Portrait of Budd Schulberg

Writing

Budd Schulberg

Career

Active from 1938 to 2007, with a break from 1983 to 2006, busiest in 1943 and 1945 with 2 main titles each.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score68/100
Highest rated
Poster for On the Waterfront
On the Waterfront
GoodWatch score89/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 9 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Budd Schulberg Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Coming of Age
    0.8, average 3.0
  • Fantasy
    0.2, average 1.7
  • Absurdist Humor
    0.6, average 2.0
  • Situational Comedy
    1.4, average 2.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character Study 2
  • Social Commentary 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

16
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2000s

1 title
Nuremberg: The 60th Anniversary Director's Cut
Nuremberg: The 60th Anniversary Director's Cut (2007)

Writer

1980s

2 titles ยท average score 87
A Question of Honor
A Question of Honor (1982)

Writer

Raging Bull
Raging Bull (1980)
GoodWatch score 87

Thanks

1970s

1 title
The Harder They Fall
The Harder They Fall (1972)

Novel

1950s

5 titles ยท average score 75
What Makes Sammy Run?
What Makes Sammy Run? (1959)

Writer, Novel

Wind Across the Everglades
Wind Across the Everglades (1958)
GoodWatch score 61

Writer

A Face in the Crowd
A Face in the Crowd (1957)
GoodWatch score 82

Screenplay, Story

The Harder They Fall
The Harder They Fall (1956)
GoodWatch score 66

Novel

On the Waterfront
On the Waterfront (1954)
GoodWatch score 89

Screenplay, Original Story

1940s

6 titles ยท average score 61
Nuremberg: Its Lesson for Today
Nuremberg: Its Lesson for Today (1948)
GoodWatch score 71

Writer

That Justice Be Done
That Justice Be Done (1945)

Writer

The Nazi Plan
The Nazi Plan (1945)

Writer

December 7th
December 7th (1943)
GoodWatch score 58

Writer

City Without Men
City Without Men (1943)
GoodWatch score 55

Story

Weekend for Three
Weekend for Three (1941)
GoodWatch score 60

Story

1930s

1 title
Little Orphan Annie
Little Orphan Annie (1938)

Screenplay