---
name: "Daniel Taradash"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/daniel-taradash"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "29 January 1913"
died: "22 February 2003"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-20T02:52:51.503794+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."
---

# Daniel Taradash

Writer. Born 29 January 1913 in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. Died 22 February 2003.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 29 January 1913, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
- **Died:** 22 February 2003
- **Active:** 1953–1955
- **Also known as:** Daniel Irwin Taradash, Daniel Tradash
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 73, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Taradash, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1162881, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0850168/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20600

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*From Here to Eternity*](https://film.one/film/from-here-to-eternity.md) (83)

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## Biography

Daniel Taradash was an American screenwriter and playwright. He was born on 29 January 1913 in Louisville, Kentucky, and died on 22 February 2003 in Los Angeles, California. He studied at Harvard University and received a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1936. Although he passed the New York State bar examination, he did not practise law and instead pursued writing.

Taradash's early screenwriting credits include *Golden Boy* (1939) and *Knock on Any Door* (1949). He served in the US Signal Corps during the Second World War, working on training films. His adaptation of James Jones's novel for *From Here to Eternity* (1953) earned him an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Other notable screenplays include *Don't Bother to Knock* (1952), *Rancho Notorious* (1952), *Picnic* (1955), *Bell, Book and Candle* (1958), *Morituri* (1965), *Hawaii* (1966) and *Castle Keep* (1969). He also directed *Storm Center* (1956).

Taradash served as president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from 1970 to 1973 and as president of the Writers Guild of America West from 1977 to 1979.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, nytimes.com, theguardian.com, variety.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Picnic* (1955), Fi1m 63, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/picnic.md)
- *From Here to Eternity* (1953), Fi1m 83, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/from-here-to-eternity.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

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

- *Bogie* (1980), Writer
- *From Here to Eternity* (1979), series, Writer
- *Doctors' Wives* (1971), Screenplay
- *Castle Keep* (1969), Screenplay
- *Hawaii* (1966), Screenplay
- *Alvarez Kelly* (1966), Writer
- *Morituri* (1965), Writer
- *Bell, Book and Candle* (1958), Screenplay
- *Storm Center* (1956), Writer, Director
- *Picnic* (1955), Screenplay — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/picnic.md)
- *Désirée* (1954), Writer
- *From Here to Eternity* (1953), Screenplay — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/from-here-to-eternity.md)
- *Don't Bother to Knock* (1952), Screenplay
- *Rancho Notorious* (1952), Screenplay
- *Knock on Any Door* (1949), Screenplay
- *The Noose Hangs High* (1948), Story
- *A Little Bit of Heaven* (1940), Screenplay
- *Golden Boy* (1939), Screenplay
- *For Love or Money* (1939), Story

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won

- 1954: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (won), for *From Here to Eternity*

### Other awards — 2 won

- Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement 1996: Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement (won)
- Valentine Davies Award 1971: Valentine Davies Award (won)

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

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