Stirling Silliphant

Stirling Dale Silliphant (January 16, 1918 – April 26, 1996) was an American screenwriter and producer. He is best remembered for his screenplay for In the Heat of the Night, for which he won an Academy Award in 1967, and for creating the television series Naked City, Perry Mason, and Route 66. Other features as screenwriter include the Irwin Allen productions The Towering Inferno and The Poseidon Adventure.

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Recent movies

#	Name	Character	Rating
1	Over the Top (1987)	Director / Writer		6.1
2	When Time Ran Out... (1980)	Director / Writer	-	-
3	The Swarm (1978)	Director / Writer		4.5
4	Circle of Iron (1978)	Director / Writer		5
5	The Enforcer (1976)	Director / Writer		6.8
6	The Killer Elite (1975)	Director / Writer		6
7	The Towering Inferno (1974)	Director / Writer		6.8
8	Shaft in Africa (1973)	Director / Writer		5.5
9	Movin' On (1972)	Director / Writer		5
10	The Poseidon Adventure (1972)	Director / Writer		7.3
11	Marlowe (1969)	Director / Writer		5
12	Charly (1968)	Director / Writer		5
13	In the Heat of the Night (1967)	Director / Writer		7.6
14	The Slender Thread (1965)	Director / Writer	-	-
15	Village of the Damned (1960)	Director / Writer		7.7
16	The Lineup (1958)	Director / Writer	-	-
17	Nightfall (1956)	Director / Writer		5
18	5 Against the House (1955)	Director / Writer		7