
Frank Pierson
Writer
Born: May 12, 1925 (87 years old)
Died: July 23, 2012
Place of birth: Chappaqua, New York, USA
Biography
Frank Pierson (May 12, 1925 - July 23, 2012) 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.
Filmography (23)
- Dog Day Afternoon (1975, ★ 7.8)
- Cool Hand Luke (1967, ★ 7.7)
- Presumed Innocent (1990, ★ 6.8)
- Conspiracy (2001, ★ 7.3)
- Truman (1995, ★ 7.6)
- Have Gun, Will Travel (1957, ★ 7.3)
- The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985, ★ 7.2)
- Mad Men (2007, ★ 8.1)
- Soldier's Girl (2003, ★ 7)
- A Star Is Born (2018, ★ 7.5)
- The Good Wife (2009, ★ 7.6)
- The Brothers Warner (2008, ★ 6.6)
- King of the Gypsies (1978, ★ 5.6)
- The Anderson Tapes (1971, ★ 6.1)
- Cat Ballou (1965, ★ 6.4)
- In Country (1989, ★ 5.6)
- The Looking Glass War (1970, ★ 5.5)
- A Star Is Born (1976, ★ 6)
- Citizen Cohn (1992, ★ 6.1)
- Dirty Pictures (2000, ★ 5.8)
- The Happening (1967, ★ 6.2)
- Route 66 (1960, ★ 6.3)
- Paradise (2004, ★ 3.3)