Ben Maddow
screenwriter and filmmaker (1909-1992)
Benjamin David Maddow was an American screenwriter, documentarian, and poet, whose career spanned the 1930s to 1970s. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for his work on The Asphalt Jungle (1950), and shared a BAFTA Award for Best Documentary for co-directing the documentary The Savage Eye (1960).
Filmography in the catalog
Credited on 8 films (1937–1967) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 10 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).
| Year ▲ | Title | Creator | Length | Format | Color | Sound |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | People of the Cumberland. | Sidney Meyers, Elia Kazan, Jay Leyda | 16mm | B&W | sound | |
| 1938 | People Of The Cumberland | STEBBINS (ROBERT) AND EUGENE HILL | 16mm | B&W | sound | |
| 1950 | The Asphalt Jungle | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp | 1:52:00 | 16mm | B&W | sound |
| 1954 | The Wild One | Columbia Picture Corp | 79 min | 16mm | B&W | sound |
| 1959 | The Savage Eye. | City Film Corp. | 35mm | B&W | sound | |
| 1961 | Two Loves. | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. & Julian Blaustein Productions Inc. | 96 min | 35mm | Color | sound |
| 1963 | An affair of the skin | written and directed by Ben Maddow. | 142 | 16mm | B&W | sound |
| 1967 | The Way West | Collectors Book Store | 1:23 | 16mm | Color |