---
name: "D.M. Marshman Jr."
canonical: "https://film.one/person/d-m-marshman-jr"
fi1m_id: "d-m-marshman-jr"
imdb_id: "nm0551261"
tmdb_id: 8618
wikidata_id: "Q506304"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "21 December 1922"
died: "17 September 2015"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T04:51:15.262566+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."
---

# D.M. Marshman Jr.

## Identity

D.M. Marshman Jr.

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/d-m-marshman-jr
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** d-m-marshman-jr
- **IMDb ID:** nm0551261
- **TMDB ID:** 8618
- **Wikidata ID:** Q506304
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._M._Marshman_Jr., https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q506304, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0551261/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8618

Writer. Born 21 December 1922 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Died 17 September 2015.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 21 December 1922, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- **Died:** 17 September 2015
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._M._Marshman_Jr., https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q506304, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0551261/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8618

## Biography

D.M. Marshman Jr. (Donald McGill Marshman Jr.) was an American screenwriter and journalist. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, on 21 December 1922, he was educated at Andover and Yale, receiving a B.A. in 1945. He began his career at Life magazine as an editorial researcher and movie editor before becoming a film critic at Time magazine.

In 1948 he was recruited by Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder to collaborate on the screenplay for *Sunset Boulevard* (1950). The three shared the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. Marshman received further screenwriting credits on *Taxi* (1953) and *Second Chance* (1953). He later worked in advertising after returning to the East Coast.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, hollywoodreporter.com, imdb.com, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Sunset Boulevard* (1950), Fi1m 91, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/sunset-boulevard.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

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

- *Second Chance* (1953), Adaptation
- *Taxi* (1953), Screenplay
- *Sunset Boulevard* (1950), Screenplay — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/sunset-boulevard.md)
- *Sunset Boulevard*, Original Film Writer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won

- 1951: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (won), for *Sunset Boulevard*

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

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