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Jul 24, 2012 · Frank Pierson, who won an Oscar for his screenplay of the 1975 Al Pacino film Dog Day Afternoon, has died aged 87. His family said he died of natural causes at a Los Angeles hospital after a...
Pierson directed several films produced for television, including Dirty Pictures, Citizen Cohn, Conspiracy, and Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture. His direction on Conspiracy won a Directors' Guild Award for Best Television Movie, and his second Peabody and BAFTA Award.
Jul 25, 2012 · Frank Pierson, who received an Academy Award nomination for his first screenplay, the western lampoon “Cat Ballou,” another Oscar nod for his script of the chain-gang drama “Cool Hand Luke”...
Gore Vidal presents and accepts the Academy Award for Writing (Original Screenplay) to Frank Pierson for "Dog Day Afternoon" at the 48th Academy Awards® in 1976. Hosted by Gene Kelly. Show...
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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.
Pierson went on to write screenplays for several notable films, including Cat Ballou (1965) and Cool Hand Luke, both garnering him Academy Award nominations. His original screenplay for Sidney Lumet's Dog Day Afternoon won an Oscar® in 1975.
Feb 11, 2023 · Frank Pierson won an Oscar for his witty, tense, and emotional screenplay based on a real-life Brooklyn bank heist in 1972, with Al Pacino giving one of his most indelible performances as the stressed-out robber.
