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{{short description|American screenwriter}}
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{{Infobox person
| name        = Douglas Zabriskie Doty
| image       = Douglas Z Doty 1920.jpg
| caption     = Doty in 1920
| birth_date  = {{Birth date|1874|10|15}}
| birth_place = [[New York, New York]], US
| death_date  = {{Death date and age|1935|2|20|1874|10|15}}
| death_place = [[Los Angeles, California]], US
| yearsactive = 1920–1938
}}
'''Douglas Zabriskie Doty''' (October 15, 1874 &ndash; February 20, 1935) was an American [[screenwriter]] and editor.<ref>{{cite news|title=D.Z. Doty as a Scenario Writer.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1922/05/03/archives/dz-doty-as-a-scenario-writer.html|access-date=December 4, 2012|newspaper=New York Times|date=May 3, 1922}}</ref> Doty wrote the screenplays for more than 60 films between 1920 and 1938, the last one being ''Always Goodbye'' released in 1938, three years after his death. Doty also worked as an editor for [[The Century Company]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Dreiser|first=Theodore|title=Letters to Women, Volume II: New Letters|year=2009|publisher=University of Illinois Press|isbn=978-0252033766|pages=85, 92|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R6CK4c_-UEcC&q=%22Douglas+Z.+Doty%22&pg=PA85}}</ref>
Together with his co-writers [[Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast]] and [[Donald Ogden Stewart]], he was nominated for the [[4th Academy Awards|1931]] [[Academy Award for Best Writing (Original Screenplay)|Academy Award for Best Writing (Original Story)]] for the film ''[[Laughter (1930 film)|Laughter]].<ref>[http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1932 "The 4th Academy Awards (1931) Nominees and Winners"], [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] (accessed December 3, 2012).</ref>
He was born in [[New York, New York]] and died in [[Los Angeles, California]].
==Filmography==
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*''[[Two Kinds of Love (film)|Two Kinds of Love]]'' (1920)
*''[[Risky Business (1920 film)|Risky Business]]'' (1920)
*''Beautifully Trimmed'' (1920)
*''[[Society Secrets]]'' (1921)
* ''[[The Dangerous Moment]]'' (1921)
*''[[Sham (film)|Sham]]'' (1921)
*''[[A Kiss in Time (film)|A Kiss in Time]]'' (1921)
*''[[Her Winning Way]]'' (1921)
* ''[[The Rage of Paris (1921 film)|The Rage of Paris]]'' (1921)
*''[[The Speed Girl]]'' (1921)
*''[[Nancy from Nowhere]]'' (1922)
* ''[[A Prince of a King]]'' (1923)
*''[[How to Educate a Wife]]'' (1924)
*''[[Broadway After Dark]]'' (1924)
*''[[Circe, the Enchantress]]'' (1924)
*''[[The Wife of the Centaur]]'' (1924)
*''[[A Fool and His Money (1925 film)|A Fool and His Money]]'' (1925)
*''[[Who Cares (1925 film)|Who Cares]]'' (1925)
* ''[[After Business Hours]]'' (1925)
*''The Danger Signal'' (1925)
*''[[Fighting the Flames]]'' (1925)
* ''[[The Great Sensation]]'' (1925)
*''[[The King on Main Street]]'' (1925)
*''[[The Unchastened Woman]]'' (1925)
* ''[[The Wedding Song (1925 film)|The Wedding Song]]'' (1925)
*''[[Red Dice]]'' (1926)
*''[[Young April]]'' (1926)
*''[[Nobody's Widow]]'' (1927)
*''[[Man Bait (1926 film)|Man Bait]]'' (1927)
*''[[Vanity (1927 film)|Vanity]]'' (1927)
*''[[The Fighting Eagle]]'' (1927)
*''[[Dress Parade]]'' (1927)
* ''[[Tenth Avenue (film)|Tenth Avenue]]'' (1928)
*''[[Dry Martini (1928 film)|Dry Martini]]'' (1928)
*''[[Romance of the Underworld]]'' (1928)
*''[[The Veiled Woman]]'' (1929)
*''[[Masked Emotions]]'' (1929)
*''[[Pleasure Crazed]]'' (1929)
*''The Leather Pushers'' (1930)
*''Kid Roberts'' (1930)
*''[[Laughter (1930 film)|Laughter]]'' (1930)
*''[[College Lovers]]'' (1930)
*''Hammer and Tongs'' (1930)
*''The Knockout'' (1930)
*''The Comeback'' (1930)
*''The Mardi Gras'' (1930)
*''All for a Lady'' (1930)
*''Framed!'' (1931)
*''The Lady Killer'' (1931)
*''Kane Meets Abel'' (1931)
*''The Champion'' (1931)
*''Dangerous Daze'' (1931)
*''One Day to Live'' (1931)
*''Rive gauche'' (1931)
*''Lo mejor es reir'' (1931)
*''[[The Men Around Lucy|Die Männer um Lucie]]'' (1931)
*''[[The Silent Witness (1932 film)|The Silent Witness]]'' (1932)
* ''[[Drifting Souls]]'' (1932)
*''[[Racetrack (film)|Racetrack]]'' (1933)
*''[[The Important Witness]]'' (1933)
*''[[Gallant Lady (1934 film)|Gallant Lady]]'' (1934)
*''[[Three on a Honeymoon (1934 film)|Three on a Honeymoon]]'' (1934)
*''[[Always Goodbye (1938 film)|Always Goodbye]]'' (1938)
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==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|id=0234608|name=Douglas Z. Doty}}
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