BLAKE EDWARDS
Name: Blake Edwards
Birth name: William Blake Crump
Born: 26 July 1922 Tulsa, Oklahoma
Blake Edwards (born July 26, 1922) is an Academy Award-winning American film
director, screenwriter, and producer.
Born William Blake Crump in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Edwards was the son of a stage
director. He began his career as an actor and script-writer, including seven
screenplays for Richard Quine. His early career as a script-writer was for radio.
His hard-boiled private detective scripts for Richard Diamond, Private Detective
became NBC's answer to Sam Spade and Philip Marlowe, reflecting Edwards' unique
humor. Edwards also created, wrote and directed the 1959 TV series Peter Gunn,
with music by Henry Mancini. Mancini's association with Edwards continued in his
film work, significantly contributing to their success.
Edwards' most popular films have been comedies, the alcoholism-themed melodrama
Days of Wine and Roses being a notable exception. His most fruitful
collaboration has been with Peter Sellers in the Pink Panther movies. Efforts to
revive the Panther franchise after the death of Sellers in 1980 met with little
critical or commercial success, with the exception of the 2006 film (which
Edwards did not direct), which has spawned a 2008 sequel.
In 2004 Edwards received an Academy Honorary Award for cumulative achievements
over the course of his film career. He was also portrayed by John Lithgow in the
film The Life and Death of Peter Sellers, documenting comic actor Sellers' life
and his friendship with Edwards.
Edwards' second wife (from 1969) is Julie Andrews, who has appeared in a number
of his films including Darling Lili, 10, Victor/Victoria and the
autobiographical satire S.O.B., in which Andrews played a character who was a
caricature of herself. In 1995, he wrote the book for the stage musical
adaptation of Victor/Victoria, also starring Andrews.
Edwards and Andrews have five children together, including two daughters:
Joanna and Amy. Edwards also has two children from a previous marriage: actress
Jennifer Edwards, and music video director Geoffrey Edwards.
Name: Blake Edwards
Birth name: William Blake Crump
Born: 26 July 1922 Tulsa, Oklahoma
Blake Edwards (born July 26, 1922) is an Academy Award-winning American film
director, screenwriter, and producer.
Born William Blake Crump in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Edwards was the son of a stage
director. He began his career as an actor and script-writer, including seven
screenplays for Richard Quine. His early career as a script-writer was for radio.
His hard-boiled private detective scripts for Richard Diamond, Private Detective
became NBC's answer to Sam Spade and Philip Marlowe, reflecting Edwards' unique
humor. Edwards also created, wrote and directed the 1959 TV series Peter Gunn,
with music by Henry Mancini. Mancini's association with Edwards continued in his
film work, significantly contributing to their success.
Edwards' most popular films have been comedies, the alcoholism-themed melodrama
Days of Wine and Roses being a notable exception. His most fruitful
collaboration has been with Peter Sellers in the Pink Panther movies. Efforts to
revive the Panther franchise after the death of Sellers in 1980 met with little
critical or commercial success, with the exception of the 2006 film (which
Edwards did not direct), which has spawned a 2008 sequel.
In 2004 Edwards received an Academy Honorary Award for cumulative achievements
over the course of his film career. He was also portrayed by John Lithgow in the
film The Life and Death of Peter Sellers, documenting comic actor Sellers' life
and his friendship with Edwards.
Edwards' second wife (from 1969) is Julie Andrews, who has appeared in a number
of his films including Darling Lili, 10, Victor/Victoria and the
autobiographical satire S.O.B., in which Andrews played a character who was a
caricature of herself. In 1995, he wrote the book for the stage musical
adaptation of Victor/Victoria, also starring Andrews.
Edwards and Andrews have five children together, including two daughters:
Joanna and Amy. Edwards also has two children from a previous marriage: actress
Jennifer Edwards, and music video director Geoffrey Edwards.