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Irving Ravetch

Screenwriter, Producer
14 November 1920 to 18 September 2010

A versatile screenwriter who frequently collaborated with his wife, Ravetch and Harriet Frank Jr. found success with their adaptation of a William Faulkner novel, which became The Long, Hot Summer (1958). They found further success with Hud (1963), Hombre (1967), The Cowboys (1972) and the award winning Norma Rae (1978).

- Read Irving Ravetch's Guardian Obituary.

- Read Irving Ravetch's Independent Obituary.