Who is Blake Edwards?

The famous director, whose real name is William Blake McEdwards, was born in 1922 in Oklahoma. His step-grandfather was one of the directors of the silent film era. His father's work as a set manager led him to grow up on sets. He received his cinema education with his father during his apprenticeship. He was more interested in scriptwriting than directing, and was writing scripts for radio plays and television and even playing small roles before shooting his first film. He loved detective stories and wrote small detective plays for the radio. He made his first foray into cinema by acting in the movie "The Gentlemen From West Point". But his real success was with his radio series "Richard Diamond: Private Detective". Then came "Peter Gunn", which was shot as a television series in 1958. In 1967 he directed the movie of this series "Gunn". He became known in Hollywood in 1959 with the movie "Operation Petticoat". In 1961 he made the movie "Breakfast at Tiffany's". He worked with Audrey Hepburn and George Peppard in this movie. Henry Mancini, who made the soundtrack of the movie, won an Oscar for his success in this movie. In 1963, he directed "The Pink Panther", the first film of the "Pink Panther" series, which made a big hit in the comedy world.