I. A. L. Diamond (born Ițec (Itzek) Domnici; June 27, 1920 – April 21, 1988) was a Romanian–American screenwriter, best known for his collaborations with Billy Wilder.
Life and career
Diamond was born in Ungheni, Bessarabia, Romania,
In 1980, Diamond and Wilder received the Writers Guild of America's Laurel Award for career achievement in screenwriting. Wilder had previously received the Laurel Award in 1957 for his partnership with Charles Brackett.
Diamond died of multiple myeloma on April 21, 1988.
Filmography
As writer
- Murder in the Blue Room (1944)
- Never Say Goodbye (1946)
- Two Guys from Milwaukee (1946)
- Love and Learn (1947)
- Two Guys from Texas (1948)
- Romance on the High Seas (1948) (additional dialogue)
- Always Together (1948)
- It's a Great Feeling (1949) (story)
- The Girl from Jones Beach (1949)
- Let's Make It Legal (1951)
- Love Nest (1951)
- Something for the Birds (1952)
- Monkey Business (1952)
- That Certain Feeling (1956)
- Love in the Afternoon (1957)
- Merry Andrew (1958)
- Some Like It Hot (1959) (screenplay)
- The Apartment (1960)
- One, Two, Three (1961)
- Irma la Douce (1963)
- Kiss Me, Stupid (1964)
- The Fortune Cookie (1966)
- Cactus Flower (1969)
- The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)
- Avanti! (1972)
- The Front Page (1974)
- Fedora (1978)
- Buddy Buddy (1981)
As associate producer
- Some Like It Hot (1959)
- The Apartment (1960)
- One, Two, Three (1961)
- Irma la Douce (1963)
- Kiss Me, Stupid (1964)
- The Fortune Cookie (1966)
- The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)
- Fedora (1978)
Award and honors
Academy Awards
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
!Year
!Category
!Title
!Result
|-
| 1959
| Best Adapted Screenplay
| Some Like It Hot
|
|-
| 1960
| Best Original Screenplay
| The Apartment
|
|-
| 1966
| Best Original Screenplay
| The Fortune Cookie
|
|}
Golden Globe Awards
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
!Year
!Category
!Title
!Result
|-
| 1972
| Best Screenplay
| Avanti!
|
|}
WGA Awards
- 1957: Love in the Afternoon – American Comedy
- 1959: Some Like It Hot – American Comedy
- 1960: The Apartment – American Comedy
- 1961: One, Two, Three – American Comedy
- 1963: Irma la Douce – American Comedy
- 1966: The Fortune Cookie – American Comedy
- 1969: Cactus Flower – Adapted Screenplay (Comedy)
- 1970: The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes – Original Screenplay (Comedy)
- 1972: Avanti! – Adapted Screenplay (Comedy)
- 1974: The Front Page – Adapted Screenplay (Comedy)
- 1980: Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement