Alfred Uhry
Birthday:
12 December 1936, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Alfred Uhry was born on December 12, 1936 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. He is a writer, known for Driving Miss Daisy (1989), Mystic Pizza (1988) and Rich in Love (1992). He is married to Jolly Uhry. They have one child.
[re Driving Miss Daisy (1989)] I was very lucky because I had a director, Bruce Beresford, who had directed several plays turned into movies...Show more »
[re Driving Miss Daisy (1989)] I was very lucky because I had a director, Bruce Beresford, who had directed several plays turned into movies. He said: Let me see your draft. Then he said: You've retyped your play. He told me: You don't need to talk as much in the movies. You don't need to say, "I'll go get the car." Just show it. He said: Instead of dialogue, just give me a description of the way you remember things looked. Some of it was the way the sunlight came through blinds, or Reader's Digests stacked up on the radiator, or doing the silver polish with an old toothbrush - things I remember. I would say: Just tell the truth. And don't say it so many times. Show less «
