Loring Mandel
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1960
Earned first Emmy nomination for the teleplay of "Project Immortality", presented on "Playhouse 90"
1961
Adapted Allen Drury's novel "Advise and Consent" for the stage
1968
Feature film debut as screenwriter, "Countdown", helmed by Robert Altman
1968
Won Emmy Award for the teleplay "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night", also aired on "Playhouse 90"
1974
Penned the NBC adaptation of "Sandberg's Lincoln"
1974
Wrote the second episode of the four-part miniseries "Benjamin Franklin" (CBS), earned Emmy nomination
1978
Picked up fourth career Emmy nod for the teleplay of "Breaking Up"
1979
Wrote the feature "Promises in the Dark"
1984
Did the screenplay adaptation of John le Carre's spy novel "The Little Drummer Girl"
1984
Wrote the teleplay adaptation of the CBS movie "The Lost Honor of Kathryn Beck", based on the German-language feature "The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum"
2001
Won second Emmy for the screenplay of "Conspiracy" (HBO)