Gladys Hill
(c. 1916 - 1981)

The Man Who Would Be King (1975) Her screenplay credits consist of three collaborations with John Huston: REFLECTIONS IN A GOLDEN EYE (1967), THE KREMLIN LETTER (1970) and THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING, for which she shared an Oscar® nomination with Huston. She was dialogue director on the following feature films: THE STRANGER (1946, directed by Orson Welles), WE WERE STRANGERS (1949, directed by Huston) and THE PROWLER (1951, directed by Joseph Losey). She was Huston's assistant on FREUD (1962), THE LIST OF ADRIAN MESSENGER (1963), THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA (1964), THE BIBLE (1966), FAT CITY (1972), THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JUDGE ROY BEAN (1972) and THE MACKINTOSH MAN (1973). She wrote the lyrics to Georges Delarue's music for Huston's A WALK WITH LOVE AND DEATH (1969), which introduced 18-year-old Anjelica Huston and 21-year-old Assi Dayan (son of Israeli chief-of-staff and defense minister Moshe Dayan) to screen audiences.

 Nominated for Writing (Best Screenplay adapted from other material) 1975: THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING (w. John Huston)

1 nomination