Who was Julian Barry? American Oscar-Nominated Screenwriter Dead at 92

Julian Barry was an American Oscar-nominated screenwriter who started his career in 1955 when he was cast in the 1955 Orson Welles production of King Lear at the New York City Center Theatre. He continued working on Broadway as an actor in the musical Shinbone Alley, where he was also a stage manager.

He was hired by Columbia Pictures to write the screenplay for Lenny in 1969. The prospects for the project were reportedly harmed by the commercial success of Love Story, having created a demand for romantic films, which Lenny certainly was not.

At the 47th Academy Awards in 1974,  Lenny was honored with nominations in all five categories that constitute the Oscar Grand Slam, including a nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay for Barry.

Barry was known for several movies and TV shows. Some of them include Pablo, Me, Myself, and I, A Marriage: Georgia O’Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz, The River, Lenny, Rhinoceros, and more.