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    Nunnally Johnson

    American screenwriter, film director, producer and playwright

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  1. Nunnally Hunter Johnson (December 5, 1897 – March 25, 1977) was an American screenwriter, film director, producer and playwright. As a filmmaker, he wrote the screenplays to more than fifty films in a career that spanned from 1927 to 1967. He also produced more than half of the films he wrote scripts for and directed eight of those movies.

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    • March 25, 1977 (aged 79), Los Angeles, California U.S.
  2. Nunnally Johnson was a versatile and influential Hollywood figure who wrote, produced and directed films such as The Grapes of Wrath, The Three Faces of Eve and How to Marry a Millionaire. He also co-founded International Pictures and was nominated for two Oscars.

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    • Columbus, Georgia, USA
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    • Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
  3. Apr 19, 2024 · Nunnally Johnson (born Dec. 5, 1897, Columbus, Ga., U.S.—died March 25, 1977, Los Angeles) was a motion-picture producer, screenwriter, and director who has been classified as a perfect example of the Hollywood scriptwriter—one who works under contract and is able to write about virtually any subject.

    • The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
  4. Nunnally Johnson was a prolific and versatile Hollywood writer, producer and director, known for his adaptations of classic novels and his witty humor. He worked with John Ford, Fritz Lang, Groucho Marx and many other stars, and won an Oscar for The Three Faces of Eve.

    • December 5, 1897
    • March 25, 1977
  5. Nunnally Hunter Johnson was an American screenwriter, film director, producer and playwright. As a filmmaker, he wrote the screenplays to more than fifty films in a career that spanned from 1927 to 1967. He also produced more than half of the films he wrote scripts for and directed eight of those movies. In 1940 he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Grapes ...

  6. May 6, 2005 · Nunnally Johnson was born on December 5, 1897, in Columbus to Johnnie Pearl Patrick and James Nunnally Johnson. His father worked as a superintendent for the Central of Georgia Railway, and his mother was an activist on the local school board. An avid reader with an acute sense of humor, Johnson grew up and attended school in Columbus, his ...

  7. Nunnally Hunter Johnson (December 5, 1897 – March 25, 1977) was an American filmmaker who wrote, produced, and directed motion pictures. Johnson was born in Columbus, Georgia. He began his career as a journalist, writing for the Columbus Enquirer Sun, the Savannah Press, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, and the New York Herald Tribune. He also wrote short stories and a collection of these, There ...

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