Biography
David Frankel is an American film and television director. Born on 2 April 1959 in New York City, he graduated from Harvard University. He began his career directing short films and television episodes.
Frankel is known for directing the feature films The Devil Wears Prada (2006) and its sequel The Devil Wears Prada 2 (2026), Marley & Me (2008), Hope Springs (2012) and Jerry & Marge Go Large (2022). On television he directed episodes of the miniseries Band of Brothers (2001) and the series Manifest (2018) and Inventing Anna (2022).
He won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for Dear Diary (1996) and a Primetime Emmy Award for directing an episode of Band of Brothers.
