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Ernest Tidyman

Ernest Tidyman

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Born January 1, 1928 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Died July 14, 1984

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Ernest Tidyman (January 1, 1928 - July 14, 1984) was a Cleveland-born American author and screenwriter, best known for his novels featuring the African-American detective John Shaft. He also co-wrote the screenplay for the film version of Shaft with John D.F. Black in 1971.

His screenplay for The French Connection garnered him an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, as well as a Golden Globe Award, a Writers Guild of America Award, and an Edgar Award.

He also wrote the screenplay for the 1973 film High Plains Drifter, which was directed by Clint Eastwood, who was also its star. Tidyman also wrote the sequel to Shaft, Shaft's Big Score which appeared in theaters in 1972.

In 1974, he published Dummy, a non-fiction account of the story of an accused deaf-mute murderer. It was nominated for an Edgar in the Fact Crime category.

He co-wrote A Force of One in 1979, one of Chuck Norris's earlier films.

Thereafter, Tidyman never attained the kind of success he enjoyed with The French Connection and the Shaft series, although he had a high note in 1980 with his teleplay for the TV movie Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (which he also had a hand in producing), which garnered him an Emmy nomination. For creating the Shaft books, he became one of the few white individuals to win an NAACP Image Award.

Tidyman married Susan Gould, and fathered two children — Adam and Nicholas. Gould passed a few years later. In 1982, he married former Motown soul singer Chris Clark, who had co-written the screenplay for Lady Sings the Blues (1972). He died two years later from a perforated ulcer.

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The 44th Annual Academy Awards Poster

The 44th Annual Academy Awards TV Special1972Self - Winner

Film '72 Poster

Film '72 TV Series1971Self

Writer

22

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Shaft Feature Film2019

Shaft Feature Film2000

Stark: Mirror Image Poster

Stark: Mirror Image TV Movie1986

Brotherly Love Poster

Brotherly Love TV Movie1985

Stark TV Movie1985

Last Plane Out Poster

Last Plane Out Feature Film1983

Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story Poster

Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story TV Series1980

Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones Poster

Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones TV Movie1980

Power TV Movie1980

A Force of One Poster

A Force of One Feature Film1979

Dummy TV Movie1979

Eischied Poster

Eischied TV Series1979

To Kill a Cop Poster

To Kill a Cop TV Movie1978

Street People Poster

Street People Feature Film1976

Report to the Commissioner Poster

Report to the Commissioner Feature Film1975

Ghost in the Noonday Sun Poster

Ghost in the Noonday Sun Feature Film1974

High Plains Drifter Poster

High Plains Drifter Feature Film1973

Shaft TV Series1973

Shaft in Africa Poster

Shaft in Africa Feature Film1973

Shaft's Big Score! Poster

Shaft's Big Score! Feature Film1972

Shaft Feature Film1971

The French Connection Poster

The French Connection Feature Film1971

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Walking Tall Poster

Walking Tall TV Series1981

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Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story Poster

Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story TV Series1980

Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones Poster

Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones TV Movie1980

Dummy TV Movie1979

Shaft's Big Score! Poster

Shaft's Big Score! Feature Film1972

Shaft Feature Film1971

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1

Brotherly Love Poster

Brotherly Love TV Movie1985

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