Sheridan de Raismes Gibney (June 11, 1903 – April 12, 1988) was an American writer and producer in theater and film. He attended

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and received an honorary M.A. from it. He later served as an instructor at

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. 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 The Story of Louis Pasteur, sharing the award with Pierre Collings.Amherst College Archives & Special Collections, Gibney Papers
/ref> He particularly had a fondness for Restoration comedy. He would later become President of the

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twice. As a member of the League of American Writers, 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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Sheridan de Raismes Gibney (AC 1925) Papers
in the Amherst College Archives & Special Collections 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