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((Short description|American screenwriter (1918–1987)))
((Use dmy dates|date=April 2022))
[[File:Bill and Tania Rose 1944.JPG|thumb|Wedding of William Rose (in his [[The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada|Black Watch]] uniform) and Tania Price in 1943]]

'''William Rose''' (August 31, 1918 – February 10, 1987) was an American [[screenwriter]] of [[Great Britain|British]] and [[Hollywood, California|Hollywood]] films.<ref>((cite book|author=Leo Verswijver|title="Movies Were Always Magical": Interviews with 19 Actors, Directors, and Producers from the Hollywood of the 1930s through the 1950s|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pNQylJinyQsC&pg=PA85|date=February 27, 2003|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-1129-0|page=85))</ref>

==Life and career==
((more citations needed section|date=April 2017))
Born in [[Jefferson City, Missouri]],  Rose traveled to Canada after the 1939 outbreak of [[World War II]] and volunteered to fight with the [[Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada|Black Watch]].<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/william-rose-p164371|title=William Rose - Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos|website=AllMovie))</ref> After being stationed at bases in [[Scotland]] and [[Europe]], he returned to live in Britain at war's end to work as a screenwriter, marrying an English woman, [[Tania Rose|Tania Price]], with whom he would later collaborate.<ref name=screenonline/>

Blessed with the ability to adapt to two distinct cultures, William Rose wrote a number of successful British comedies including ''[[Genevieve (film)|Genevieve]]'' (1953).<ref name=screenonline>((cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/562805/index.html|title=BFI Screenonline: Rose, William (1918-1987) Biography|website=www.screenonline.org.uk))</ref>  He became a working associate of the American-born director [[Alexander Mackendrick]] notably for his collaboration on ''[[The Maggie]]'' (US:''High and Dry'', 1954) and ''[[The Ladykillers (1955 film)|The Ladykillers]]'' (1955).<ref name=screenonline/>  He also provided scripts for Hollywood studios, earning several [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] nominations for his screenwriting and winning the [[Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay]] for ''[[Guess Who's Coming to Dinner]]'' (1967).<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/william-rose-p164371/awards|title=William Rose - Movie and Film Awards|website=AllMovie))</ref> Rose also  won the [[Writers Guild of America]] award for Best Written American Comedy for ''[[The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming]]'' (1966).<ref>((cite web|url=https://awards.wga.org/awards/nominees-winners/1995-1949|title=Writers Guild Awards Winners 1995-1949|website=awards.wga.org))</ref>

In 1973, Rose's lifetime achievements were recognized by the Writers Guild of America with their [[Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement]].<ref>((cite web|url=https://awards.wga.org/awards/awards-recipients/laurel-awards/screen-laurel-previous-recipients|title=Screen Laurel Award Previous Recipients|website=awards.wga.org))</ref> In the 1970s, he had a brief relationship with [[Katharine Hepburn]].<ref>((cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o8RsDAAAQBAJ&q=william+rose+katharine+hepburn+relationship&pg=PT244|title=Katharine Hepburn|first=Grace May|last=Carter|date=18 June 2016|publisher=New Word City|isbn=9781612309613|via=Google Books))</ref>

Rose settled in [[Jersey]] in the [[Channel Islands]] in 1964.<ref>((cite web |title=Oscar-winning screenwriter made his home in Jersey |url=https://www.bailiwickexpress.com/jsy/news/award-winning-screenwriter-made-his-home-jersey/ |website=Bailiwick Express |access-date=2024-01-24 |date=3 January 2019))</ref> He died there in 1987.<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba654d030|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180712022442/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba654d030|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 July 2018|title=William Rose|website=BFI))</ref>  He is buried in the Churchyard at St. Clement Parish Church, Jersey. William and Tania divorced; she died in 2015 aged 95.<ref>[http://www.gloucestercitizen.co.uk/Ladykillers-scriptwriter-Gloucestershire-village/story-28041941-detail/story.html#ixzz3pmU9hjwH "'The Ladykillers' scriptwriter from Gloucestershire village dies aged 95"] ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151024181946/http://www.gloucestercitizen.co.uk/Ladykillers-scriptwriter-Gloucestershire-village/story-28041941-detail/story.html#ixzz3pmU9hjwH |date=2015-10-24 )), Gloucestershire Live, October 23, 2015.</ref><ref>Claudia Robinson, [https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/dec/18/tania-rose-obituary "Tania Rose obituary"], ''[[The Guardian]]'', December 18, 2015.</ref>

==Screenwriting awards==
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#b0c4de; text-align:center;"
! style="background:#bcbcbc;"|Year
! style="background:#bcbcbc;"|Award
! style="background:#bcbcbc;"|Category
! style="background:#bcbcbc;"|Film
! style="background:#bcbcbc;"|Result
|-
| [[27th Academy Awards|1954]]
| rowspan="4"| [[Academy Awards]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Story and Screenplay]]
| ''[[Genevieve (film)|Genevieve]]''
| ((nom))
|-
| [[29th Academy Awards|1957]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Original]]
| ''[[The Ladykillers (1955 film)|The Ladykillers]]''
| ((nom))
|-
| [[39th Academy Awards|1966]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Based on Material from Another Medium]]
| ''[[The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming]]''
| ((nom))
|-
| [[40th Academy Awards|1967]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Story and Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen]]
| ''[[Guess Who's Coming to Dinner]]''
| ((won))
|-
| [[8th British Academy Film Awards|1954]]
| rowspan="6"| [[British Academy Film Awards]]
| rowspan="5"| [[BAFTA Award for Best British Screenplay|Best British Screenplay]]
| ''[[The Maggie]]''
| ((nom))
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[9th British Academy Film Awards|1955]]
| ''The Ladykillers''
| ((won))
|-
| ''[[Touch and Go (1955 film)|Touch and Go]]''
| ((nom))
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[11th British Academy Film Awards|1957]]
| ''[[The Man in the Sky]]'' <small>(Shared with John Eldridge)</small>
| ((nom))
|-
| ''[[The Smallest Show on Earth]]'' <small>(Shared with John Eldridge)</small>
| ((nom))
|-
| [[22nd British Academy Film Awards|1968]]
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| ''Guess Who's Coming to Dinner''
| ((nom))
|-
| 1964
| [[Edgar Award|Edgar Allan Poe Awards]]
| [[List of Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay winners|Best Motion Picture Screenplay]]
| ''[[It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World]]'' <small>(Shared with [[Tania Rose]])</small>
| ((nom))
|-
| [[24th Golden Globe Awards|1966]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Golden Globe Awards]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| ''The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming''
| ((nom))
|-
| [[25th Golden Globe Awards|1967]]
| ''Guess Who's Coming to Dinner''
| ((nom))
|-
| [[19th Writers Guild of America Awards|1967]]
| rowspan="5"| [[Writers Guild of America Awards]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Comedy|Best Written American Comedy]]
| ''The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming''
| ((won))
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[20th Writers Guild of America Awards|1968]]
| ''[[The Flim-Flam Man]]''
| ((nom))
|-
| [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Drama|Best Written American Drama]]
| rowspan="2"| ''Guess Who's Coming to Dinner''
| ((nom))
|-
| [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Written American Original Screenplay]]
| ((nom))
|-
| [[25th Writers Guild of America Awards|1972]]
| [[Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement]]
| ((N/A))
| ((won|Honored))
|}

==Filmography==

{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Title
! Director
! Notes
|-
|rowspan=2| 1948
| ''[[Once a Jolly Swagman]]''
| [[Jack Lee (film director)|Jack Lee]]
| Credited with Jack Lee & Cliff Gordon
|-
| ''[[Esther Waters (film)|Esther Waters]]''
| [[Ian Dalrymple]]<br>[[Peter Proud]]
| Credited with [[Michael Gordon (film editor)|Michael Gordon]] & Gerard Tyrrell
|-
|rowspan=2| 1950
| ''[[I'll Get You for This]]''
| [[Joseph M. Newman]]
| Credited with George Callahan
|-
| ''[[My Daughter Joy]]''
| [[Gregory Ratoff]]
| Credited with [[Robert Thoeren]]
|-
| 1952
| ''[[Gift Horse (film)|Gift Horse]]''
| [[Compton Bennett]]
| Credited with [[William Fairchild]] & Hugh Hastings
|-
| 1953
| ''[[Genevieve (film)|Genevieve]]''
| [[Henry Cornelius]]
|
|-
| 1954
| ''[[The Maggie]]''
|rowspan=2| [[Alexander Mackendrick]]
|
|-
|rowspan=2| 1955
| ''[[The Ladykillers (1955 film)|The Ladykillers]]''
|
|-
| ''[[Touch and Go (1955 film)|Touch and Go]]''
| [[Michael Truman]]
|
|-
|rowspan=2| 1957
| ''[[The Man in the Sky]]''
| [[Charles Crichton]]
| Credited with [[John Eldridge (director)|John Eldridge]]
|-
| ''[[The Smallest Show on Earth]]''
| [[Basil Dearden]]
| Credited with John Eldridge
|-
| 1963
| ''[[It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World]]''
| [[Stanley Kramer]]
| Credited with Tania Rose
|-
| 1966
| ''[[The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming]]''
| [[Norman Jewison]]
|
|-
|rowspan=2| 1967
| ''[[The Flim-Flam Man]]''
| [[Irvin Kershner]]
|
|-
| ''[[Guess Who's Coming to Dinner]]''
|rowspan=2| Stanley Kramer
|
|-
| 1969
| ''[[The Secret of Santa Vittoria]]''
|
|}

==Notes==
((reflist))

==External links==
* ((IMDb name|0741740))

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