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# Nelson Gidding

(1919–2004)   Screenwriter

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Nelson Gidding was a screenwriter.

## Quick Facts About Nelson Gidding

Born September 15, 1919

Died May 1, 2004

Profession Screenwriter

## About Nelson Gidding

American writer (1919-2004)... \| Nelson Roosevelt Gidding was an American screenwriter specializing in film adaptation. A longtime collaboration with director Robert Wise began with Gidding's screenplay for I Want to Live! (1958), which earned him an Oscar nomination. His long-running course on screenwriting adaptions at the Univer

##  Quotes by Nelson Gidding

> [I've always been more afraid of being left alone or left out than of things that go bump in the night.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-gidding/i-ve-always-been-more-afraid-of-being-left-alone-or-left-out-than-of/)

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