Sheridan de Raismes Gibney (June 11, 1903 – April 12, 1988) was a writer and producer in theater and film. He attended Amherst College and received an honorary M.A. from it. He later served as an instructor at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. He began in film in 1931, but tended to see himself more as a playwright. He received 2

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for Best Screenplay and Best Story for

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, sharing the award with

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. Amherst College Archives & Special Collections, Gibney Papers
/ref> He particularly had a fondness for Restoration comedy. He would later become President of the Screen Writers Guild twice. As a member of the

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, he suffered from the

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. Jack Warner later retracted the claim Gibney was a Communist and Gibney had proposed the group criticize Soviet actions against

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although that ultimately was unanimously voted down. In his later life Gibney did work in television.

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Best Adapted Screenplay Academy Award winners Best Story Academy Award winners Amherst College alumni 1903 births 1988 deaths 20th-century American screenwriters {{US-tv-writer-stub