Norman Krasna (born November 7, 1909–November 1, 1984) was an American screenwriter, playwright, and film director. He is best known for penning screwball comedies, melodrama, and early films noir. Krasna also directed three films during forty-year career in Hollywood. He garnered four Academy Award screenwriting nominations, winning once for 1943's Princess O'Rourke, a film he also directed. Later in his career, he also wrote plays, including the popular Kind Sir, which he adapted into 1958's Indiscreet.

Selected filmography

• Bombshell (1933, screenplay)
• The Richest Girl in the World (1934, screenplay and story)
• Hands Across the Table (1935, screenplay)
• Wife vs. Secretary (1936, screenplay)
• Fury (1936, story)
• Bachelor Mother (1939, screenplay)
• The Flame of New Orleans (1941, screenplay)
• Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941, screenplay)
• The Devil and Miss Jones (1941, screenplay and producer)
• Princess O'Rourke (1943, screenplay and director)
• The Big Hangover (1950, screenplay, director, and producer)
• The Blue Veil (1951, producer)
• Clash by Night (1952, producer)
• White Christmas (1954, screenplay)
• The Ambassador's Daughter (1956, screenplay, director, and producer)
• Indiscreet (1958, screenplay and play)
• Let's Make Love (1960, screenplay)
• My Geisha (1962, screenplay)
• Sunday in New York (1963, screenplay and play)

Academy Awards

Won

• Best Original Screenplay (Princess O'Rourke, 1943)

Nominatinated

• Best Original Story (The Richest Girl in the World, 1934)
• Best Original Story (Fury, 1936)
• Best Original Screenplay (The Devil and Miss Jones, 1941)

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1909 births | 1984 deaths | American screenwriters | American film directors | American film producers | American dramatists and playwrights | English-language film directors