Alvin Sargent

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Alvin Sargent
Born	Alvin Supowitz[1] (1927-04-12)April 12, 1927 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	May 9, 2019(2019-05-09) (aged 92) Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Occupation	Screenwriter
Years active	1956–2012
Spouses	Joan Camden ​ ​ (m. 1953; div. 1975)​ Laura Ziskin ​ ​ (m. 2010; died 2011)​
Relatives	Herb Sargent (brother) Alvin York (cousin)

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).