Gordon Wong Wellesley ( 8 December 1894 &ndash; 1980 ) was an Australian-born screenwriter and writer of Chinese descent . Born in Sydney in 1894 He wrote over thirty screenplays in the United States and Britain , often collaborating with the director Carol Reed . He began his career in Hollywood in the early 1930s and worked in Britain beginning about 1935 . He was married to the scriptwriter Katherine Strueby . He was nominated for an Oscar for Best Writing , Original Story at the 1942 Oscars for '' Night Train to Munich '' , which was based on his novel , '' Report on a Fugitive ''
1942 Oscars
14th Academy Awards
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