Frank Pierson 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.
Academy Awards
Best Writing, Original Screenplay
Known For
Conspiracy
(2001)
Director
A Star Is Born
(1976)
Director
Soldier's Girl
(2003)
Director
King of the Gypsies
(1978)
Director
Paradise
(2004)
Director
Full Filmography
Directing
The Looking Glass War
(1970)
Director
The Neon Ceiling
(1971)
Director
A Star Is Born
(1976)
Director
King of the Gypsies
(1978)
Director
Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture
(1990)
Director
Citizen Cohn
(1992)
Director
Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee
(1994)
Director
Truman
(1995)
Director
Dirty Pictures
(2000)
Director
Conspiracy
(2001)
Director
Soldier's Girl
(2003)
Director
Paradise
(2004)
Director
Acting
The Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon'
(2006)
Self
The Brothers Warner
(2008)
Self
A Natural Born World-Shaker: The Making of 'Cool Hand Luke'
(2008)
Self
Writing
Cat Ballou
(1965)
Screenplay
Cool Hand Luke
(1967)
Screenplay
The Happening
(1967)
Screenplay
The Looking Glass War
(1970)
Writer
The Anderson Tapes
(1971)
Screenplay
Amanda Fallon
(1973)
Writer
Dog Day Afternoon
(1975)
Screenplay
A Star Is Born
(1976)
Screenplay
King of the Gypsies
(1978)
Screenplay
In Country
(1989)
Screenplay
Presumed Innocent
(1990)
Screenplay
A Star Is Born
(2018)
Original Film Writer
Production