Former TV writer ("Ben Casey" and "The Nurses") who began a successful film career in the mid-1960s. Sargent's deft, sentimental treatments of "serious" topics have earned him three Oscar® nominations; he won the award for JULIA (1977) and ORDINARY PEOPLE (1980). Other notable (non-nominated) writing credits include GAMBIT (1966), THE STALKING MOON and THE STERILE CUCKOO (both 1969), I WALK THE LINE (1970), THE EFFECT OF GAMMA RAYS ON MAN-IN-THE-MOON MARIGOLDS (1972), BOBBY DEERFIELD (1977), STRAIGHT TIME (1978, story), NUTS (1987), DOMINICK AND EUGENE (1988), WHAT ABOUT BOB? (1991, story), OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY (1991, screenplay), HERO (1992, story), BOGUS (1996, screenplay), ANYWHERE BUT HERE (1999, screenplay), UNFAITHFUL (2002, screenplay) and screenplays for SPIDER-MAN 2 (2004) and SPIDER-MAN 3 (2007).  Nominated for Writing (Best Screenplay based on material from another medium) 1973: PAPER MOON  Writing (Best Screenplay based on material from another medium) 1977: JULIA  Writing (Best Screenplay based on material from another medium) 1980: ORDINARY PEOPLE 3 nominations, 2 Awards