Frank Pierson

Birthday:: 05/12/1925
Place of birth:: Chappaqua, New York, USA:
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.

Credits

	A Natural Born World-Shaker: The Making of 'Cool Hand Luke' (2008) as Self
	The Brothers Warner (2008) as Self
	The Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon' (2006) as Self

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