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Nunnally Hunter Johnson (December 5, 1897 – March 25, 1977) was an American screenwriter, film director, producer and playwright. As a filmmaker, he wrote the screenplays to more than fifty films in a career that spanned from 1927 to 1967.
Nunnally Johnson. Writer: The Grapes of Wrath. The son of a railway superintendent, Nunnally Johnson was schooled in Columbus, Georgia, graduating in 1915. He worked for the local newspaper as a delivery boy, became a junior reporter for the Savannah Press and then moved on to New York in 1919.
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- Columbus, Georgia, USA
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- Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Nunnally Johnson was a motion-picture producer, screenwriter, and director who has been classified as a perfect example of the Hollywood scriptwriter—one who works under contract and is able to write about virtually any subject.
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Nunnally Johnson. Writer: The Grapes of Wrath. The son of a railway superintendent, Nunnally Johnson was schooled in Columbus, Georgia, graduating in 1915. He worked for the local newspaper as a delivery boy, became a junior reporter for the Savannah Press and then moved on to New York in 1919.
- December 5, 1897
- March 25, 1977
Nunnally Hunter Johnson (December 5, 1897 – March 25, 1977) was an American filmmaker who wrote, produced, and directed motion pictures. Johnson was born in Columbus, Georgia.
May 6, 2005 · After an early career as a journalist and short-story writer, Georgia native Nunnally Johnson emerged as one of Hollywood’s most accomplished screenwriters and producers from the 1930s through the 1950s, when he began to direct motion pictures as well.
Mar 26, 1977 · Nunnally Johnson, a leading film scenarist and producer, died yesterday of pneumonia at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles. He was 79 years old and lived in Beverly Hills, Calif.
