Ben Hecht was an American screenwriter, director, producer, playwright, journalist, and novelist. A journalist in his youth, he went on to write 35 books and some of the most entertaining screenplays and plays in America. He received screen credits, alone or in collaboration, for the stories or screenplays of some seventy films.
Ben Hecht
Active - 1926 - 1988 |
Birth - Feb 28, 1894 |
Death - Apr 18, 1964 |
Genres - Drama, Romance, Crime, Comedy, Action-Adventure
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Subgenres - Romantic Comedy, Film Noir, Comedy Drama, Musical, Biographical Film
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Romantic Comedy, Film Noir, Comedy Drama, Musical, Biographical Film, Epic Film, LGBT-Related Film, Silent Film, Western Film, Ghost Film, Prison Film, Silent Feature, Baseball, Black Comedy Film, Christmas Film, Comedy of Remarriage, Detective Film, Drama Fiction, Gangster Film, Historical Film, Melodrama, Monster Film, Political Drama, Political Thriller Film, Psychological Thriller Film, Spy Film, Survival Film, Swashbuckler Film, Sword-And-Sandal Film, Vigilante Film