I. A. L. Diamond

I. A. L. Diamond (born Ițec Domnici; June 27, 1920 – April 21, 1988) was a Romanian-born American screenwriter best known for his 30-year collaboration with director Billy Wilder, co-writing acclaimed comedies and dramas including Some Like It Hot (1959) and The Apartment (1960), the latter earning him an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay., Diamond immigrated to the United States in 1929 at the age of nine with his family, settling in Brooklyn, New York, where his father worked as a grocer before changing the family surname from Domnici to Diamond., though his early works were largely unremarkable., Kiss Me, Stupid (1964), The Fortune Cookie (1966)—for which he received another Oscar nomination—and their final project, Buddy Buddy (1981). and daughter Ann.( He died of multiple myeloma, a form of cancer, at his home in Beverly Hills, California, at the age of 67.( Known for his reclusive nature and preference for behind-the-scenes work, Diamond's contributions to Hollywood's Golden Age of comedy remain influential, with Wilder's Thalberg Award speech crediting him as an essential partner in their successes.(