Richard Schweizer

{{Short description|Swiss screenwriter}}

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| name = Richard Schweizer

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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1899|12|23}}

| birth_place = Zurich, Switzerland

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1965|3|30|1899|12|23}}

| death_place = Zurich, Switzerland

| occupation = Writer, Screenwriter

| yearsactive = 1931-1964

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Richard Schweizer (23 December 1899 – 30 March 1965) was a Swiss screenwriter who won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 1945 for his work in Marie-Louise, as well as the Academy Award for Best Story in 1948 for his work in The Search. Schweizer also directed the film Kleine Scheidegg (1937).