Ben Hecht

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:playwright
gptkb:Screenwriter
gptkb:Novelist
gptkbp:active_years_end gptkb:1964
gptkbp:active_years_start 1919
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:Columbia_Pictures
gptkb:Paramount_Pictures
gptkb:Warner_Bros.
gptkbp:award gptkb:Academy_Award_for_Best_Original_Story
gptkbp:birth_date 1894-02-28
gptkbp:birth_place gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:born_in gptkb:New_York_City
1894
gptkbp:burial_place gptkb:Westwood_Village_Memorial_Park_Cemetery
gptkbp:children Julius Hecht
gptkbp:collaborated_with gptkb:Howard_Hawks
gptkb:Charles_Mac_Arthur
gptkb:Alfred_Hitchcock
gptkbp:death_date 1964-04-18
gptkbp:death_place gptkb:Malibu,_California
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Wisconsin–_Madison
gptkbp:ethnicity Jewish
gptkbp:famous_quote " The only thing that matters is the story."
" There are no rules, only the story."
gptkbp:has_written gptkb:The_New_Yorker
gptkb:The_New_York_Times
gptkb:The_Chicago_Daily_News
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ben Hecht
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Billy_Wilder
gptkb:Martin_Scorsese
gptkb:Woody_Allen
gptkb:Francis_Ford_Coppola
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:David_Mamet
gptkbp:known_for gptkb:satire
gptkb:detective_fiction
gptkb:novels
social commentary
Broadway plays
Hollywood screenwriting
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notable_achievement Cinematic storytelling techniques
Pioneering film noir
Innovative dialogue writing
gptkbp:notable_work gptkb:Scarface
gptkb:The_Asphalt_Jungle
gptkb:The_Front_Page
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:Director
gptkb:Writer
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Helen_Mc_Gowan
gptkbp:wrote gptkb:The_Great_Magoo
gptkb:The_Miracle_of_Morgan's_Creek
gptkb:The_Front_Page_(musical)
gptkb:The_39_Steps
gptkb:The_Mother
gptkb:The_Front_Page_(adaptation)
gptkb:The_Front_Page_(radio)
gptkb:The_Good_Fairy_(film)
gptkb:The_Last_of_Mrs._Cheyney
gptkb:The_Man_Who_Knew_Too_Much
gptkb:The_Front_Page_(1974_film)
gptkb:Scarface
gptkb:The_Good_Fairy
gptkb:The_39_Steps_(film)
gptkb:The_Amazing_Dr._Clitterhouse
gptkb:The_Front_Page_(1931_film)
gptkb:The_Front_Page_(film)
gptkb:Notorious
gptkb:The_Front_Page
gptkb:The_Seven_Year_Itch
gptkb:The_Scoundrel
gptkb:The_Front_Page_(1940_film)
gptkb:The_Front_Page_(revival)
The Love Nest
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (film)
The Front Page (play)
The Seven Year Itch (film)
The Front Page (stage)
The Front Page (television)
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (film)
The Scoundrel (film)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Spellbound
gptkb:Notorious
gptkb:Notorious_(1946)
gptkb:play
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4