Frank R. Pierson (born 12 May 1925) is an American screenwriter and film director. is the 132nd day of the year (133rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the hamlet; for the film, see Chappaqua (film). ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... // The Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay is the Academy Award for the best script not based upon previously published material. ... Dog Day Afternoon is a 1975 film directed by Sidney Lumet and written by Frank Pierson. ... is the 132nd day of the year (133rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Screenwriters, scenarists, or script writers, are authors who write the screenplays from which movies and television programs 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 Cat Ballou. This article is about the hamlet; for the film, see Chappaqua (film). ... Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, and a member of the Ivy League. ... Jan. ... 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. ...

He helped write Cool Hand Luke and Dog Day Afternoon, which were both nominated for Academy Awards, the latter of which won Pierson his only Oscar statuette. A Star Is Born, which he directed and which he also contributed to the screenplay. 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. ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... Video cover showing Kris Kristofferson and Barbra Streisand The 1976 version, helmed by Frank Pierson and starring Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson, updated the story by bringing it into the rock era. ... Sample from a screenplay, showing dialogue and action descriptions. ...

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. Citizen Cohn is the 1992 cable movie covering the life of controversial Joseph McCarthy supporter Roy Cohn. ... Conspiracy is a made-for-TV BBC/HBO motion picture which dramatizes the events that occurred during the Wannsee Conference of 1942. ... Somebody has to Shoot the picture is a 1990 suspense thriller film TV movie written by photojournalist Doug Magee, inspired by his interviews with and photos of death-row prisoners. ... Truman is a 1995 HBO movie starring Gary Sinise as Harry S. Truman. ... 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 and again from 1993—1995 and was President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) from 2001-2005. 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 in the United States. ... Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study in Hollywood, California 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. ... The Sundance Institute is a center started by actor Robert Redford in 1981. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

External links

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