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Frank Stanley Nugent (May 27, 1908 – December 29, 1965) was an American screenwriter, journalist, and film reviewer. He 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.
Frank S. Nugent was an American screenwriter known for his collaborations with director John Ford. For a writer with only 21 feature films credited to his name, his influence is surprisingly ubiquitous and far-reaching.
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- May 27, 1908
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- December 30, 1965
Frank Stanley Nugent (27 May 1908, New York City – 29 December 1965, Los Angeles) was an American journalist, film reviewer, script doctor, and screenwriter who wrote 21 film scripts, 11 for John Ford. He received a nomination for the Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay for film The Quiet Man in 1953; the film also won him his first Writers Guild of America Award for 'Best Written American Comedy', an award he was to receive again in 1956 for Mister Roberts (1955). His screenplay ...
Frank S. Nugent, who worked as a Hollywood screenwriter for nearly 20 years, started as a news reporter at the New York Times, and moved to the film department as an assistant, then top reviewer.
Writer: The Quiet Man. Frank S. Nugent was an American screenwriter known for his collaborations with director John Ford. For a writer with only 21 feature films credited to his name, his influence is surprisingly ubiquitous and far-reaching.
Career: 1929–34, reporter, and film critic, 1934–40, New York Times ; 1940—first filmwriting work, as script doctor; 1948—first film as writer, and first of several films for John Ford, Fort Apache ; 1957–58—President, Screen Writers Guild. Died: 29 December 1965.
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Frank S. Nugent (Nugent) is an American screen writer. Nugent has worked in nearly 25 feature film projects and television series. Initially he worked in various film studios, and later made his works in several magazines like Colliers, Saturday Evening Post.
