Frank Pierson

Born: 1925-05-12, Chappaqua, New York, USA

Died: 2012-07-23

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.

Filmography

• Have Gun, Will Travel (1957)
• The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985)
• Route 66 (1960)
• The L Word (2004)
• Conspiracy (2001)
• Soldier's Girl (2003)
• King of the Gypsies (1978)
• The Looking Glass War (1970)
• The Neon Ceiling (1971)
• Citizen Cohn (1992)
• Dirty Pictures (2000)
• Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee (1994)
• Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture (1990)