Robert P. Davis (October 8, 1929 – November 7, 2005) was an American
author,
screenwriter
A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based.
...
, and
film director
A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...
whose works are primarily centered on
aviation.
His
1960
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Events
January
* Ja ...
short film, ''
Day of the Painter'', won an
Academy Award in
1961
Events January
* January 3
** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba ( Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015).
** Aero Flight 311 ...
for
Best Short Subject.
Davis's 1976 novel ''The Pilot,'' about an alcohol-abusing airline captain, served as the source material for his screenplay for
the motion picture of the same title, released in 1980, in which
Cliff Robertson acted out the lead role and which Robertson also directed.
Movies and TV
* ''
Day of the Painter'' (short film) (1960)
* ''
The Pilot
A pilot is a person who flies or navigates an aircraft.
Pilot or The Pilot may also refer to:
* Maritime pilot, a person who guides ships through hazardous waters
* Television pilot, a television episode used to sell a series to a television netw ...
'' (1980)
* ''Final Descent'' (TV) (1997), based on ''The Glass Cockpit''
Books
* ''The Pilot'' (New York: Morrow, 1976)
* ''Cat Five'' (New York: Pocket Books, 1977)
* ''Control Tower'' (New York: Putnam's, 1980)
* ''The Glass Cockpit'' (1991)
References
External links
*
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1929 births
American film directors
American male screenwriters
20th-century American novelists
2005 deaths
Place of birth missing
American male novelists
20th-century American male writers
20th-century American screenwriters