
Writing
Frank Pierson
12 May 1925† 23 July 2012 (aged 87) Chappaqua, New York, USA
- Directed
- 17
- Written
- 15
- Produced
- 1
- Movies
- 3
Biography
Frank Pierson (May 12, 1925 - July 23, 2012) was an American writer, producer and director for film and television, honoured with an Academy Award in the category "Best Writing, Original Screenplay" for the movie "Dog Day Afternoon". He was a Harvard graduate with an BA in Cultural Anthropology.
Known For
- 2018
- A Star Is Born · Film · Original Film Writer
- 2009
- The Good Wife · Series · Consulting Producer
- 2008
- 2007
- Mad Men · Series · Writer
- 2006
- 2004
- The L Word · Series · Director
- Paradise · Film · Director
- 2003
- Soldier's Girl · Film · Director
- 2001
- Conspiracy · Film · Director
- 2000
- Dirty Pictures · Film · Director
- 1995
- Truman · Film · Director
- 1994
- Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee · Film · Director
- 1992
- Citizen Cohn · Film · Director
- 1990
- Presumed Innocent · Film · Screenplay
- Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture · Film · Director
- 1989
- In Country · Film · Screenplay
- 1985
- The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents · Series · Director
- 1978
- King of the Gypsies · Film · Director
- 1976
- A Star Is Born · Film · Director
- 1975
- Dog Day Afternoon · Film · Screenplay
- 1973
- Amanda Fallon · Film · Writer
- 1971
- The Anderson Tapes · Film · Screenplay
- The Neon Ceiling · Film · Director
- Nichols · Series · Director
- 1970
- The Looking Glass War · Film · Writer
- 1967
- Cool Hand Luke · Film · Screenplay
- The Happening · Film · Screenplay
- 1965
- Cat Ballou · Film · Screenplay
- 1960
- Route 66 · Series · Director
- 1957
- Have Gun, Will Travel · Series · Director






























