Brubaker (1980)

Born in Chicago, IL, Arthur Ross started writing in high school before making his "show biz" debut, co-writing (as a teenager) a stage show called Meet the People that later went to Broadway. Ross' list of film/TV credits began with the all-star spoof STAR SPANGELED RHYTHM (1942) and then, after he served in the Army during World War II, continued with crime melodramas, Westerns, comedies, the Oscar®-nominated BRUBAKER (1980) and a host of radio and TV series, among them "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour." Other notable writing credits (alone or in collaboration) include VACATION IN RENO and SAN QUENTIN (both 1946), BEAT THE BAND (1947), KAZAN and PORT OF NEW YORK (both 1949), OKINAWA (1952), THE STAND AT APACHE RIVER (1953), CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON (1954), THE CREATURE WALKS AMONG US (1956), THE 30 FOOT BRIDE OF CANDY ROCK (1959), THE 3 WORLDS OF GULLIVER (1960), THE FUNNY SIDE OF LIFE (1963), THE GREAT RACE (1965) and the TV series "Mr. Lucky" and "Mannix," as well as the TV movie "Satan's School for Girls" (1973). He is the father of writer and director Gary Ross.  Nominated for Writing (Best Screenplay written directly for the screen) 1980: BRUBAKER (w. W.D. Richter) 1 nomination