Born James Dalton Trumbo in Montrose, Colorado; raised in Grand Junction, CO. Journalist who turned to screenwriting in the mid-1930s and became one of the Hollywood Ten some fifteen years later. Jailed for ten months because of his refusal to cooperate with HUAC and subsequently blacklisted, Trumbo nonetheless turned out a substantial number of screenplays under various pseudonyms, notably THE BRAVE ONE (1956) as Robert Rich, which won an Oscar® for Best Writing. Though the event was a great embarrassment to the industry and had the potential to undermine the blacklist, it was not until 1960, with the support of producers Kirk Douglas (SPARTACUS) and Otto Preminger (EXODUS), that Trumbo's name again began appearing in film credits. He made an electrifying directing debut (at age 65!) with a harrowing adaptation of his 1939 anti-war novel, JOHNNY GOT HIS GUN (1971). Visit the Internet Movie Database for a listing of Trumbo's writing credits.  Nominated for Writing (Screenplay) 1940: KITTY FOYLE  Writing (Motion Picture Story) 1953: ROMAN HOLIDAY (Film originally credited Ian McKellan Hunter.)  Writing (Motion Picture Story) 1956: THE BRAVE ONE (Dalton Trumbo used the name Robert Rich in this film's credits.) 2 nominations, 1 uncredited nomination, 2 Awards