Budd Schulberg in 2005. His greatest success came with On the Waterfront. His screenwriting Oscar was one of eight Academy Awards the 1954 film won including nods for picture, director (Elia Kazan), supporting actress (Eva Marie Saint) and actor (Marlon Brando). (Bryan Chan / Los Angeles Times)
Among the Oscar winners for “On the Waterfront” are, from left, Budd Schulberg (writing), Elia Kazan (direction), Boris Kaufman (cinematography) and Richard Day (art direction). (Marty Lederhandler / Associated Press)
Budd Schulberg, left, and co-writer Stan Silverman outside the Brooks Atkinson Theatre in New York, where their play “On the Waterfront” ran just a week in 1995, according to the Internet Broadway Database. (Rick Maiman / Associated Press)
