Bruce Jay Friedman Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Novelist, playwright and short-story writer, and Oscar-nominated screenwriter Bruce Jay Friedman was born in New York City on April 26, 1930, and raised in The Bronx by his parents, Irving and Molly (Liebowitz) Friedman. Determined to be a writer, Friedman attended the University of Missouri, where he majored in journalism in the school's ...
Early in his career, Friedman worked for a New York City company called Magazine Management that, among other things, actually wrote fake celebrity stories for fan magazines. His co-workers there included not just one but two other writers who went on to pen their own best-sellers: Mario Puzo and Dorothy Gallagher.
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Brazzaville Teen-Ager
2013
Short story / writer
The Heartbreak Kid
2007
short story "A Change of Plan"
CBS Summer Playhouse
1988
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Splash, Too
1988
TV Movie characters
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
1988
TV Series characters - 1 episode
George Burns Comedy Week
1985
TV Series teleplay by - 1 episode
Splash
1984
screen story / screenplay
The Lonely Guy
1984
book "The Lonely Guy's Book of Life"
Doctor Detroit
1983
story / writer
Steambath
1983
TV Series created by - 6 episodes
Stir Crazy
1980
written by
Foreplay
1975
from a story by - segment "Vortex"
The Ted Bessell Show
1973
TV Movie
Steambath
1973
TV Movie by
The Heartbreak Kid
1972
story "A Change of Plan"
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
You've Got Mail
1998
Vince Mancini
Celebrity
1998
Elaine's Book Party Guest
54
1998
Elaine's Patron
Husbands and Wives
1992
Peter Styles
Another Woman
1988
Mark
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
CBS Summer Playhouse
1988
TV Series producer - 1 episode
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Fame
1980
acknowledgement: excerpt from "Steambath" by
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Algren
2014
Documentary
Himself
Blacks and Jews: Josh Alan Friedman - A Life Obsessed with Negroes
2004
Documentary
Himself
When Playboy Ruled the World
2004
TV Movie documentary
Himself
New York in the 50's
2000
Documentary
Himself
The Queen
1968
Documentary
Himself - Jury Member
Un alma pura
1965
Himself
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1985
NSFC Award
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA
Best Screenplay
Splash (1984)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1985
Oscar
Academy Awards, USA
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
$200,000
