Won yan fun oscars    mejo nidi ise rerwon mo s r Blackboard Jungle (1955), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), Elmer Gantry (1960; for which he won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay), In Cold Blood (1967) and Looking for Mr.. 
Ní ọdún 1970, ó gba Ph.D nínu ìmọ̀jẹmọ́ físíìsì ilé-ayé láti Ahmadu Bello University ní orílẹ̀-èdè Nàìjíríà.. 