Blake Edwards

Blake Edwards is one of those directors I keep coming back to. What strikes me is his range: he could swing from the breezy elegance of Breakfast at Tiffany's to the slapstick chaos of the Pink Panther without losing his touch. Holding both an Academy Honorary Award and a Razzie is almost a badge of honor in itself, proof he took swings. And the fact that he turned to writing and directing for theater late in life tells me the creative engine never idled. He made sophistication look effortless, and that lightness is harder to pull off than it looks.

Name (English)

Blake Edwards

Name (Japanese)

ブレイク・エドワーズ

Reading

ぶれいく・えどわーず

Born

July 26, 1922 – December 15, 2010

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Dog

Origin

Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

Height

178 cm

Occupation

film director / actor / screenwriter / film producer / writer

Awards & achievements

• Writers Guild of America Award
• 2002 Edgar Awards
• 1989 Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director
• 2004 Academy Honorary Award
• 1983 César Award for Best Foreign Film
• star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blake%20Edwards
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%96%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A8%E3%83%89%E3%83%AF%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56093

Tags

• Oklahoma
• film director
• actor
• screenwriter

Last updated

2026-06-17

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.