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Born in New Jersey, USA. A graduate of Columbia, he became associated with the American documentary movement in the mid-1930s and, in 1936, together with Sidney Meyers, Willard Van Dyke, Irving Lerner, Ralph Steiner, Paul Strand, and Leo Horwitz, launched "The World Today," a short-lived newsreel that was supposed to become the progressive Left's answer to the conservative "The March of Time." Under the pseudonym of David Wolff, Maddow later collaborated on the script of the documentary NATIVE LAND (1942). He began writing screenplays for Hollywood features in the late 40s, alone or in collaboration, at times without receiving screen credit: FRAMED (1947), KISS THE BLOOD OFF MY HANDS (1948), INTRUDER IN THE DUST (1949), THE ASPHALT JUNGLE (1950), SHADOW IN THE SKY (1952), THE WILD ONE (1953, uncredited), and THE NAKED JUNGLE (1954). Philip Yordan acted as a front for Maddow's screenplays for MEN IN WAR, GUN GLORY and NO DOWN PAYMENT (all 1957) and GOD'S LITTLE ACRE (1958). Maddow's subsequent credits include THE UNFORGIVEN (1960), TWO LOVES (1961), THE BALCONY (1963), THE WAY WEST (1967), THE CHAIRMAN and THE SECRET OF SANTA VITTORIA (both 1969), and his last feature, THE MEPHISTO WALTZ (1971). Maddow also wrote for made-for-TV movies and the TV series "The Untouchables" and "Kraft Suspense Theatre."
His infrequent contributions as director were outside the mainstream of the commercial cinema, the most notable being his collaboration on the semi-documentary THE SAVAGE EYE (1960).
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Nominated for Writing (Screenplay)