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name: "Blake Edwards"
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fi1m_id: "blake-edwards-1927"
imdb_id: "nm0001175"
tmdb_id: 1927
wikidata_id: "Q56093"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "26 July 1922"
died: "15 December 2010"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-01T00:19:35.737813+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Blake Edwards

## Identity

Blake Edwards

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/blake-edwards-1927
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** blake-edwards-1927
- **IMDb ID:** nm0001175
- **TMDB ID:** 1927
- **Wikidata ID:** Q56093
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blake_Edwards, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56093, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001175/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1927

Director. Born 26 July 1922 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. Died 15 December 2010.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 26 July 1922, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
- **Died:** 15 December 2010
- **Active:** 1961–1983
- **Also known as:** Sam O. Brown, 블레이크 에드워즈, William Blake Crump, بلیک ادواردز
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blake_Edwards, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56093, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001175/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1927

## Streaming the US now

- **Pluto TV:** [*Curse of the Pink Panther*](https://film.one/film/curse-of-the-pink-panther.md) (34)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Blake Edwards was an American film director, screenwriter and producer. Born William Blake Crump on 26 July 1922 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, he began his career as an actor in the 1940s before writing radio scripts and screenplays. He moved into directing and producing for television and film.

Edwards is best known for directing *Breakfast at Tiffany's* (1961) and the *Pink Panther* series, including *The Pink Panther* (1963), *A Shot in the Dark* (1964), *The Return of the Pink Panther* (1975), *The Pink Panther Strikes Again* (1976) and *Revenge of the Pink Panther* (1978), many starring Peter Sellers. He also directed *Days of Wine and Roses* (1962), *The Great Race* (1965), *10* (1979) and *Victor/Victoria* (1982). He received an Honorary Academy Award in 2004. Edwards died on 15 December 2010 in Santa Monica, California.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, pbs.org, britannica.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Curse of the Pink Panther* (1983), Fi1m 34, Producer, Director, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/curse-of-the-pink-panther.md)

## Complete filmography (96)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Pink Panther and Pals* (2010), series, Original Series Creator, Creator
- *The Pink Panther 2* (2009), Characters
- *The Pink Panther* (2006), Characters
- *The Pink Panther: Classic Cartoon Collection Vol. 3* (2005), Writer
- *The Pink Panther: Classic Cartoon Collection Vol. 2* (2005), Writer
- *E! True Hollywood Story* (1996), series, Actor
- *Victor/Victoria* (1996), Musical, Producer, Original Film Writer, Director, Stage Director, Writer
- *The Pink Panther* (1993), series, Creator
- *Son of the Pink Panther* (1993), Story, Director, Characters
- *Julie* (1992), series, Producer, Director, Creator
- *Switch* (1991), Screenplay, Director
- *Peter Gunn* (1989), Writer, Director, Executive Producer
- *Skin Deep* (1989), Director, Writer
- *Justin Case* (1988), Executive Producer, Director, Writer
- *Sunset* (1988), Screenplay, Director
- *Blind Date* (1987), Director
- *That's Life!* (1986), Director, Writer
- *A Fine Mess* (1986), Writer, Director
- *Micki & Maude* (1984), Director
- *City Heat* (1984), Screenplay
- *The Man Who Loved Women* (1983), Screenplay, Director, Producer
- *Curse of the Pink Panther* (1983), Director, Screenplay, Producer — Fi1m 34, [page](https://film.one/film/curse-of-the-pink-panther.md)
- *Trail of the Pink Panther* (1982), Producer, Director, Story, Screenplay
- *Victor/Victoria* (1982), Producer, Director, Screenplay
- *S.O.B.* (1981), Director, Producer, Writer
- *Casino* (1980), Executive Consultant
- *10* (1979), Director, Producer, Writer
- *Revenge of the Pink Panther* (1978), Director, Screenplay, Producer, Story
- *The Pink Panther Strikes Again* (1976), Director, Screenplay, Producer
- *The Return of the Pink Panther* (1975), Screenplay, Producer, Director
- *Julie: My Favourite Things* (1975), Director
- *The Tamarind Seed* (1974), Screenplay, Director
- *Julie and Dick at Covent Garden* (1974), Producer
- *Julie on Sesame Street* (1973), Executive Producer
- *Julie* (1972), Director
- *The Carey Treatment* (1972), Director
- *Wild Rovers* (1971), Director, Screenplay
- *Darling Lili* (1970), Director, Writer, Producer
- *The Monk* (1969), Story
- *Inspector Clouseau* (1968), Characters
- *The Party* (1968), Screenplay, Director, Producer, Story
- *Waterhole #3* (1967), Producer
- *Gunn* (1967), Director, Writer, Characters, Executive Producer
- *What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?* (1966), Director, Story, Producer
- *The Great Race* (1965), Director, Original Story
- *A Shot in the Dark* (1964), Director, Screenplay, Producer
- *The Pink Panther* (1963), Director, Screenplay
- *Soldier in the Rain* (1963), Screenplay, Producer
- *Days of Wine and Roses* (1963), Director
- *The Notorious Landlady* (1962), Screenplay
- *Experiment in Terror* (1962), Producer, Director
- *Walk on the Wild Side* (1962), Co-Director
- *The Couch* (1962), Story
- *Breakfast at Tiffany's* (1961), Director
- *Dante* (1960), series, Creator
- *High Time* (1960), Director
- *Operation Petticoat* (1959), Director
- *Mr. Lucky* (1959), series, Director, Writer, Creator
- *The Perfect Furlough* (1958), Director
- *Peter Gunn* (1958), series, Director, Writer, Producer, Creator
- *This Happy Feeling* (1958), Director, Screenplay
- *Operation Mad Ball* (1957), Screenplay
- *Richard Diamond, Private Detective* (1957), series, Creator
- *Meet McGraw* (1957), series, Creator
- *Mister Cory* (1957), Director, Screenplay
- *He Laughed Last* (1956), Story, Director, Screenplay
- *My Sister Eileen* (1955), Screenplay
- *Bring Your Smile Along* (1955), Director, Story, Screenplay
- *Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer!* (1954), Writer, Director
- *The Atomic Kid* (1954), Story
- *Drive a Crooked Road* (1954), Screenplay
- *Cruisin' Down the River* (1953), Writer
- *All Ashore* (1953), Screenplay, Story
- *The Ford Television Theatre* (1952), series, Teleplay, Story
- *Four Star Playhouse* (1952), series, Director
- *Sound Off* (1952), Writer
- *Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder* (1952), Writer
- *Stampede* (1949), Screenplay, Co-Producer
- *Leather Gloves* (1948), as Vince Reedy
- *Panhandle* (1948), as Floyd Schofield · Writer, Producer
- *Big Town* (1946), as Nixon-Reporter (uncredited)
- *The Strange Love of Martha Ivers* (1946), as Sleeping Sailor (uncredited)
- *From This Day Forward* (1946), as Night Club Patron
- *Tokyo Rose* (1946), as Joe Bridger
- *Strangler of the Swamp* (1946), as Christian Sanders Jr.
- *They Were Expendable* (1945), as Boat Crewman (uncredited)
- *A Guy, a Gal and a Pal* (1945), as Solider (uncredited)
- *She's a Sweetheart* (1944), as Soldier
- *Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo* (1944), as Lt. Smith's Crewman (uncredited)
- *The Unwritten Code* (1944), as Swede (uncredited)
- *Marshal of Reno* (1944), as Lee
- *A Guy Named Joe* (1944), as Flyer (uncredited)
- *There's Something About a Soldier* (1943), Actor
- *Lucky Legs* (1942), as Red Arrow Messenger
- *Ten Gentlemen from West Point* (1942), as Cadet (uncredited)
- *The Pink Panther*, Characters

## Gallery

- ![Blake Edwards](https://film.one/media/person/3878342/gallery-6d3c445eefc3.jpg) Blake Edwards — Photo by G. K. Austin, Burbank, CA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/Blake_Edwards_1966.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Photo of Richard Chamberlain and Vincent Edwards at a cocktail party with film executives Howard W. Koch and Blake Edwards. (1966)](https://film.one/media/person/3878342/gallery-70db2c87d069.jpg) Photo of Richard Chamberlain and Vincent Edwards at a cocktail party with film executives Howard W. Koch and Blake Edwards. (1966) — Photo by G. K. Austin, Burbank, CA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Richard_Chamberlain_and_Vincent_Edwards_1966.jpg/1280px-Richard_Chamberlain_and_Vincent_Edwards_1966.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Blake Edwards](https://film.one/media/person/3878342/gallery-6f6f155ea137.jpg) Blake Edwards — Image via TMDB
- ![Blake Edwards](https://film.one/media/person/3878342/gallery-1a4cb2f09f12.jpg) Blake Edwards — Image via TMDB
- ![Blake Edwards](https://film.one/media/person/3878342/gallery-fdf324514d03.jpg) Blake Edwards — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1983: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *Victor/Victoria*

### Other awards — 4 won, 2 nominated

- Academy Honorary Award 2004: Academy Honorary Award (won)
- Edgar Awards 2002: Edgar Awards (won)
- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director 1989: Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director (won), for *Sunset*
- César Award for Best Foreign Film 1983: César Award for Best Foreign Film (won), for *Victor, Victorian*
- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director 1982: Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director (nominated), for *S.O.B.*
- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay 1982: Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay (nominated), for *S.O.B.*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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