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name: "Geza Herczeg"
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roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 March 1888"
died: "19 February 1954"
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average_as: "writer"
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updated: "2026-09-19T23:29:06.404169+00:00"
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# Geza Herczeg

Writer. Born 1 March 1888 in Nagykanizsa. Died 19 February 1954.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 March 1888, Nagykanizsa
- **Died:** 19 February 1954
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won · 1 nominated)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1559075, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0378773/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/232198

## Biography

Geza Herczeg was a Hungarian-American playwright, screenwriter and journalist. Born in Nagykanizsa, he studied law and worked as a newspaper correspondent covering the Balkan Wars and the First World War, later serving as chief of the press department for the Hungarian Ministry of State.

He wrote for the stage, including the musical *Wonder Bar*, and moved into screenwriting in Hollywood. Herczeg shared the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay with Heinz Herald and Norman Reilly Raine for *The Life of Emile Zola* (1937). His other film credits include *The Shanghai Gesture* (1941).

During the Second World War he worked with the US Office of War Information. He died in Rome in 1954.

*Sources: imdb.com, de.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Life of Emile Zola* (1937), Fi1m 70, Screenplay, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/the-life-of-emile-zola.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

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

- *Theatre 625* (1964), series, Theatre Play
- *Rapture* (1949), Novel, Screenplay
- *The Vicious Circle* (1948), Theatre Play
- *The Shanghai Gesture* (1941), Writer
- *The Life of Emile Zola* (1937), Screenplay, Story — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/the-life-of-emile-zola.md)
- *Wonder Bar* (1934), Theatre Play

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- 1938: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (won), for *The Life of Emile Zola*
- 1938: Best Story (nominated), for *The Life of Emile Zola*

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

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