
Blake Edwards
Directing
🎂 1922-07-26
Blake 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.
Cast credits(33)

Self
1971

Self - Guest
1968

Self
1953

1996

Sleeping Sailor (uncredited)
1946

Floyd Schofield
1948

Boat Crewman (uncredited)
1945

Self (archive footage)
2014

Lt. Smith's Crewman (uncredited)
1944

Cadet (uncredited)
1942

Self
1992

Flyer (uncredited)
1943

Self
1994

Self
1993

Night Club Patron
1946

Self (archive footage)
2024

Red Arrow Messenger
1942

Self
2006

Swede (uncredited)
1944

Self
1989

Christian Sanders Jr.
1946

Self
2009
Self
1988

Lee
1944

Nixon-Reporter (uncredited)
1946

Self
1997

Vince Reedy
1948

Solider (uncredited)
1945

Joe Bridger
1946

Self
2004
Self
1976

Himself
2003

Soldier
1944
Creator (9)
Writing (63)

Teleplay
1952

Story
1952

Writer
1958

Writer
1959

Characters
2006

Screenplay
1964

Screenplay
1949

Characters
2009

Screenplay
1963

Original Story
1965

Screenplay
1979

Screenplay
1991

Screenplay
1983

Writer
1948

Screenplay
1968

Story
1968

Screenplay
1978

Story
1978

Screenplay
1975

Screenplay
1982

Screenplay
1981

Story
1982

Screenplay
1982

Screenplay
1976

Characters
1968

Screenplay
1988

Story
1993

Characters
1993

Screenplay
1984

Writer
1986

Story
1966

Writer
1989

Writer
1970

Screenplay
1962

Screenplay
1971

Screenplay
1955

Screenplay
1957

Screenplay
1963

Screenplay
1954

Screenplay
1983

Screenplay
1974

Screenplay
1958

Writer
1986

Writer
1989

Musical
1995

Original Film Writer
1995

Story
1954

Writer
1967

Screenplay
1957

Screenplay
1953

Story
1953
Characters

Story
1962

Writer
1988

Story
1956

Screenplay
1956

Writer
1952

Story
1969

Story
1955

Screenplay
1955

Writer
1952

Writer
1953

Writer
1954
Directing (48)

Director
1958
Director
1952

Director
1959

Director
1961

Director
1964

Director
1963

Director
1965

Director
1979

Director
1991

Director
1987

Director
1983

Director
1968

Director
1978

Director
1975

Director
1982

Director
1959

Director
1981

Director
1982

Director
1976

Director
1988

Director
1993

Director
1963

Director
1962

Director
1986

Director
1966

Director
1989

Co-Director
1962

Director
1970

Director
1971

Director
1984

Director
1983

Director
1974

Director
1972

Director
1958

Director
1986

Director
1989

Director
1995

Stage Director
1995

Director
1960

Director
1967

Director
1958

Director
1957

Director
1988

Director
1956

Director
1955

Director
1972

Director
1975

Director
1954
Production (26)

Producer
1958

Producer
1992

Producer
1964

Co-Producer
1949

Producer
1979

Producer
1983

Producer
1948

Producer
1968

Producer
1978

Producer
1975

Producer
1982

Producer
1981

Producer
1982

Producer
1976

Producer
1962

Producer
1966

Producer
1967

Producer
1970

Producer
1963

Producer
1983

Executive Producer
1989

Producer
1995

Executive Consultant
1980

Producer
1974

Executive Producer
1988

Executive Producer
1973