Blake Edwards

40 films directed 6 Awards 3 Nominations

Biography

Blake Edwards was an American film director, screenwriter and producer.

Edwards' career began in the 1940s as an actor but he soon turned to writing radio scripts at Columbia Pictures. He used his writing skills to begin producing and directing, with some of his best films including: Experiment in Terror, The Great Race, and the hugely successful Pink Panther film series with the British comedian Peter Sellers. Often thought of as primarily a director of comedies, he was also renowned for his dramatic work, Breakfast at Tiffany's and Days of Wine and Roses. His greatest successes, however, were his comedies, and most of his films were either musicals, melodramas, slapstick comedies, and thrillers.

In 2004, he received an Honorary Academy Award in recognition of his writing, directing and producing an extraordinary body of work for the screen.

Most directed genres

Recurring actors

Awards and nominations

2004 Academy Honorary Award
2002 Edgar Awards
1989 Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director
1989 Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director Nominated
1983 César Award for Best Foreign Film
1983 Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay Nominated
1982 Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay Nominated
— Writers Guild of America Award
— star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

The career in numbers

US$ 184 mi Total budget from 15 film(s) with data
US$ 470 mi Total box office from 22 film(s) with data
US$ 12 mi Average budget from 15 film(s) with data
US$ 21 mi Average box office from 22 film(s) with data
6.3 Average rating from 25 film(s) with data
2.2× Return on investment from 15 film(s) with data

Budget and box office do not exist for every film in our records. Averages are computed over the films that carry the figure, and the count beside each one says how many.

Films directed

Film	Year	Budget	Box office	Rating
Victor/Victoria	1996	—	—	6.7
Son of the Pink Panther	1993	US$ 25 mi	US$ 2 mi	4.6
Switch	1991	—	US$ 16 mi	5.9
Skin Deep	1989	US$ 9 mi	US$ 45 mi	6.2
Peter Gunn	1989	—	—	5.4
Sunset	1988	US$ 16 mi	US$ 5 mi	5.7
Justin Case	1988	—	—	9.0
Blind Date	1987	US$ 18 mi	US$ 39 mi	6.0
A Fine Mess	1986	—	US$ 6 mi	4.6
That's Life!	1986	—	—	5.7
Micki & Maude	1984	—	—	5.7
Curse of the Pink Panther	1983	US$ 11 mi	US$ 4 mi	4.6
The Man Who Loved Women	1983	US$ 19 mi	US$ 11 mi	4.9
Victor/Victoria	1982	US$ 15 mi	US$ 28 mi	7.3
Trail of the Pink Panther	1982	—	US$ 9 mi	5.1
S.O.B.	1981	—	—	6.0
10	1979	US$ 7 mi	US$ 107 mi	5.8
Revenge of the Pink Panther	1978	US$ 12 mi	US$ 50 mi	6.4
The Pink Panther Strikes Again	1976	US$ 6 mi	US$ 34 mi	6.9
The Return of the Pink Panther	1975	US$ 5 mi	US$ 42 mi	6.8
Julie: My Favourite Things	1975	—	—	—
The Tamarind Seed	1974	—	—	6.2
The Carey Treatment	1972	—	—	6.0
Wild Rovers	1971	—	—	6.1
Darling Lili	1970	US$ 25 mi	US$ 3 mi	5.6
The Party	1968	US$ 2 mi	US$ 3 mi	7.3
Gunn	1967	—	—	5.6
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?	1966	—	—	5.9
The Great Race	1965	US$ 12 mi	US$ 25 mi	7.1
A Shot in the Dark	1964	—	US$ 12 mi	7.2
The Pink Panther	1963	—	US$ 11 mi	6.8
Days of Wine and Roses	1963	—	—	7.5
Experiment in Terror	1962	—	US$ 1 mi	7.1
Breakfast at Tiffany's	1961	US$ 3 mi	US$ 10 mi	7.6
High Time	1960	—	—	6.4
Operation Petticoat	1959	—	US$ 7 mi	7.2
The Perfect Furlough	1958	—	—	6.7
This Happy Feeling	1958	—	—	4.8
Mister Cory	1957	—	—	6.0
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer!	1954	—	—	—

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