---
name: "Murray Schisgal"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/murray-schisgal"
fi1m_id: "murray-schisgal"
imdb_id: "nm0772003"
tmdb_id: 1244595
wikidata_id: "Q1133276"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "25 November 1926"
died: "1 October 2020"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-09-17T23:35:58.918699+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."
---

# Murray Schisgal

## Identity

Murray Schisgal

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/murray-schisgal
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** murray-schisgal
- **IMDb ID:** nm0772003
- **TMDB ID:** 1244595
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1133276
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_Schisgal, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1133276, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0772003/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1244595

Writer. Born 25 November 1926 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 1 October 2020.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 25 November 1926, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 1 October 2020
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_Schisgal, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1133276, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0772003/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1244595

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Tootsie*](https://film.one/film/tootsie.md) (85)

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## Biography

Murray Schisgal (25 November 1926 – 1 October 2020) was an American playwright and screenwriter. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he studied at Brooklyn Law School, Long Island University and the New School for Social Research before turning to writing.

He first gained recognition for the 1963 off-Broadway double bill *The Typists* and *The Tiger*. His Broadway debut *Luv* (1965) received Tony Award nominations for Best Play and Best Author. Other stage works include *Jimmy Shine* (1968) and *All Over Town* (1974).

With Larry Gelbart he co-wrote the screenplay for *Tootsie* (1982), which earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay along with Writers Guild of America and critics' circle awards. He also wrote the screenplay for *The Tiger Makes Out* (1967).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, nytimes.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Tootsie* (1982), Fi1m 85, as Party guest — [page](https://film.one/film/tootsie.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

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

- *Boys and Girls* (2000), Producer
- *The Devil's Arithmetic* (1999), Producer
- *A Walk on the Moon* (1999), Producer
- *Tootsie* (1982), as Party guest · Screenplay — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/tootsie.md)
- *Machinists* (1981), Original Story
- *Maszyny do pisania* (1980), Theatre Play
- *The Typist* (1972), Writer
- *The Typists* (1971), Writer, Theatre Play
- *The Love Song of Barney Kempinski* (1968), Writer
- *Gépírók* (1967), Writer
- *The Tiger Makes Out* (1967), Writer
- *Luv* (1967), Theatre Play
- *ABC Stage 67* (1966), series, Writer
- *Armchair Theatre* (1956), series, Writer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1983: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (nominated), for *Tootsie*

### Other awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay 1982: National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay (won), for *Tootsie*
- Tony Award for Best Author 1965: Tony Award for Best Author (nominated), for *Luv*

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

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