When I was sixteen or seventeen, I wanted to be a writer. I wanted to be a playwright. But everything I wrote, I thought, was weak. And I can remember falling asleep in tears because I had no talent the way I wanted to have.
Descriptionfilm director and producer from the United States
BornApril 7, 1939
CountryUnited States Of America
ProfessionScreenwriter; Film Producer; Film Director; Writer
WorksColonel Kurtz; American Photojournalist; Benjamin L. Willard
AwardsAcademy Award For Best Writing (Original Screenplay); Academy Award For Best Director; Writers Guild Of America Award; Donostia Award; Directors Guild Of America Award; Princess Of Asturias Award - Art; Praemium Imperiale
