Arthur A. Ross

American screenwriter

Arthur A. Ross
Born	(1920-02-04)February 4, 1920 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died	November 11, 2008(2008-11-11) (aged 88) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Nationality (legal)	American
Occupation	Screenwriter
Spouse	Gail Ross
Children	2, Including Gary Ross

Arthur A. Ross (February 4, 1920 – November 11, 2008) was an American film and television screenwriter, best known for writing the Oscar-nominated script for Brubaker, The Great Race, and for co-writing Creature from the Black Lagoon with Harry Essex. He wrote numerous episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents and won the Edgar Allen Poe award for Thanatos Palace Hotel episode. He served in the United States Army during World War II and was blacklisted in Hollywood during the Red Scare.^[1] His son is writer, producer, and director Gary Ross.^[1] His daughter is constitutional and Indigenous rights lawyer, Stephanie Ross.

Partial filmography

Brubaker (1980)
Satan's School for Girls (1973)
The Great Race (1965)
The Three Worlds of Gulliver (1960)
Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
Kazan (1949)
Rusty Leads the Way (1948)
San Quentin (1946)

References

^ ^a ^b "Interview: Gary Ross breathes his life into 'Pleasantville'". CNN. October 12, 1998.

External links

Arthur A. Ross at IMDb

Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Episodic Drama (1970–1979)

David W. Rintels for "A Continual Roar of Musketry" (1970)
Herb Bermann & Thomas Y. Drake & Jerrold Freedman & Bo May for "Par for the Course" (1971)
Herman Miller for "King of the Mountain" (1972)
Harlan Ellison for "Phoenix Without Ashes" (1973)
Jim Byrnes for "Thirty a Month and Found" (1974)
Stephen Kandel & Arthur Ross for "Prior Consent" (1975)
Loring Mandel for "Crossing Fox River" (1976)
Mark Rodgers for "Pressure Point" (1977)
Seth Freeman for "Prisoner" (1978)
Leon Tokatyan for "Vet" (1979)