Sidney Robert Buchman (March 27, 1902 – August 23, 1975) was an American screenwriter and producer who worked on about 40 films from the late 1920s to the early 1970s. He received four Oscar nominations and won once for Best Screenplay for fantasy romantic comedy film Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) along with Seton I. Miller.
Academy Awards
Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
Known For
Cleopatra
(1963)
Screenplay
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
(1941)
Screenplay
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
(1939)
Screenplay
Holiday
(1938)
Screenplay
Lost Horizon
(1937)
Screenplay
The Group
(1966)
Screenplay
The Awful Truth
(1937)
Screenplay
Full Filmography
Writing
The Beloved Bachelor
(1931)
Dialogue
Daughter of the Dragon
(1931)
Dialogue
The Sign of the Cross
(1932)
Screenplay
No One Man
(1932)
Writer
Thunder Below
(1932)
Writer
If I Had a Million
(1932)
Writer
From Hell to Heaven
(1933)
Writer
The Right To Romance
(1933)
Screenplay
All of Me
(1934)
Screenplay
His Greatest Gamble
(1934)
Screenplay
Whom the Gods Destroy
(1934)
Screenplay
She Married Her Boss
(1935)
Screenplay
Love Me Forever
(1935)
Screenplay
Theodora Goes Wild
(1936)
Screenplay
Adventure in Manhattan
(1936)
Screenplay
The King Steps Out
(1936)
Writer
Lost Horizon
(1937)
Screenplay
The Awful Truth
(1937)
Screenplay
Holiday
(1938)
Screenplay
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
(1939)
Screenplay
The Howards of Virginia
(1940)
Screenplay
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
(1941)
Screenplay
The Talk of the Town
(1942)
Screenplay
Over 21
(1945)
Screenplay
A Song to Remember
(1945)
Writer
To the Ends of the Earth
(1948)
Writer
Jolson Sings Again
(1949)
Screenplay
Saturday's Hero
(1951)
Screenplay
The Mark
(1961)
Screenplay
Cleopatra
(1963)
Screenplay
The Group
(1966)
Screenplay
The Deadly Trap
(1971)
Scenario Writer
Billy Jack Goes to Washington
(1977)
Screenplay
Production
She Married an Artist
(1937)
Producer
Over 21
(1945)
Producer
A Song to Remember
(1945)
Producer
The Jolson Story
(1946)
Producer
To the Ends of the Earth
(1948)
Producer
The Group
(1966)
Producer
The Deadly Trap
(1971)
Associate Producer
Crew