George Zuckerman, Date of Birth, Date of Death

George Zuckerman

American writer

Date of Birth: 10-Aug-1916

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1966

Profession: screenwriter, novelist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

George Zuckerman (August 10, 1916 – September 30, 1996) was an American screenwriter and novelist. Zuckerman began his career writing short stories for Cosmopolitan, Collier's Weekly, and Esquire in the 1940s.
He wrote the stories for the 1947 films The Fortress and Whispering City before completing his first screenplay, Trapped, in 1949.
Additional credits include Border Incident (1949), B-movies like Spy Hunt (1950), Taza, Son of Cochise (1954), and The Square Jungle, and his best known works, Written on the Wind (1956) and The Tarnished Angels (1958), both collaborations with director Douglas Sirk. Zuckerman's published novels include The Last Flapper (1969), loosely based on the life of Zelda Fitzgerald and The Potato Peelers (1974). Zuckerman died in Santa Monica, California one month after his 80th birthday.