Writer1925–2012· Chappaqua, New York, USA
Frank Pierson
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.
3 acting credits · 17 directing credits
Acting · 3
Directing · 17
★ 7.3
TV
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
★ 7.7
TV
The L Word
2004
★ 6.7
TV
Route 66
1960
★ 7.2
TV
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985
★ 6.3
TV
Nichols
1971
★ 7.3
Film
Conspiracy
2001
★ 6.9
Film
Soldier's Girl
2003
★ 5.9
Film
King of the Gypsies
1978
★ 6.0
Film
A Star Is Born
1976
★ 7.7
Film
Truman
1995
★ 6.1
Film
Dirty Pictures
2000
★ 6.3
Film
Citizen Cohn
1992
★ 6.7
Film
Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee
1994
★ 5.6
Film
The Looking Glass War
1970
★ 4.1
Film
Paradise
2004
★ 7.8
Film
The Neon Ceiling
1971
★ 7.0
Film
Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture
1990