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Frank Pierson

Film Director / Screenwriter / Film Producer | * 05/12/1925 († 87, 07/23/2012) | Chappaqua, New York (United States of America (USA))
Frank Romer Pierson (May 12, 1925 – July 22, 2012) was an American screenwriter and film director. ()

Frank Pierson was an American writer, producer and director for film and television, honoured with an Academy Award in the category "Best Writing, Original Screenplay" for the movie "Dog Day Afternoon". He was a Harvard graduate with an BA in Cultural Anthropology.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | TV Movies | Crime

Known for these Movies & Shows

Based on the true story of would-be Brooklyn bank robbers John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturale. Sonny and Sal attempt a bank heist which quickly turns sour and escalates into a hostage situation and ...

Dog Day Afternoon

R

1975 | 3.9/5 | 2h 5min
Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Rusty Sabich is a deputy prosecutor engaged in an obsessive affair with a coworker who is murdered. Soon after, he's accused of the crime. And his fight to clear his name becomes a whirlpool of lies a ...

Presumed Innocent

R

1990 | 3.4/5 | 2h 7min
Thriller, Crime, Mystery
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When petty criminal Luke Jackson is sentenced to two years in a Florida prison farm, he doesn't play by the rules of either the sadistic warden or the yard's resident heavy, Dragline, who ends up admi ...

Cool Hand Luke

PG

1967 | 3.9/5 | 2h 7min
Crime, Drama
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Set in 1960-1970 New York, this sexy, stylized and provocative drama follows the lives of the ruthlessly competitive men and women of Madison Avenue advertising. ...

Mad Men

TV-14

2007 | 4.1/5 | 47min per episode
Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Frank Pierson

Directors Guild of America Awards Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay 2x Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
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Movies with Frank Pierson as Actor(1)

as himself2008 The Brothers Warner

Movies with Frank Pierson as Crew(25)

Writing/Original Film Writer2018 A Star Is Born
Directing/Director2004 Paradise
Directing/Director2003 Soldier's Girl
Directing/Director2001 Conspiracy
Production/Executive Producer2001 Conspiracy
Directing/Director2000 Dirty Pictures
Directing/Director1995 Truman
Directing/Director1994 Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee
Directing/Director1992 Citizen Cohn
Writing/Screenplay1990 Presumed Innocent
Directing/Director1990 Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture
Writing/Screenplay1989 In Country
Directing/Director1978 King of the Gypsies
Writing/Screenplay1978 King of the Gypsies
Directing/Director1976 A Star Is Born
Writing/Screenplay1976 A Star Is Born
Writing/Screenplay1975 Dog Day Afternoon
Writing/Writer1973 Amanda Fallon
Writing/Screenplay1971 The Anderson Tapes
Directing/Director1971 The Neon Ceiling
Directing/Director1969 The Looking Glass War
Writing/Writer1969 The Looking Glass War
Writing/Screenplay1967 The Happening
Writing/Screenplay1967 Cool Hand Luke
Writing/Screenplay1965 Cat Ballou

TV Shows/Series with Frank Pierson as Crew(13)

Writing/Writer2009 The Good Wife
Production/Consulting Producer2009 The Good Wife
Writing/Writer2007 Mad Men
Production/Consulting Producer2007 Mad Men
Directing/Director2004 The L Word
Directing/Director1985 The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Directing/Director1971 Nichols
Production/Producer1971 Nichols
Writing/Writer1971 Nichols
Writing/Story1971 Nichols
Creator/Creator1971 Nichols
Directing/Director1960 Route 66
Directing/Director1957 Have Gun, Will Travel

Full Name: Frank Romer Pierson
Born: Tuesday, 05/12 1925 (May) in Chappaqua, New York (United States of America (USA))
Died: Monday, 07/23 2012 (July) in Los Angeles (aged: 87)
Zodiac sign: Taurus (Chinese zodiac sign: Ox)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Harvard College
Member of: Writers Guild of America, West
Other names for Frank Pierson (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Frank Romer Pierson"
"Frank R. Pierson"
"Frank R. Robinson"
Frank Pierson frequently works together with these people:
Bradley Cooper (5x, Actor)
Ilene Chaiken (5x, Crew)
Maria Jacquemetton (5x, Crew)
Peter Zinner (5x, Crew)
André Jacquemetton (5x, Crew)
Robert King (4x, Crew)
Erin Levy (4x, Crew)
Matthew Weiner (4x, Crew)
Lisa Albert (4x, Crew)
Semi Chellas (4x, Crew)
Scott Hornbacher (4x, Crew)
Ted Humphrey (4x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:114708, Added: 06/27/2018, Last updated: 04/22/2024