Biography
Paul Monash (1917–2003) was an American screenwriter and producer who worked extensively in television and film. Born in Harlem, New York, and raised in the Bronx, he earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and a master's degree in education from Columbia University. His mother, Rhoda Melrose, had acted in silent films.
Monash began writing for live television anthology series in the late 1940s, including Studio One, Playhouse 90 and Schlitz Playhouse of Stars, for which he won a Primetime Emmy in 1958. He wrote the pilot for The Untouchables (1959) and created the long-running series Peyton Place (1964–1969), serving as its executive producer. His film production credits include Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), Slaughterhouse-Five (1972), The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973, which he also wrote), The Front Page (1974) and Carrie (1976). He wrote the screenplays for the television adaptations of All Quiet on the Western Front (1979) and Salem's Lot (1979). In 2000 he received the Writers Guild of America West's Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for lifetime achievement.
