Frank Nugent
Screenwriter, Film writer
1908 – 1965
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Who was Frank Nugent?
Frank Stanley Nugent was an American journalist, film reviewer, script doctor, and screenwriter who wrote 21 film scripts, 11 for director John Ford. He wrote almost a thousand reviews for the New York Times before leaving journalism for Hollywood. He was nominated for an Academy Award in 1953 and twice won the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written American Comedy. The Writers Guild of America, West ranks his screenplay for The Searchers among the top 101 screenplays of all time.
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- Born
- May 27, 1908
New York City - Also known as
- Franklin Stanley Nugent
- Frank S. Nugent
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Columbia University
- Lived in
- New York City
- Died
- Dec 29, 1965
Los Angeles
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on July 23, 2013
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