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Christopher Knopf

Known for writing · Born 20 December 1927 · Died 13 February 2019 · aged 91 · New York City, New York, USA

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Christopher Knopf (December 20, 1927 – February 13, 2019) was an American screenwriter and union executive. He served as the president of the Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) and the International Affiliation of Writers Guilds (IAWG). He won two awards from the WGAW: the Morgan Cox Award in 1991 and the Edmund H. North Award in 2002.[

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Known for

20 Million Miles to Earth

1957

Emperor of the North

1973

Posse

1975

Hell Bent for Leather

1960

The Choirboys

1977

A Cold Night's Death

1973

The Tall Stranger

1957

Scott Joplin

1977

The King's Thief

1955

The Girl Who Spelled Freedom

The Girl Who Spelled Freedom

1986

Pope John Paul II

1984

Equal Justice

1990

Acting (1)

2014Pencils Down! The 100 Days of the Writers Guild StrikeSelfFilm

Creator (1)

1967Cimarron StripCreatorSeries

Writing (22)

1990Equal JusticeWriterSeries
1987Prison for ChildrenTeleplayFilm
1987Baby Girl ScottWriterFilm
1986The Girl Who Spelled FreedomWriterFilm
1985Not My KidTeleplay, StoryFilm
1984Pope John Paul IIWriterFilm
1981Peter and PaulTeleplaySeries
1977The ChoirboysScreenplayFilm
1977Scott JoplinWriterFilm
1977Escape from Bogen CountyTeleplay, StoryFilm
1975PosseScreenplayFilm
1974Mrs. SundanceWriterFilm
1973Emperor of the NorthWriterFilm
1973A Cold Night's DeathWriterFilm
1972The BravosTeleplay, StoryFilm
1967The HuntedWriterFilm
1960Hell Bent for LeatherScreenplayFilm
1958Wanted: Dead or AliveTeleplaySeries
1958Joy RideScreenplayFilm
195720 Million Miles to EarthScreenplayFilm
1957The Tall StrangerScreenplayFilm
1955The King's ThiefWriterFilm