Frank Pierson

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

3

Gender

Male

Birthday

1925-05-12

Deathday

2012-07-23 (87 years old)

Place of Birth

Chappaqua, New York, USA

Also Known As

  • Frank Romer Pierson
  • Frank R. Pierson
  • Frank R. Robinson

Frank Pierson

Biography

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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Creator

1971
Nichols as Creator

Directing

2004
The L Word as Director
2004
Paradise as Director
2003
Soldier's Girl as Director
2001
Conspiracy as Director
2000
Dirty Pictures as Director
1995
Truman as Director
1994
Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee as Director
1992
Citizen Cohn as Director
1990
Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture as Director
1985
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Director
1978
King of the Gypsies as Director
1976
A Star Is Born as Director
1971
Nichols as Director
1971
The Neon Ceiling as Director
1970
The Looking Glass War as Director
1960
Route 66 as Director
1957
Have Gun, Will Travel as Director

Production

2009
The Good Wife as Consulting Producer
2007
Mad Men as Consulting Producer
2001
Conspiracy as Executive Producer
1971
Nichols as Producer

Writing

2018
A Star Is Born as Original Film Writer
2009
The Good Wife as Writer
2007
Mad Men as Writer
1990
Presumed Innocent as Screenplay
1989
In Country as Screenplay
1978
King of the Gypsies as Screenplay
1976
A Star Is Born as Screenplay
1975
Dog Day Afternoon as Screenplay
1973
Amanda Fallon as Writer
1971
Nichols as Story
1971
Nichols as Writer
1971
The Anderson Tapes as Screenplay
1970
The Looking Glass War as Writer
1967
Cool Hand Luke as Screenplay
1967
The Happening as Screenplay
1965
Cat Ballou as Screenplay
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Frank Pierson