Screenwriter, Producer. Along with his twin brother, Philip Epstein, and Howard Koch, he shared the Best Screenplay Academy Award for "Casablanca" (1942). His other important movie credits included "Four Daughters" (Academy Award nomination, 1938), "The Bride Came C.O.D." (1941), "The Man Who Came to Dinner" (1942), "Mr. Skeffington" (1944), "The Tender Trap" (1955), "Light in the Piazza" (1962), "Send Me No Flowers" (1964), "Pete 'n' Tillie" (Academy Award nomination, 1972), "House Calls" (1978), and "Reuben, Reuben" (Academy Award nomination, 1983). He received the Los Angeles Film Critics Association's career achievement award in 1988. Epstein was a 1931 graduate of Penn State and won the intercollegiate bantamweight boxing championship in 1929. His grand-nephew Theo was General Manager of the Boston Red Sox from 2002 to 2011 and was named General Manager of the Chicago Cubs in 2011.
Screenwriter, Producer. Along with his twin brother, Philip Epstein, and Howard Koch, he shared the Best Screenplay Academy Award for "Casablanca" (1942). His other important movie credits included "Four Daughters" (Academy Award nomination, 1938), "The Bride Came C.O.D." (1941), "The Man Who Came to Dinner" (1942), "Mr. Skeffington" (1944), "The Tender Trap" (1955), "Light in the Piazza" (1962), "Send Me No Flowers" (1964), "Pete 'n' Tillie" (Academy Award nomination, 1972), "House Calls" (1978), and "Reuben, Reuben" (Academy Award nomination, 1983). He received the Los Angeles Film Critics Association's career achievement award in 1988. Epstein was a 1931 graduate of Penn State and won the intercollegiate bantamweight boxing championship in 1929. His grand-nephew Theo was General Manager of the Boston Red Sox from 2002 to 2011 and was named General Manager of the Chicago Cubs in 2011.
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