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A Hollywood screenwriter who turned his hand to directing, Pierson wrote such films as Cat Ballou (1965), Cool Hand Luke (1967), The Anderson Tapes (1971) and Dog Day Afternoon (1975). He directed The Looking Glass War (1969) and A Star Is Born (1976) with later screenplays including Presumed Innocent (1990). - Read Frank Pierson's Guardian Obituary
Jul 23, 2012 · Frank Pierson, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of Dog Day Afternoon and Cool Hand Luke, has died at the age of 87, after a career that saw him working in television on shows like Mad Men and The Good Wife right up to the end of his life. Deadline Hollywood's Nikki Finke reports Pierson's agent confirmed his death, and she has a touching send-off that describes him as "gentlemanly yet ornery ...
Jul 23, 2012 · Frank Pierson never suffered “failure to communicate”. That iconic phrase uttered by Strother Martin to Paul Newman in Cool Hand Luke (1967) — one of Newman’s greatest movies EVER — was
Apr 25, 2022 · Frank Alva Pierson, 68, of St. Albans, passed away April 25, 2022 in St. Mary’s Hospital. Frank was born February 11, 1954 in Charleston to the late Lee Pierson and Esta Skyles Pierson. In addition to his parents, Frank was preceded in death by his daughter, Kimberly Annette Pierson; brothers, Tom and Donald Pierson; and sisters, Lois Thomas ...
Sep 9, 1995 · Truman: Directed by Frank Pierson. With Gary Sinise, Diana Scarwid, Richard Dysart, Colm Feore. Though considered unqualified, Harry S. Truman becomes the 33rd president following the April 1945 death of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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Jul 23, 2012 · Exceptional Academy Award-winning screenwriter and director Frank Pierson, who became presidents of both the Writers Guild, West, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences, died today in ...
(As Frank R. Pierson) The Anderson Tapes (adapted from the novel by Lawrence Sanders), Columbia, 1970 The Looking Glass War (adapted from the novel of the same title byJohn Le Carre), Columbia, 1970 Dog Day Afternoon (based on a magazine article by P. F. Kluge andThomas Moore), Warner Bros., 1975
