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Frank Pierson (1925-2012) was a writer, director and producer best known for his screenplays for theatrical films such as Dog Day Afternoon (1975), Cool Hand Luke (1967), Presumed Innocent (1990) and A Star is Born (1976), and as the director of critically acclaimed movies for television such as Citizen Cohn (1992), Lakota Woman: Siege at ...
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 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,...
Screenwriter and director Frank Pierson, who won an Oscar for writing the 1975 film "Dog Day Afternoon," has died at the age of 87 in Los Angeles of natural causes following a brief illness,...
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...
Frank Pierson: Writer and director who won an Oscar and two Emmys | The Independent | The Independent. News Obituaries. Frank Pierson: Writer and director who won an Oscar and two Emmys....
Jul 23, 2012 · Frank Pierson, the Oscar-winning writer of “Dog Day Afternoon,” former president of the Academy of Motion Pictures & Sciences and a consulting producer on “Mad Men” as recently as this past...
