Frank R. Pierson (born 12 May 1925) is an American screenwriter and film director. May 12 is the 132nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (133rd in leap years). ... 1925 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Screenwriters, scenarists or script writers, are authors who write the screenplays from which movies are made. ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ...

Born in Chappaqua, New York, Pierson attended Harvard. He got his break in Hollywood when he penned a script for the television series Naked City in 1958. He went on to write or co-write several notable films, including the breakout Cat Ballou. He helped write Cool Hand Luke and Dog Day Afternoon, which were both nominated for Academy Awards. A Star Is Born, which he wrote and directed, led to an Oscar win. Pierson has directed several notable films produced for television, including Citizen Cohn, Conspiracy, and Somebody Has To Shoot the Picture. His direction on Truman and Soldier's Girl both garnered Peabody Awards. Chappaqua is a hamlet and census-designated place located in Westchester County, New York, in its northern section. ... Harvard, see Harvard (disambiguation) Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA and a member of the Ivy League. ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Cat Ballou is a 1965 comedy Western film which tells the story of a woman who hires a famous gunman to avenge her fathers murder, but finds that the man she hires isnt what she expected. ... Cool Hand Luke is a 1967 American film starring Paul Newman and directed by Stuart Rosenberg. ... Dog Day Afternoon is a 1975 film directed by Sidney Lumet, and written by Frank Pierson from a news article by P. F. Kluge and Thomas Moore. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... A Star Is Born is the title of several successful movies. ... Citizen Cohn is the 1992 cable movie covering the life of controversial Joseph McCarthy supporter Roy Cohn. ... Conspiracy, in common usage, is the act of working in secret to obtain some goal, usually understood with negative connotations. ... The surname Truman is usually English in origin. ... Soldiers Girl is a 2003 dramatic film produced by Showtime. ... The George Foster Peabody Awards, more commonly known as simply the Peabody Awards, are annual awards given for excellence in radio and television broadcasting and cable television within the United States. ...

He was President of the Writers Guild of America, West from 1981—1983 amd again from 1993—1995 and has been President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) since August 2001. He is also currently a member of the teaching staff of Sundance Institute and is Artistic Director of the American Film Institute. The Writers Guild of America (WGA) is the collective bargaining representative, or labor union, for writers in the motion picture and television industries. ... 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1983 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Founded on May 11, 1927 in California, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) is a professional honorary organization dedicated to the advancement of the arts and sciences of motion pictures. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... The Sundance Institute is a center started by actor Robert Redford in 1981. ... The American Film Institute is an independent non-profit organization created by the National Endowment for the Arts, which was established in 1965 when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act. ...

External links

• Frank Pierson on Internet Movie Database
• Frank Pierson to Receive Edmund H. North Award WGA News, February 1999.