{{short description|American screenwriter (1903–1965)}} {{Infobox person | image = | image_size = | name = Anthony Veiller | birth_date = {{birth date|1903|6|23}} | birth_place = [[New York, New York]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1965|6|27|1903|6|23}} | death_place = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], U.S. | resting_place = St. Mary Churchyard, [[Bepton]], [[West Sussex]], England | parents = [[Bayard Veiller]] <br>[[Margaret Wycherly]] | occupation = {{hlist|Screenwriter|film producer}} | years_active = 1934–1964 }}
'''Anthony Veiller''' (23 June 1903 – 27 June 1965) was an American [[screenwriter]] and [[film producer]], who wrote for 41 films between [[1934 in film|1934]] and [[1964 in film|1964]]. He was twice nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay]], for ''[[Stage Door]]'' (1937) and [[The Killers (1946 film)|''The Killers'']] (1946).
==Early life and education== Veiller was born on 23 June 1903 in [[New York City]] to playwright and screenwriter [[Bayard Veiller]] and English-born actress [[Margaret Wycherly]]. He studied at [[Antioch College]]<ref>{{Citation |last=van Minnen |first=Cornelis A. |title=The Breakthrough (1921–1922) |date=2005 |work=Van Loon: Popular Historian, Journalist, and FDR Confidant |pages=73–82 |editor-last=van Minnen |editor-first=Cornelis A. |url=https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403977144_9 |access-date=2026-02-06 |place=New York |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan US |language=en |doi=10.1057/9781403977144_9 |isbn=978-1-4039-7714-4|url-access=subscription }}</ref> and [[Union College]], before moving to Hollywood in 1930.<ref name=obit/>
== Career == Veiller was twice nominated for an [[Academy Award]] for Best Screenplay. In 1937, he co-wrote (with [[Morrie Ryskind]]) the screenplay for ''[[Stage Door]]'', starring [[Katharine Hepburn]], [[Ginger Rogers]] and [[Adolphe Menjou]]. This loose adaptation of the play by [[George S. Kaufman]] and [[Edna Ferber]] was also nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Picture]].
Veiller was also Oscar-nominated for writing (with uncredited help from [[John Huston]] and [[Richard Brooks]]) ''[[The Killers (1946 film)|The Killers]]'' (1946), an adaptation of the short story by [[Ernest Hemingway]]. The film introduced [[Burt Lancaster]] to filmgoers, and won an [[Edgar Award]] as best mystery film of 1946. In 2008, it was included in the United States [[National Film Registry]] by the [[Library of Congress]].
During the [[Second World War]] he worked with [[Frank Capra]] on several films in the documentary/propaganda film series collectively titled ''[[Why We Fight]]''. In 1946 (the same year as ''The Killers''), Veiller co-wrote [[The Stranger (1946 film)|''The Stranger'']], directed by and starring [[Orson Welles]]. For ''[[State of the Union (film)|State of the Union]]'' (1948), again directed by Capra, Veiller was credited as co-producer as well as co-writer. Veiller worked with director [[John Huston]] on several films: ''[[Moulin Rouge (1952 film)|Moulin Rouge]]'' (1952), ''[[Beat the Devil (film)|Beat the Devil]]'' (1953), ''[[The List of Adrian Messenger]]'' (1963), and ''[[The Night of the Iguana (film)|The Night of the Iguana]]'' (1964), the film of the [[Tennessee Williams]] play that became Veiller's final screen credit.
== Death == Veiller died on 27 June 1965 of [[cancer]] in [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]], California.<ref name="obit">{{cite news |title=Anthony Veiller, 62, Wrote Screenplays |url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0815FB3C5F147A93CBAB178DD85F418685F9 |quote=Anthony Veiller, screen writer, died yesterday of cancer at the age of 62. Veiller, who was born in New York, came to Hollywood in 1930 as a writer. ... |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 29, 1965 |accessdate=2012-11-16 }}</ref>
==Filmography== {{Div col|colwidth=30em}} * ''[[The Witching Hour (1934 film)|The Witching Hour]]'' (1934) - screenplay, producer * ''[[Menace (1934 American film)|Menace]]'' (1934) - screenplay * ''[[The Notorious Sophie Lang]]'' (1934) - screenplay * ''[[Break of Hearts]]'' (1935) - screenplay * ''[[Star of Midnight]]'' (1935) - screenplay *''[[College Scandal]]'' (1935) - uncredited writer *'' [[Jalna (film)|Jalna]]'' (1935) - screenplay * ''[[Seven Keys to Baldpate (1935 film)|Seven Keys to Baldpate]]'' (1935) - screenplay * ''[[The Lady Consents]]'' (1936) - screenplay * ''[[The Ex-Mrs. Bradford]]'' (1936) - screenplay * ''[[Swing Time (film)|Swing Time]]'' (1936) - uncredited writer * ''[[A Woman Rebels]]'' (1936) - screenplay * ''[[Winterset (film)|Winterset]]'' (1936) - screenplay * ''[[The Soldier and the Lady]]'' (1937) - screenplay * ''[[Stage Door (film)|Stage Door]]'' (1937) - screenplay * ''[[Radio City Revels]]'' (1938) - screenplay *''[[The Saint in New York (film)|The Saint in New York]]'' (1938) - screenplay * ''[[Gunga Din (film)|Gunga Din]]'' (1939) - uncredited writer * ''[[Let Us Live]]'' (1939) - screenplay * ''[[Disputed Passage]]'' (1939) - screenplay * [[Typhoon (1940 film)|''Typhoon'']] (1940) - producer *''[[Safari (1940 film)|Safari]]'' (1940) - producer *''[[The Quarterback (1940 film)|The Quarterback]]'' (1940) - producer *''[[Moon Over Burma]]'' (1940) - producer *''[[Moon Over Burma (1940 film)|Victory]]'' (1940) - producer *''[[New York Town]]'' (1941) - producer * ''[[Her Cardboard Lover]]'' (1942) - screenplay * ''[[Prelude to War|Why We Fight: Prelude to War]]'' (1942) (documentary) - uncredited writer * ''[[The Battle of Russia|Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia]]'' (1943) (documentary) - uncredited writer, narrator * ''[[The Nazis Strike|Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike]]'' (1943) (documentary) - uncredited writer, narrator * ''[[The Battle of Britain|Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain]]'' (1943) (documentary) - uncredited director, narrator * ''[[Assignment in Brittany]]'' (1943) - screenplay *''[[Know Your Ally: Britain]]'' (1944) (documentary) - uncredited director * ''[[Tunisian Victory]]'' (documentary) (1944) - uncredited writer * ''[[Adventure (1945 film)|Adventure]]'' (1945) - screenplay * ''[[War Comes to America]]'' (1945) (documentary) - uncredited writer * ''[[Two Down and One to Go]]'' (1945) (documentary) - screenplay * ''[[Here is Germany]]'' (1945) (documentary) - uncredited writer, narrator * ''[[The Stranger (1946 film)|The Stranger]]'' (1946) - screenplay * ''[[The Killers (1946 film)|The Killers]]'' (1946) - screenplay * ''[[State of the Union (film)|State of the Union]]'' (1948) - screenplay, associate producer *''[[Colorado Territory (film)|Colorado Territory]]'' (1949) - producer *''[[Backfire (1950 film)|Backfire]]'' (1950) - producer *''[[Chain Lightning (1950 film)|Chain Lightning]]'' (1950) - producer *''[[Dallas (1950 film)|Dallas]]'' (1950) - producer *''[[Along the Great Divide]]'' (1951) - producer *''[[Fort Worth (film)|Fort Worth]]'' (1951) - producer *''[[Force of Arms (film)|Force of Arms]]'' (1951) - producer *''[[Red Planet Mars]]'' (1952) - screenplay, producer * ''[[Moulin Rouge (1952 film)|Moulin Rouge]]'' (1952) - screenplay * ''[[Beat the Devil (film)|Beat the Devil]]'' (1953) - uncredited writer * ''[[That Lady]]'' (1955) - screenplay * ''[[Safari (1956 film)|Safari]]'' (1956) - screenplay * ''[[Monkey on My Back (film)|Monkey on My Back]]'' (1957) - screenplay *''[[The Adventures of Tugboat Annie]]'' (1958) (TV series) - executive producer * ''[[Solomon and Sheba]]'' (1959) - screenplay * ''[[Timbuktu (1959 film)|Timbuktu]]'' (1959) - screenplay *''[[Markham (TV series)|Markham]]'' (1960) (TV series) writer of episodes * ''[[The List of Adrian Messenger]]'' (1963) - screenplay * ''[[The Night of the Iguana (film)|The Night of the Iguana]]'' (1964) - screenplay {{div col end}}
== Awards and nominations == {| class="wikitable" |+ !Award !Year !Category !Work !Result |- | rowspan="2" |[[Academy Awards|Academy Award]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Academy Award Person Data |url=https://www.atogt.com/askoscar/display-person.php?id=10064&var=0 |access-date=2026-02-06 |website=www.atogt.com}}</ref> |1938 | rowspan="2" |[[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]] |''[[Stage Door]]'' |{{nom}} |- |1947 | rowspan="2" |[[The Killers (1946 film)|''The Killers'']] |{{nom}} |- | rowspan="2" |[[Edgar Awards|Edgar Award]] |1947 | rowspan="2" |[[Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay|Best Motion Picture Screenplay]] |{{nom}} |- |1964 |''[[The List of Adrian Messenger]]'' |{{nom}} |- | rowspan="2" |[[Writers Guild of America Awards|Writers Guild of America Award]] |1953 | rowspan="2" |[[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Drama|Best Written American Drama]] |[[Moulin Rouge (1952 film)|''Moulin Rouge'']] |{{nom}} |- |1965 |[[The Night of the Iguana (film)|''The Night of the Iguana'']] |{{nom}} |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name|0892044}}
{{Authority control}} {{Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay}}
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