Kurt Luedtke
American screenwriter and newspaper editor (1939–2020) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kurt Luedtke (/ˈluːtki/;[1] September 28, 1939 – August 9, 2020) was an American screenwriter and executive editor of the Detroit Free Press. He wrote Out of Africa (1985), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He also wrote Absence of Malice (1981), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, as well as Random Hearts (1999). All three films were directed by Sydney Pollack.
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Born | (1939-09-28)September 28, 1939 Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S. |
Died | August 9, 2020(2020-08-09) (aged 80) Royal Oak, Michigan, U.S. |
Alma mater | Brown University Medill School of Journalism |
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