Personal Info
Known For
Writing
Gender
Male
Birthday
May 27, 1908(57)
Day of Death
December 30, 1965
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
Frank Nugent
Frank S. Nugent
Writing
Biography
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.