Frank Pierson
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- May 12, 1925, Chappaqua, New York, USA
- Died
- July 23, 2012
- Movies
- 23
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2004 | Paradise | Director |
| 2003 | Soldier's Girl | Director |
| 2001 | Conspiracy | Director |
| 2000 | Dirty Pictures | Director |
| 1995 | Truman | Director |
| 1994 | Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee | Director |
| 1992 | Citizen Cohn | Director |
| 1990 | Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture | Director |
| 1990 | Presumed Innocent | Screenplay |
| 1989 | In Country | Screenplay |
| 1978 | King of the Gypsies | Director, Screenplay |
| 1976 | A Star Is Born | Director, Screenplay |
| 1975 | Dog Day Afternoon | Screenplay |
| 1973 | Amanda Fallon | Writer |
| 1971 | The Anderson Tapes | Screenplay |
| 1971 | The Neon Ceiling | Director |
| 1970 | The Looking Glass War | Writer, Director |
| 1967 | Cool Hand Luke | Screenplay |
| 1967 | The Happening | Screenplay |
| 1965 | Cat Ballou | Screenplay |
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