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Lysander Pierre Collings (September 22, 1900 - December 21, 1937), known professionally as Pierre Collings, was a writer and filmmaker who, along with Sheridan Gibney, won two Academy Awards in 1936 for The Story of Louis Pasteur. Their screenplay was adapted from their own work, leading to awards for both Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Story. Collings started in the motion picture industry at 17 as a messenger boy and worked as a cameraman before becoming known for his writing.
He wrote a number of screenplays in the mid-late 1920s and although he was less active and suffered from a number of personal issues in the 1930s, it was then that his best known work was released. The Story of Louis Pasteur was nominated for Best Picture and won Best Actor for Paul Muni, in addition to winning Best Story and Best Adapted Screenplay for Collings and Gibney. Unusually, the pair won Best Adapted Screenplay for adapting their own work. The Best Story category was discontinued in 1957 in favor of Best Original Screenplay.
Filmography
all 12
Movies 12
Writer 10
Screenplay 1

The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936)

Animal Crackers (1930)

The Red Dance (1928)

Time to Love (1927)

Knockout Reilly (1927)

The Show Off (1926)
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Writing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1900-09-22
Deathday
1937-12-21 (37 years old)
Birth Place
Truro, Canada
Citizenships
United States
Awards
Academy Award for Best Story, Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
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