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Frank Romer Pierson (May 12, 1925 – July 22, 2012) was an American screenwriter and film director.〔Byrge, Duane (July 23, 2012). (Pierson, Former Movie Academy President, Writer and Director, Dies at 87. ) ''The Hollywood Reporter''〕〔Yardley, William (July 24, 2012).(Frank Pierson, Oscar-Winning Writer, Dies at 87. ) ''New York Times''〕 ==Life and career== Pierson was born in Chappaqua, New York, the son of Louise (née Randall), a writer, and Harold C. Pierson.〔 Pierson's parents, family and their lives, were the subject of the 1943 book entitled ''Roughly Speaking'' and a 1945 movie of the same name, starring Rosalind Russell and Jack Carson as his parents. Pierson served in the military during World War II, then graduated from Harvard. He worked as a correspondent for ''Time'' and ''Life'' magazines before selling his first script to Alcoa-Goodyear Theater. He got his break in Hollywood in 1958 as scripted editor for ''Have Gun, Will Travel'' and moved on to write for the television series ''Naked City'', ''Route 66'' and others. He went on to write or co-write several notable films, including ''Cat Ballou'' and ''Cool Hand Luke'' which were both nominated for Academy Awards. He wrote ''Dog Day Afternoon'', which won Pierson his Oscar statuette. He directed and contributed to the screenplay of ''A Star Is Born'', and the in-fighting between himself, Barbra Streisand, Kris Kristofferson and producer (and at the time boyfriend of Streisand) Jon Peters on the film led him to write the article "My Battles with Barbra and Jon" for ''The Village Voice''.〔Piersonl, Frank (November 16, 1976). My Battles with Barbra and Jon. ''The Village Voice''〕 Pierson directed several notable films produced for television, including ''Dirty Pictures'', ''Citizen Cohn'', ''Conspiracy'', and ''Somebody Has To Shoot the Picture''. His direction on ''Conspiracy'' won a Directors' Guild Award for Best Television Movie, and his second Peabody and BAFTA Award. He was President of the Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) from 1981 to 1983 and again from 1993 to 1995 and was President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) from 2001 to 2005. In 2003, Pierson was the recipient of the Austin Film Festival's Distinguished Screenwriter Award. Screenwriter Brian Helgeland presented him with the Award. He was a consultant on ''Mad Men'' and co-wrote (with Matthew Weiner) "Signal 30" – the fifth episode of the fifth season of Mad Men, a member of the teaching staff of Sundance Institute, and Artistic Director of the American Film Institute. Pierson died on July 22, 2012 in his home in Los Angeles, California. He was survived by his wife Helene and his two children. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Frank Pierson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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