
Frank Pierson in numbers
The arc
Average Fi1m score of the work we have reviewed, by decade.
Fi1m against the critics
84Fi1m
80Critics
We rate Frank’s work 4 points above the press, across 5 titles with a critics’ score.
The spread
Of 6 reviewed titles as writer.
In numbers
- Reviewed
- 4 films, 2 series
- Screen time
- 9 hours of reviewed films
- Box office
- $731m across 4 films with figures
- Academy Awards
- 1 Oscar1 won · 2 nominated
- Active
- 1967–2018
Genres
- Drama5
- Crime3
- Thriller2
- Music1
- Mystery1
- Romance1
Best and worst on Fi1m
Credits by decade
Everything credited, reviewed or not.
11950s
41960s
81970s
21980s
51990s
72000s
12010s
Directors most worked with
Awards
Academy Awards1 won · 2 nominated
- Won1976Best Writing, Original Screenplay · Dog Day Afternoon
- Nominated1968Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · Cool Hand Luke
- Nominated1966Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · Cat Ballou
Awards from Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.




