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Blake Edwards
Known for: DirectingBlake Edwards was an American film director, screenwriter and producer. Edwards' career began in the 1940s as an actor but he soon turned to writing radio scripts at Columbia Pictures. He used his writing skills to begin producing and directing, with some of his best films including: Experiment in Terror, The Great Race, and the hugely successful Pink Panther film series with the British comedian Peter Sellers. Often thought of as primarily a director of comedies, he was also renowned for his dramatic work, Breakfast at Tiffany's and Days of Wine and Roses. His greatest successes, however, were his comedies, and most of his films were either musicals, melodramas, slapstick comedies, and thrillers. In 2004, he received an Honorary Academy Award in recognition of his writing, directing and producing an extraordinary body of work for the screen.
Filmography 54
Peter Gunn
+1
Creator, Writer 
The Pink Panther
Creator 
Pink Panther and Pals
Creator 
The Pink Panther
+5
Director, Screenplay 
Mr. Lucky
Creator 
Breakfast at Tiffany's
+2
Director 
A Shot in the Dark
+4
Director, Screenplay 
Revenge of the Pink Panther
+3
Director, Screenplay 
Dante
Creator 
The Great Race
+1
Director, Original story 
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
+4
Director, Screenplay 
The Return of the Pink Panther
+5
Director, Screenplay 
Trail of the Pink Panther
+3
Director, Screenplay 
10
+1
Director, Writer 
Victor/Victoria
+2
Director, Screenplay 
The Party
+4
Director, Screenplay 
Days of Wine and Roses
+1
Director 
Son of the Pink Panther
+3
Director, Story 
Curse of the Pink Panther
+3
Director, Screenplay 
Blind Date
+1
Director 
Operation Petticoat
Director 
Darling Lili
Director, Writer 
City Heat
+1
Screenplay 
Switch
Director, Screenplay 
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
+9
as Sleeping Sailor (uncredited) 
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
+2
Director, Story 
Skin Deep
Director, Writer 
The Perfect Furlough
Director 
Big Town
as Nixon-Reporter (uncredited) 
The Man Who Loved Women
Director, Screenplay 
The Tamarind Seed
+1
Director, Screenplay 
The Notorious Landlady
Screenplay 
Drive a Crooked Road
+1
Screenplay 
My Sister Eileen
+2
Screenplay 
Experiment in Terror
+1
Director, Producer 
Micki & Maude
Director 
Sunset
Director, Screenplay 
That's Life!
Director, Writer 
Waterhole #3
+1
Producer 
Mister Cory
Director, Screenplay 
Operation Mad Ball
Screenplay 
Wild Rovers
Director, Screenplay 
Soldier in the Rain
Screenplay, Producer 
S.O.B.
Director, Writer 
A Fine Mess
Director, Writer 
Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames
as Self (archive footage) 
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
as Self 
The Carey Treatment
+1
Director 
Bring Your Smile Along
Director, Screenplay 
The Atomic Kid
Story 
Tokyo Rose
as Joe Bridger 
William Holden: The Golden Boy
as Self 
Panhandle
+2
as Floyd Schofield 
Marshal of Reno
as Lee