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Frank Pierson
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Director, Screenwriter Born: May 12, 1925 in Chappaqua, NY Biography:Distinguished screenwriter and noted director "Frank Pierson" earned an Oscar nomination for his debut screenplay, "Cat Ballou", in 1965 and a decade later won an Oscar for the screenplay for "Lumet"'s "Dog Day Afternoon". In between the two, "Pierson" wrote the acclaimed script for "Cool Hand Luke" (1967). Before entering the film industry, the Harvard-educated "Pierson" was a correspondent for Time magazine. He then became a story editor and during the early '60s produced and directed many episodes of the Have Gun Will Travel television series. In addition, "Pierson" also wrote the screenplays for several other series. He directed his first feature film, "The Looking Glass War", in 1969. Other features he directed include the 1976 version of "A Star Is Born" and "King of the Gypsies" (1978). By the '90s, "Pierson" focused most of his energy writing teleplays and directing television movies, including... Full Biography
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