Daniel Taradash was born to a Jewish family in Kentucky and raised in Chicago and Miami Beach.
12 Facts About Daniel Taradash
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Daniel Taradash attended Harvard University, where he met his future producing partner Jules Blaustein.
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Daniel Taradash graduated with a law degree and passed the New York State bar.
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Daniel Taradash moved to Hollywood, where he worked as a scripter.
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Daniel Taradash eventually underwent training in the Signal Corps Officer Candidate program.
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Daniel Taradash was assigned to the Signal Corps Photo Center, where he worked as a writer and producer on training films.
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Daniel Taradash had more success as the co-writer of the Humphrey Bogart vehicle Knock on Any Door.
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Daniel Taradash's adaptation of James Jones' massive novel From Here to Eternity starring Burt Lancaster was a big success and earned Taradash an Oscar.
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Daniel Taradash tried his hand at directing with Storm Center, starring Bette Davis as a librarian fighting censorship and book banning.
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Daniel Taradash won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay and the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written American Drama for From Here to Eternity, and he received a WGA nomination for Picnic.
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Daniel Taradash served as president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from 1970 to 1973.
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In 2003, Daniel Taradash died of pancreatic cancer in Los Angeles at age 90.