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Man

22 Sept 1900

Nova Scotia, Canada

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Pierre Collings

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lysander Pierre Collings (September 22, 1900 - December 21, 1937), known professionally as Pierre Collings, was a writer and filmmaker who, along with Sheridan Gibney, won two Academy Awards in 1936 for The Story of Louis Pasteur. Their screenplay was adapted from their own work, leading to awards for both Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Story. Collings started in the motion picture industry at 17 as a messenger boy and worked as a cameraman before becoming known for his writing. He wrote a number of screenplays in the mid-late 1920s and although he was less active and suffered from a number of personal issues in the 1930s, it was then that his best known work was released. The Story of Louis Pasteur was nominated for Best Picture and won Best Actor for Paul Muni, in addition to winning Best Story and Best Adapted Screenplay for Collings and Gibney. Unusually, the pair won Best Adapted Screenplay for adapting their own work. The Best Story category was discontinued in 1957 in favor of Best Original Screenplay.

Animal Crackers

8 August 1930

The Story of Louis Pasteur

22 February 1936

The Story of Louis Pasteur

22 February 1936

The Red Dance

2 December 1928

A Woman of the World

28 December 1925

The Hole in the Wall

27 April 1929

The Show Off

16 August 1926

The Grand Duchess and the Waiter

21 February 1926

Dangerous Nan McGrew

22 June 1930

A Social Celebrity

29 March 1926