Loring Mandel is an American playwright and screenwriter whose notable works include the TV movie Conspiracy.

Career

He has written for radio, television, film and the stage. He has received five Emmy nominations and was twice awarded that prize for his original dramas. He has won the Sylvania award, a number of Writers Guild Awards, his dramas have won two Peabody award

Peabody Award

The George Foster Peabody Awards recognize distinguished and meritorious public service by radio and television stations, networks, producing organizations and individuals. In 1939, the National Association of Broadcasters formed a committee to recognize outstanding achievement in radio broadcasting...

s, his TV film Conspiracy has won the BAFTA as well. In 1971-2, he was Head Writer on the CBS Daytime

CBS Daytime

CBS Daytime is a television programming block on CBS. It's the branding for the CBS Television Network's late morning and early afternoon programming. The block has historically encompassed soap operas, game shows, and talk shows...

 serial Love of Life

Love of Life

Love of Life is an American soap opera which aired on CBS Daytime from September 24, 1951 to February 1, 1980. It was created by Roy Winsor, whose previous creation Search for Tomorrow had premiered three weeks before Love of Life, and who would go on to create The Secret Storm two and a half years...

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In 2004 Mandel received the Paddy Chayefsky

Paddy Chayefsky

Sidney Aaron "Paddy" Chayefsky , was an American playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. He is the only person to have won three solo Academy Awards for Best Screenplay....

 lifetime achievement achievement award at the 56th Writers Guild of America Award

Writers Guild of America Award

The Writers Guild of America Award for outstanding achievements in film, television, and radio has been presented annually by the Writers Guild of America, East and Writers Guild of America, West since 1949...

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On June 15, 2010, Steven Bowie interviewed Mandel for the Archive of American Television

Archive of American Television

The Archive of American Television is a division of the non-profit Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation that films interviews with notable people from all aspects of the television industry....

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Mandel's papers, scripts, articles and correspondence are collected by the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research, an archive of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Wisconsin Historical Society.