David Frankel

Birth Name:

David Frankel

Birth Place:

New York City, New York, United States

Profession

Director, Producer, Writer, Production manager

Along with other directors, writers and producers won a Television and Cable Christopher Award for "Band of Brothers" in 2002
Attended the Fieldston School in Riverdale, N․Y․, and Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass
After graduating from college, his first assignment as a professional was to write an article for "Esquire" about John McEnroe, a tennis star he had competed with while they were both in high school
Much of his best-known work has been in the genre of comedy, both on film and on television sitcoms
The short film he won an Oscar for was originally a pilot for an ABC sitcom that didn't make it
Lived in Coconut Grove, the oldest modern continuously-inhabited neighborhood in Miami, Fla․, in 2008
Considered becoming a political humorist before he started writing for television

1997Oscar - Best Short Film, Live Action:Winner
1998OFTA Television Award - Best Direction of a Motion Picture or Miniseries:Nominated
2002Christopher Award - Television & Cable:Winner
2002OFTA Television Award - Best Direction of a Motion Picture or Miniseries:Winner
2002Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special:Winner
2005Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series:Nominated
2006EDA Award - Best Comedy by or About Women:Nominated
2006WGA Award (TV) - New Series:Nominated
2013Audience Choice AwardWinner
2013EuroCinema Hawai'i Award - Best Film:Nominated
2013Audience Award - World Cinema:Nominated
2014Audience Award - Best Feature:Winner
2014Audience Award - Best Foreign Film:Winner

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