Stirling Silliphant
Writing
Stirling Dale Silliphant (January 16, 1918 – April 26, 1996) was an American screenwriter and producer. He is best remembered for his screenplay for In the Heat of the Night, for which he won an Academy Award in 1967, and for creating the television series Naked City, Perry Mason, and Route 66. Other features as screenwriter include the Irwin Allen productions The Towering Inferno and The Poseidon Adventure. Description above from the Wikipedia article Stirling Silliphant, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Behind the camera
2017The General And Me
Writer
1996The Grass Harp
Screenplay
1994Day of Reckoning
Writer
1993Salween
Writer
1987Over the Top
Screenplay
1987The Three Kings
Writer
1987Catch the Heat
Writer
1981Fly Away Home
Writer
1981Golden Gate
Writer
1980When Time Ran Out...
Screenplay
1978Circle of Iron
Screenplay
1978The Swarm
Screenplay
1977Telefon
Screenplay
1976The Enforcer
Screenplay
1975The Killer Elite
Screenplay
1975The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant
Writer
1975Death Scream
Writer
1974The Towering Inferno
Screenplay
1973Shaft in Africa
Writer
1973A Time For Love
Director & Writer
1972The Poseidon Adventure
Screenplay
1972The New Healers
Writer
1972The New Centurions
Screenplay
1971Longstreet
Writer