Biography
Paul Dehn was a British screenwriter, playwright and critic. Born in Manchester in 1912, he was educated at Shrewsbury School and Brasenose College, Oxford. He began his career as a film reviewer for London newspapers in 1936 and served as a Political Warfare officer with the Special Operations Executive during the Second World War, including time at Camp X in Canada.
Dehn received an Academy Award for Best Story for Seven Days to Noon (1950) and a BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay for Orders to Kill (1958). His screenwriting credits include Goldfinger (1964), The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965), The Deadly Affair (1967), several Planet of the Apes films (1970–1973) and Murder on the Orient Express (1974). He also wrote lyrics for Moulin Rouge (1952) and librettos for operas.
He died in Chelsea, London, in 1976.
