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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Brock Peters to Jonathan Prince
Frank Pierson Biography (1925-)
Full name, Frank Romer Pierson; born May 12, 1925, in Chappaqua, NY, son of Harold C. (an entrepreneur) and Louise (a writer; maiden name, Randall) Pierson; married Polly Stokes, September, 1948 (divorced); married Dori Derfner (awriter), December 7, 1978 (divorced); married Helene Szamet, June 24, 1990; children: Michael, Eve. Addresses: Agent: Creative Artists Agency, 9830Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.; Office: Academy Foundation, 8949 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Producer, writer, director
- Birth Details
- May 12, 1925
- Chappaqua, New York, United States
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Television Work
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Series
- (As Frank R. Pierson) Producer and story editor, Have Gun Will Travel, CBS, 1960-1962
- (As Frank R. Pierson) Producer and creator, Nichols (also known asJames Garner as Nicholas and James Garner), NBC, 1971
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Television Director
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Movies
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The Neon Ceiling, 1971
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Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture, HBO, 1990
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Citizen Cohn, HBO, 1992
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Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee, TNT, 1994
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Truman, HBO, 1995
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Dirty Pictures, Showtime, 2000
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Conspiracy, HBO, 2001
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A Soldier's Girl, Showtime, 2003
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Complicity, HBO, 2003
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Television Executive Producer
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Movies
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Conspiracy, HBO, 2001
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Television Director
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Episodic
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Have Gun Will Travel, CBS, 1960-1962
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The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (also known as The New Doctors), 1969
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Nichols (also known as James Garner as Nicholas and James Garner), NBC, 1971
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents, NBC, 1985
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Television Appearances
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Specials
- Himself, The 75th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 2003
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Film Director
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The Looking Glass War, Columbia, 1970
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A Star Is Born, Warner Bros., 1976
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King of the Gypsies, Paramount, 1978
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WRITINGS
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Screenplays
- (As Frank R. Pierson; with Walter Newman) Cat Ballou (adapted fromthe novel The Ballad of Cat Ballou by Roy Chanslor), Columbia, 1965
- (With James D. Buchanan and Ronald Austin) The Happening (adaptedfrom a story by Buchanan and Austin), Columbia, 1967
- (As Frank R. Pierson; with Donn Pearce) Cool Hand Luke (adapted from the novel of the same title by Pearce) Warner Bros., 1967
- (As Frank R. Pierson) The Anderson Tapes (adapted from the novel by Lawrence Sanders), Columbia, 1970
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The Looking Glass War (adapted from the novel of the same title byJohn Le Carre), Columbia, 1970
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Dog Day Afternoon (based on a magazine article by P. F. Kluge andThomas Moore), Warner Bros., 1975
- (With Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne) A Star Is Born (adaptedfrom a story by William Wellman and Robert Carson), Warner Bros., 1976
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King of the Gypsies (adapted from the novel of the same title by Peter Maas), Paramount, 1978
- (With Cynthia Cidre) In Country (adapted from the novel of the same title by Bobbie Ann Mason), Warner Bros., 1989
- (With Alan J. Pakula) Presumed Innocent (based on the novel of thesame title by Scott Turow), Warner Bros., 1990
- (Uncredited) City by the Sea, Warner Bros., 2002
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Television Episodes
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Naked City, ABC, 1962
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Route 66, CBS, 1963
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Nichols (also known as James Garner as Nicholas and James Garner), NBC, 1971
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Television Movies
- (With James Costigan and Peter Davis) Haywire, CBS, 1979
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Television Specials
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The 42nd Annual Academy Awards, 1970
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Television Pilots
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Amanda Fallon, NBC, 1973
Further Reference
OTHER SOURCES
Books
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Contemporary Authors, Volume 123, Gale, 1988
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