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Jul 23, 2012 · Frank Pierson, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of Dog Day Afternoon and Cool Hand Luke, has died at the age of 87, after a career that saw him working in television on shows like Mad Men and The Good Wife right up to the end of his life. Deadline Hollywood's Nikki Finke reports Pierson's agent confirmed his death, and she has a touching send-off that describes him as "gentlemanly yet ornery ...
Jul 23, 2012 · Frank Pierson, Former Movie Academy President, Writer and Director, Dies at 87. UPDATED: The Oscar winner for "Dog Day Afternoon" served as head of AMPAS from 2001-05.
Jul 23, 2012 · July 23, 2012 3:02 pm. Writer-director Frank Pierson died Monday at the age of 87, according to The Hollywood Reporter. In addition to winning an Oscar for his “Dog Day Afternoon” screenplay ...
He was President of the Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) from 1981 to 1983 and again from 1993 to 1995 and was President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) from 2001 to 2005. In 2003, Pierson was the recipient of the Austin Film Festival 's Distinguished Screenwriter Award. Screenwriter Brian Helgeland presented him ...
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Jul 25, 2012 · July 24, 2012. Frank Pierson, an Academy Award-winning screenwriter whose richly textured work included the scripts for “Cool Hand Luke” and “Dog Day Afternoon” and who later became an ...
Jul 24, 2012 · LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Frank Pierson, who won an Oscar for his screenplay for the 1975 film "Dog Day Afternoon," died on Monday at age 87, representatives for the writer said.
Frank Romer Pierson, screenwriter, director and producer: born Chappaqua, New York 12 May 1925; married 1948 Polly Stokes (marriage dissolved; one son, one daughter), 1978 Dori Derfner (marriage ...
