Michael Wilson

Michael Wilson (July 1, 1914 – April 9, 1978) was an American screenwriter who was blacklisted by the Hollywood movie studios during the era of McCarthyism for being a communist.Wilson was born and raised Roman Catholic in McAlester, Oklahoma. He graduated from UC Berkeley in 1936. He taught English and began his writing career with short stories for magazines. Then, starting in 1941, he wrote or co-wrote twenty-two screenplays, several of which are legendary and considered some of the finest in the history of film.

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Birth dateJuly 01, 1914
Birth place
McAlester Oklahoma
Date of deathApril 09, 1978
Place of death
Los Angeles County California

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