Norman Panama

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Norman Panama (April 21, 1914 – January 13, 2003) was an American screenwriter and film director born in Chicago, Illinois. He collaborated with a former school friend, Melvin Frank, to form a writing partnership which endured for three decades. He also wrote gags for comedians such as Bob Hope's radio program and for Groucho Marx. The most famous films Panama directed were Li'l Abner (1959), the Danny Kaye film The Court Jester (1956), and Bob Hope's How to Commit Marriage (1969). He wrote Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948), Road to Utopia (1946), and The Court Jester, among other movies. He won an Edgar Award for A Talent for Murder (1981), a play he co-wrote with Jerome Chodorov. Panama continued to write and direct through the 1980s. He died in 2003 in Los Angeles, California from complications due to Parkinson's disease. Description above from the Wikipedia article Norman Panama, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

Directed

1. The Court Jester (1955) — Director
2. Knock on Wood (1954) — Director
3. The Road to Hong Kong (1962) — Director
4. Above and Beyond (1953) — Director
5. The Trap (1959) — Director
6. Callaway Went Thataway (1951) — Director
7. Not With My Wife, You Don't! (1966) — Director
8. That Certain Feeling (1956) — Director
9. Strictly Dishonorable (1951) — Director
10. The Maltese Bippy (1969) — Director
11. The Reformer and the Redhead (1950) — Director
12. How to Commit Marriage (1969) — Director
13. I Will, I Will...For Now (1976) — Director
14. Barnaby and Me (1977) — Director
15. Coffee, Tea or Me? (1973) — Director