Budd Schulberg

Budd Schulberg (born March 27, 1914) is a screenwriter and novelist. He is best known for his 1941 novel What Makes Sammy Run, his 1947 novel The Harder They Fall, his 1954 Academy-award-winning screenplay for On the Waterfront, and his 1957 screenplay A Face in the Crowd. He encountered political controversy in 1947 because of his appearance before the House Un-American Activities Committee, in which he appeared as a friendly witness, "named names" of fifteen alleged Communists, and testified that Party members had sought to influence the content of What Makes Sammy Run.

Schulberg attended Dartmouth College. In 1939 he collaborated on the screenplay for Winter Carnival, a light comedy set at Dartmouth. One of his collaborators was F. Scott Fitzgerald, who was at the time attempting to pursue a Hollywood career. In 1950 Schulberg published a novel, |Wikiquote has a collection of quotations by or about Budd Schulberg. |}