David Rayfiel (September 9, 1923 – June 22, 2011) was an American screenwriter and frequent collaborator of director

Sydney Pollack Sydney Irwin Pollack (July 1, 1934 – May 26, 2008) was an American film director, producer and actor. Pollack directed more than 20 films and 10 television shows, acted in over 30 movies or shows and produced over 44 films. For his film '' Out ...

Life

Rayfiel was born in

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and educated at Brooklyn College. His father was congressman

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. In 1950 he married television screenwriter

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. He and Garrett had daughter Eliza before divorcing in 1953. He married actress

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in 1963, divorcing in 1966. He married his third wife, Lynne Schwarzenbek, in 1987. In 1958 he had a house built at

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, which has come to be known as the David Rayfiel House, listed on the

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in 2009.

Death

Rayfiel died of

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, on June 22, 2011, in Manhattan, New York.

Awards

In 1976, he received an Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay for ''

Three Days of the Condor ''Three Days of the Condor'' is a 1975 American political thriller film directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway, Cliff Robertson, and Max von Sydow. The screenplay by Lorenzo Semple Jr. and David Rayfiel was based ...

'' with Lorenzo Semple, Jr. He received a

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in 1981 for ''

Death Watch ''Death Watch'' (french: La Mort en direct) is a 1980 science fiction film directed by Bertrand Tavernier. It is based on the 1973 novel '' The Unsleeping Eye'' by David G. Compton. The film was entered into the 30th Berlin International Film ...

''.

Screenplays

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The Slender Thread ''The Slender Thread'' is a 1965 American drama film starring Anne Bancroft and Sidney Poitier. It was the first feature-length film directed by future Oscar-winning director, producer and actor Sydney Pollack. Poitier portrays Alan, a college s ...

'' (uncredited) (1965) *'' This Property is Condemned'' (1966) *''

Castle Keep ''Castle Keep'' is a 1969 American comedy-drama war film combining surrealism with tragic realism. It was directed by Sydney Pollack and starred Burt Lancaster, Patrick O'Neal, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Bruce Dern, and Peter Falk. The film appeare ...

'' (1969) *''

Valdez Is Coming ''Valdez Is Coming'' is a 1971 American Western film directed by Edwin Sherin and starring Burt Lancaster, Susan Clark, Richard Jordan and Jon Cypher. The film is based on the 1970 Elmore Leonard novel of the same name. Plot Aging town constabl ...

'' (1971) *''

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'' (1976) *''

'' (1975) *''

'' (''La mort en direct'') (1980) *''

Absence of Malice ''Absence of Malice'' is a 1981 American drama neo noir thriller film directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Paul Newman, Sally Field, Wilford Brimley, Melinda Dillon and Bob Balaban. The title refers to one of the defenses against libel defa ...

'' (uncredited) (1981) *'' Round Midnight'' (1986) *'' The Morning After'' (uncredited) (1986) *''

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'' (1990) *'' The Firm'' (1993) *''

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'' (1994) *'' Sabrina'' (1995) *''

Random Hearts ''Random Hearts'' is a 1999 American romantic drama film directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Harrison Ford and Kristin Scott Thomas. Based on the 1984 novel of the same name by Warren Adler, the film is about a police officer and a Congr ...

'' (uncredited) (1999) *''

The Interpreter ''The Interpreter'' is a 2005 political thriller film directed by Sydney Pollack, starring Nicole Kidman, Sean Penn, Catherine Keener, and Jesper Christensen. It was the first film shot inside the United Nations Headquarters, as well as the fina ...

'' (uncredited) (2005)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rayfiel, David 1923 births 2011 deaths American male screenwriters People from Brooklyn Brooklyn College alumni Yale School of Drama alumni Screenwriters from New York (state)