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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.
Nunnally Johnson (1897-1977) Nunnally Johnson. The son of a railway superintendent, Nunnally Johnson was schooled in Columbus, Georgia, graduating in 1915. He worked for the local newspaper as a delivery boy, became a junior reporter for the Savannah Press and then moved on to New York in 1919. There, his journalistic career really took off ...
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- Columbus, Georgia, USA
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- Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
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.
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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.
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- March 25, 1977
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 ...
Sep 21, 2022 · Learn about the life and work of Nunnally Johnson, a screenwriter, producer, and director who was born and raised in Columbus, Georgia. He wrote acclaimed adaptations of novels by Steinbeck, du Maurier, and others, and was the highest paid screenwriter in Hollywood by the 1950s.
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 ...
