Writing · 1919 to 2004

Nelson Gidding

Best rated: I Want to Live! (7.5)

Films: 15
Avg rating: 6.52
Peak run: 1958’71
7+ run: 3 films

Films: 15
Avg rating: 6.52
Peak run: 1958’71
7+ run: 3 films

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The career

Nelson Gidding, writing career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run

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195715 films1994

Current formLast 5: 6.02 vs career 6.52 (−0.50)

As a writer, films with 1,000+ votes

Nelson by the numbers

Average

6.52

9 rated films

Vote weighted

6.58

bigger films count more

Median

6.3

half are better

Consistency

±0.95

rating spread

Career

38y

1957 to 1994

Total votes

128K

across every film

Best

7.5

I Want to Live!

Worst

4.7

Beyond the Poseidon Adventure

Newest first

Filmography

Writing filmography

1994	The Mummy Lives	·	488
1991	Journey of Honor	·	470
1987	The Misfit Brigade	5.6	2,272
1979	Beyond the Poseidon Adventure	4.7	6,646
1975	The Hindenburg	6.3	7,368
1971	The Andromeda Strain	7.2	44,854
1970	Skullduggery	·	597
1966	Lost Command	6.3	2,652
1963	The Haunting	7.4	45,082
1963	Nine Hours to Rama	·	487
1962	Lisa	·	530
1959	Odds Against Tomorrow	7.4	6,492
1958	I Want to Live!	7.5	8,447
1958	Onionhead	·	747
1957	The Helen Morgan Story	6.3	1,053

Better together?

Nelson Gidding's regulars

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Takes

On Nelson Gidding

1 nominations, 0 wins

Awards record

Best Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1959
Nelson Gidding, Don Mankiewicz
Nominated

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