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Frank Pierson

Frank Pierson

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.

On screen

  • A Natural Born World-Shaker: The Making of 'Cool Hand Luke'
  • The Brothers Warner
  • The Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon'

Behind the camera

  • Paradise
  • Soldier's Girl
  • Conspiracy
  • Dirty Pictures
  • Truman
  • Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee
  • Citizen Cohn
  • Presumed Innocent
  • Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture
  • In Country
  • King of the Gypsies
  • A Star Is Born
  • Dog Day Afternoon
  • Amanda Fallon
  • The Anderson Tapes
  • The Neon Ceiling
  • The Looking Glass War
  • Cool Hand Luke
  • The Happening
  • Cat Ballou

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