Intelligent, hard-hitting crime writer whose highly cinematic novels had a direct influence on the emergence of film noir. Though often written in collaboration, Chandler's screenplays bear all the trademarks of his books, from lightning-quick dialogue to labyrinthine plots. The Big Sleep (published 1939) was filmed in 1946, and Farewell, My Lovely (published 1940) was filmed as THE FALCON TAKES OVER (1942) and MURDER, MY SWEET (1944) before being brought to the screen in 1975 with its title intact. Chandler's private eye Philip Marlowe has been portrayed on the screen by actors as diverse as Robert Mitchum, Dick Powell, Elliott Gould and, most definitively, Humphrey Bogart in the noir masterpiece THE BIG SLEEP (1946).  Nominated for Writing (Screenplay) 1944: DOUBLE INDEMNITY (w. Billy Wilder)  Nominated for Writing (Original Screenplay) 1946: THE BLUE DAHLIA 2 nominations