Frank S. Nugent
Born:
1908-05-27
From:
New York City, New York, USA
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. 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 (1956) among the top 101 screenplays of all time.
Writing
Mean Justice
Incident at Phantom Hill
Donovan's Reef
Two Rode Together
North West Frontier
The Last Hurrah
Gunman's Walk
The Rising of the Moon
The Searchers
The Tall Men
Mister Roberts
They Rode West
Trouble in the Glen
The Red Beret
Angel Face
The Quiet Man
Two Flags West
Wagon Master
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Tulsa
3 Godfathers
Fort Apache