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Frank Pierson

The Anderson Tapes

Cool Hand Luke [Deluxe Edition]

Cool Hand Luke [Blu-ray]

King of the Gypsies

Dog Day Afternoon [Blu-ray]

Dog Day Afternoon [HD DVD]

The Milagro Beanfield War

AKA: Frank R. Pierson

Born: 05/12/1925 Chappaqua, NY

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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 the well-wrought Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee (1994). ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

DVDs that Frank Pierson worked on "behind the scenes"...

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09/23/2008 - The Anderson Tapes - Screenwriter
09/09/2008 - Cool Hand Luke [Deluxe Edition] - Screenwriter
09/09/2008 - Cool Hand Luke [Blu-ray] - Director
06/03/2008 - King of the Gypsies - Screenwriter
04/10/2007 - Dog Day Afternoon [Blu-ray] - Screenwriter
04/10/2007 - Dog Day Afternoon [HD DVD] - Screenwriter
11/28/2006 - A Star is Born - Director
05/31/2005 - The Milagro Beanfield War - Screenwriter
03/22/2005 - Paradise - Director
01/27/2004 - Soldier's Girl - Screenwriter