George Axelrod
Birthday: 9 June 1922, New York City, New York, USA
George Axelrod was born on June 9, 1922 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), The Seven Year Itch (1955) and The Manchurian Candi ...Show More
[on directing for the first time]: I was in heaven! If I've been a good boy, when I die, they'll giv Show more
[on directing for the first time]: I was in heaven! If I've been a good boy, when I die, they'll give me a big soundstage up there, with all the gunk to play with. Hide
[on the screenplay for "The Manchurian Candidate"]: It breaks every single known rule. It's got drea Show more
[on the screenplay for "The Manchurian Candidate"]: It breaks every single known rule. It's got dream sequences, flashbacks, narration out of nowhere. When we got in trouble, it just had a voice explaining stuff. Everything in the world that you're told not to do. But that was part of its genetic code, the secret of the crossword puzzle. Hide
