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Frank Pierson
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American film director (1925-2012)
Film & TV
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.
Known for
- A Natural Born World-Shaker: The Making of 'Cool Hand Luke' — Self2008
- The Brothers Warner — Self2008
- The Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon' — Self2006
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Westchester County
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- director
- Educated at
- Harvard College
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Frank-Pierson-in-Persepolis.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
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- date of birth
- 1925-05-12
- date of death
- 2012-07-22
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
- start of work period
- 1944-00-00
- Commons category
- Frank Pierson
- place of burial
- Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery
- member of
- Writers Guild of America West
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