Screenwriter Kurt Luedtke, known for his Oscar-winning adapted screenplay Out of Africa, died on Sunday. He was 80 years old. The Detroit Free Press reported that the Luedtke, who also wrote Absenc…
Luedtke, a Michigan native, first worked in journalism before turning his attention to Hollywood in the 1980s. After graduating from Brown University, the reporter-turned-screenwriter pursued his a law degree at the University of Michigan and took on journalism courses at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism.
After Medill, Luedtke went on to report for the Miami Herlald as an intern. In 1965 Luedtke moved to the Free Press as a general reporter. During his time at the local paper, Luedtke reported a number of stories including the Free Press’s Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage of the Detroit riots in 1968.
After rising up the ranks at the Detroit Free Press, Luedtke left the Michigan newspaper in 1978 and pivoted towards film work. His first Hollywood screenplay was Absence of Malice, a Paul Newman and Sally Field-led drama about a prosecutor’s plans to get back at a local paper for a seemingly false story.
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