days of Wine and Roses. His greatest successes, however, were his comedies, and most of his films were either musicals, melodramas, slapstick comedies, and thrillers.
In 2004, he received an Honorary Academy Award in recognition of his writing, directing and producing an extraordinary body of work for the screen.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2005 | The Pink Panther: Classic Cartoon Collection Vol. 2 | Writer |
| 2005 | The Pink Panther: Classic Cartoon Collection Vol. 3 | Writer |
| 1996 | Victor/Victoria | Producer, Director, Writer |
| 1993 | Son of the Pink Panther | Director |
| 1991 | Switch | Director, Screenplay |
| 1989 | Peter Gunn | Director, Writer |
| 1989 | Skin Deep | Director, Writer |
| 1988 | Justin Case | Director, Writer |
| 1988 | Sunset | Director, Screenplay |
| 1987 | Blind Date | Director |
| 1986 | That's Life! | Director, Writer |
| 1986 | A Fine Mess | Director, Writer |
| 1984 | Micki & Maude | Director |
| 1984 | City Heat | Screenplay |
| 1983 | The Man Who Loved Women | Director, Screenplay, Producer |
| 1983 | Curse of the Pink Panther | Director, Screenplay, Producer |
| 1982 | Trail of the Pink Panther | Director, Producer, Screenplay |
| 1982 | Victor/Victoria | Director, Producer, Screenplay |
| 1981 | S.O.B. | Director, Producer, Writer |
| 1979 | 10 | Director, Producer, Writer |
| 1978 | Revenge of the Pink Panther | Director, Screenplay, Producer |
| 1976 | The Pink Panther Strikes Again | Director, Screenplay, Producer |
| 1975 | The Return of the Pink Panther | Director, Screenplay, Producer |
| 1975 | Julie: My Favourite Things | Director |
| 1974 | The Tamarind Seed | Director, Screenplay |
| 1974 | Julie and Dick at Covent Garden | Producer |
| 1972 | Julie | Director |
| 1972 | The Carey Treatment | Director |
| 1971 | Wild Rovers | Director, Screenplay |
| 1970 | Darling Lili | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1968 | The Party | Director, Screenplay, Producer |
| 1967 | Waterhole #3 | Producer |
| 1967 | Gunn | Director, Writer |
| 1966 | What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? | Director, Producer |
| 1965 | The Great Race | Director |
| 1964 | A Shot in the Dark | Director, Producer, Screenplay |
| 1963 | The Pink Panther | Director, Screenplay |
| 1963 | Soldier in the Rain | Screenplay, Producer |
| 1963 | Days of Wine and Roses | Director |
| 1962 | The Notorious Landlady | Screenplay |
| 1962 | Experiment in Terror | Director, Producer |
| 1961 | Breakfast at Tiffany's | Director |
| 1960 | High Time | Director |
| 1959 | Operation Petticoat | Director |
| 1958 | The Perfect Furlough | Director |
| 1958 | This Happy Feeling | Director, Screenplay |
| 1957 | Operation Mad Ball | Screenplay |
| 1957 | Mister Cory | Director, Screenplay |
| 1956 | He Laughed Last | Director, Screenplay |
| 1955 | My Sister Eileen | Screenplay |
| 1955 | Bring Your Smile Along | Director, Screenplay |
| 1954 | Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer! | Director, Writer |
| 1954 | Drive a Crooked Road | Screenplay |
| 1953 | Cruisin' Down the River | Writer |
| 1953 | All Ashore | Screenplay |
| 1952 | Sound Off | Writer |
| 1952 | Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder | Writer |
| 1949 | Stampede | Screenplay |
| 1948 | Panhandle | Writer, Producer |
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