Frank Pierson
Known for: Writing
Born: May 12, 1925
Died: July 23, 2012
Place of birth: Chappaqua, New York, USA
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.
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Filmography
24 movies · 7 TV shows, newest first
7.5
A Star Is Born
2018
7.6
The Good Wife
2009
NR
A Natural Born World-Shaker: The Making of 'Cool Hand Luke'
2008
6.6
The Brothers Warner
2008
8.1
Mad Men
2007
7.8
The Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon'
2006
7.7
The L Word
2004
4.1
Paradise
2004
7.0
Soldier's Girl
2003
7.3
Conspiracy
2001
6.1
Dirty Pictures
2000
7.6
Truman
1995
6.7
Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee
1994
6.3
Citizen Cohn
1992
7.0
Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture
1990
6.8
Presumed Innocent
1990
5.6
In Country
1989
7.2
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985
5.9
King of the Gypsies
1978
6.0
A Star Is Born
1976
7.9
Dog Day Afternoon
1975
8.0
Amanda Fallon
1973
6.3
Nichols
1971
6.1
The Anderson Tapes
1971
7.8
The Neon Ceiling
1971
5.6
The Looking Glass War
1970
7.7
Cool Hand Luke
1967
6.3
The Happening
1967
6.4
Cat Ballou
1965
6.7
Route 66
1960
7.3
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957