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Director. Screenwriter. References. External links. Frank Pierson. Frank Romer Pierson [1] (May 12, 1925 – July 22, 2012) was an American screenwriter and film director. [2] [3] Life and career. Pierson was born in Chappaqua, New York, the son of Louise (née Randall), a writer, and Harold C. Pierson. [1] .
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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...
Director. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. 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. He died on 22 July 2012 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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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...
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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,...
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Jul 24, 2012 · 24 July 2012. Pierson penned the famous line 'Attica!' in Dog Day Afternoon. Frank Pierson, who won an Oscar for his screenplay of the 1975 Al Pacino film Dog Day Afternoon, has died aged 87. His...
Jul 24, 2012 · Obituaries. Frank Pierson dies at 87; Oscar-winning screenwriter. 1 / 45. The onetime headmistress of an elite girls’ school fatally shot Dr. Herman Tarnower, her lover and the creator of the...
