Alvin Sargent

Alvin Sargent (April 12, 1927 – May 9, 2019) was an American screenwriter. He won two Academy Awards for Best Adapted Screenplay, for ''Julia'' (1977), and ''Ordinary People'' (1980). Sargent's other works include screenplays of the films ''The Sterile Cuckoo'' (1969), ''The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds'' (1970), ''Paper Moon'' (1973), ''Nuts'' (1987), ''White Palace'' (1990), ''What About Bob?'' (1991), ''Unfaithful'' (2002), ''Spider-Man 2'' (2004), ''Spider-Man 3'' (2007), and ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' (2012). Provided by Wikipedia