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Blake Edwards was an American film director, screenwriter and producer.

Edwards' career began in the 1940s as an actor but he soon turned to writing radio scripts at Columbia Pictures. He used his writing skills to begin producing and directing, with some of his best films including: Experiment in Terror, The Great Race, and the hugely successful Pink Panther film series with the British comedian Peter Sellers. Often thought of as primarily a director of comedies, he was also renowned for his dramatic work, Breakfast at Tiffany's and Days of Wine and Roses. His greatest successes, however, were his comedies, and most of his films were either musicals, melodramas, slapstick comedies, and thrillers.

In 2004, he received an Honorary Academy Award in recognition of his writing, directing and producing an extraordinary body of work for the screen.

Acting (26 movies)

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Big Town

1946

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Bruce Lee: The Immortal Dragon

1994

5.7

Strangler of the Swamp

1946

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Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys

1992

6.6

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

1944

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Marshal of Reno

1944

5.7

Panhandle

1948

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Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady

1997

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Leather Gloves

1948

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Behind The Feline: 'The Cartoon Phenomenon'

2004

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William Holden: The Golden Boy

1989

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Audrey Hepburn: Remembered

1993

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She's a Sweetheart

1944

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Tokyo Rose

1946

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The Unwritten Code

1944

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Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames

2024

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Lucky Legs

1942

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Ten Gentlemen from West Point

1942

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The Pink Panther Story

2003

6.6

A Guy Named Joe

1943

5.2

From This Day Forward

1946

7.1

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

1946

6.5

They Were Expendable

1945

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A Guy, a Gal and a Pal

1945

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Breakfast at Tiffany's: The Making of a Classic

2006

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Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me

2009

Directing (43 movies)

7.6

Breakfast at Tiffany's

1961

7.2

A Shot in the Dark

1964

5.9

Switch

1991

6.0

Blind Date

1987

6.8

The Pink Panther

1963

7.3

The Party

1968

6.4

Revenge of the Pink Panther

1978

7.1

The Great Race

1965

6.8

The Return of the Pink Panther

1975

5.7

10

1979

6.9

The Pink Panther Strikes Again

1976

6.1

Skin Deep

1989

5.2

Trail of the Pink Panther

1982

7.5

Days of Wine and Roses

1963

5.9

S.O.B.

1981

7.3

Victor/Victoria

1982

7.2

Operation Petticoat

1959

5.9

What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?

1966

5.5

Micki & Maude

1984

4.6

Curse of the Pink Panther

1983

6.2

Wild Rovers

1971

7.1

Experiment in Terror

1962

5.5

Darling Lili

1970

5.7

Sunset

1988

4.6

Son of the Pink Panther

1993

6.1

The Tamarind Seed

1974

5.5

That's Life!

1986

4.7

The Man Who Loved Women

1983

5.9

The Carey Treatment

1972

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Peter Gunn

1989

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High Time

1960

5.2

Gunn

1967

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He Laughed Last

1956

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This Happy Feeling

1958

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Mister Cory

1957

6.7

The Perfect Furlough

1958

4.5

A Fine Mess

1986

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Justin Case

1988

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Bring Your Smile Along

1955

6.6

Victor/Victoria

1995

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Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer!

1954

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Julie: My Favourite Things

1975

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Julie

1972

Title	Year	Job
Panhandle	1948	Writer
Panhandle	1948	Producer
Stampede	1949	Screenplay
Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder	1952	Writer
Sound Off	1952	Writer
All Ashore	1953	Screenplay
Cruisin' Down the River	1953	Writer
Drive a Crooked Road	1954	Screenplay
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer!	1954	Writer
Bring Your Smile Along	1955	Screenplay
My Sister Eileen	1955	Screenplay
He Laughed Last	1956	Screenplay
Mister Cory	1957	Screenplay
Operation Mad Ball	1957	Screenplay
This Happy Feeling	1958	Screenplay
Experiment in Terror	1962	Producer
The Notorious Landlady	1962	Screenplay
Soldier in the Rain	1963	Screenplay
Soldier in the Rain	1963	Producer
The Pink Panther	1963	Screenplay
A Shot in the Dark	1964	Producer
A Shot in the Dark	1964	Screenplay
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?	1966	Producer
Gunn	1967	Writer
Waterhole #3	1967	Producer
The Party	1968	Producer
The Party	1968	Screenplay
Darling Lili	1970	Writer
Darling Lili	1970	Producer
Wild Rovers	1971	Screenplay
Julie on Sesame Street	1973	Executive Producer
Julie and Dick at Covent Garden	1974	Producer
The Tamarind Seed	1974	Screenplay
The Return of the Pink Panther	1975	Producer
The Return of the Pink Panther	1975	Screenplay
The Pink Panther Strikes Again	1976	Screenplay
The Pink Panther Strikes Again	1976	Producer
Revenge of the Pink Panther	1978	Producer
Revenge of the Pink Panther	1978	Screenplay
10	1979	Screenplay
10	1979	Producer
S.O.B.	1981	Screenplay
S.O.B.	1981	Producer
Victor/Victoria	1982	Producer
Victor/Victoria	1982	Screenplay
Trail of the Pink Panther	1982	Producer
Trail of the Pink Panther	1982	Screenplay
Curse of the Pink Panther	1983	Screenplay
Curse of the Pink Panther	1983	Producer
The Man Who Loved Women	1983	Screenplay
The Man Who Loved Women	1983	Producer
City Heat	1984	Screenplay
A Fine Mess	1986	Writer
That's Life!	1986	Writer
Sunset	1988	Screenplay
Justin Case	1988	Executive Producer
Justin Case	1988	Writer
Skin Deep	1989	Writer
Peter Gunn	1989	Writer
Peter Gunn	1989	Executive Producer
Switch	1991	Screenplay
Victor/Victoria	1995	Producer