Edmund H. North

S. North and his wife Collette had two daughters Susan and Bobbie. North was a former president of the screen branch of the Writers Guild of America in which he served on more than 40 committees including the contract-bargaining panel.

Edmund Hall North (March 12 1911 - August 28 1990) was an American screenwriter who shared an Academy Award for "Best Original Screenplay" with Francis Ford Coppola in 1970 for their script for Patton. As a major in the U.