Director

Frank S. Nugent

Writing

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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 23

TMDB ID: 30491

IMDb ID: nm0637793

Known for: Writing

Born: May 27, 1908

Died: December 30, 1965

Age: 57

Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1948 - 1971

Years active: 24

Average TMDB rating: 6.81

Wikidata: Q974386

Also known as

Frank Nugent

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Biography

Frank Stanley Nugent (May 27, 1908 – December 29, 1965) was an American screenwriter, journalist, and film reviewer. He wrote 21 film scripts, 11 for director John Ford. He wrote almost a thousand reviews for The New York Times before leaving journalism for Hollywood. He was nominated for an Academy Award in 1953 and twice won the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written American Comedy. The Writers Guild of America, West ranks his screenplay for The Searchers (1956) among the top 101 screenplays of all time.

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