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He was a consultant on Mad Men, co-writing (with Matthew Weiner) the fifth episode of its fifth season, "Signal 30", [6] a member of the teaching staff of Sundance Institute, and artistic director of the American Film Institute . Pierson died on July 22, 2012, in his home in Los Angeles, California. He was survived by his wife Helene and his ...
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- May 12, 1925, Chappaqua, New York, U.S.
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 ...
Frank Pierson was born on 12 May 1925 in Chappaqua, New York, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for Dog Day Afternoon (1975), Presumed Innocent (1990) and Cool Hand Luke (1967). He was married to Helene Szamet, Dori Pierson and Polly Stokes.
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- Chappaqua, New York, USA
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- Los Angeles, California, USA
Jul 26, 2012 · Frank Pierson, who has died aged 87, wrote the screenplays for 10 films but his reputation rests on Cat Ballou (1965), Cool Hand Luke (1967) and Dog Day Afternoon (1975), all of which gained him ...
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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 short ...
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Jul 23, 2012 · Frank Pierson, who won an Academy Award for best original screenplay for Dog Day Afternoon and was nominated for two Academy Awards for adapted screenplay for Cat Ballou and Cool Hand Luke, died ...
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 ...
