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name: "Norman Wexler"
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roles: ["Screenwriter"]
born: "16 August 1926"
died: "23 August 1999"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T11:17:45.326497+00:00"
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# Norman Wexler

Screenwriter. Born 16 August 1926 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA. Died 23 August 1999.

## Details

- **Work:** Screenwriter
- **Born:** 16 August 1926, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA
- **Died:** 23 August 1999

## Biography

Norman Wexler was an American screenwriter and playwright. Born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, he attended Harvard University after graduating from Central High School in Detroit. He moved to New York in 1951, initially working in advertising before turning to playwriting in the mid-1960s.

Wexler wrote the screenplays for *Joe* (1970), for which he received an Academy Award nomination, *Serpico* (1973, co-written with Waldo Salt, another Oscar nomination and Writers Guild of America Award), *Mandingo* (1975), *Saturday Night Fever* (1977) and *Raw Deal* (1986). He also contributed to *Staying Alive* (1983). He worked as a script doctor and continued writing plays into the 1990s.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Saturday Night Fever* (1977), Fi1m 78, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/saturday-night-fever.md)

## Also known for

- *Serpico* (1973), Screenplay
- *Raw Deal* (1986), Screenplay
- *Staying Alive* (1983), Screenplay
- *Mandingo* (1975), Screenplay
- *Joe* (1970), Writer

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