Acting credits
3
Early stage
Smaller on-screen catalog so far.
Actor
Frank Pierson
Writing
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 24Series: 7Crew credits: 28
TMDB ID: 13861
IMDb ID: nm0682757
Known for: Writing
Born: May 12, 1925
Died: July 23, 2012
Age: 87
Place of birth: Chappaqua, New York, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1957 - 2018
Years active: 62
Average TMDB rating: 6.84
Wikidata: Q1336850
Also known as
Frank Romer Pierson • Frank R. Pierson • Frank R. Robinson
Other jobs
Director (17)Screenplay (7)Writer (2)Consulting Producer (1)Original Film Writer (1)
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Frank Pierson.
7.5
A Star Is Born
Original Film Writer
2018 Movie
A Natural Born World-Shaker: The Making of 'Cool Hand Luke'
as Self
2008 Movie
6.6
The Brothers Warner
as Self
2008 Movie
7.8
The Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon'
as Self
2006 Movie
3.3
Paradise
Director
2004 Movie
7.0
Soldier's Girl
Director
2003 Movie
7.3
Conspiracy
Director
2001 Movie
5.8
Dirty Pictures
Director
2000 Movie
7.6
Truman
Director
1995 Movie
5.0
Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee
Director
1994 Movie
6.0
Citizen Cohn
Director
1992 Movie
6.8
Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture
Director
1990 Movie
6.8
Presumed Innocent
Screenplay
1990 Movie
5.6
In Country
Screenplay
1989 Movie
5.6
King of the Gypsies
Director
1978 Movie
6.0
A Star Is Born
Director
1976 Movie
7.8
Dog Day Afternoon
Screenplay
1975 Movie
Amanda Fallon
Writer
1973 Movie
6.1
The Anderson Tapes
Screenplay
1971 Movie
7.7
The Neon Ceiling
Director
1971 Movie
5.5
The Looking Glass War
Director
1970 Movie
7.7
Cool Hand Luke
Screenplay
1967 Movie
6.2
The Happening
Screenplay
1967 Movie
6.4
Cat Ballou
Screenplay
1965 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Frank Pierson.
7.6
The Good Wife
Consulting Producer • 7 eps
2009 Series
8.1
Mad Men
Writer • 1 eps
2007 Series
7.6
The L Word
Director • 1 eps
2004 Series
7.2
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Director • 1 eps
1985 Series
5.0
Nichols
Director • 7 eps
1971 Series
6.3
Route 66
Director • 1 eps
1960 Series
7.3
Have Gun, Will Travel
Director • 2 eps
1957 Series