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Scott Frank

Birth Name:
A. Scott Frank
Birth Place:
Fort Walton Beach, Florida, United States
Profession
Writer, Script department, Producer, Director, Actor, Assistant director
Scott Frank

Fast Facts

  • His "Out of Sight" won the Writers Guild of America Award for best adapted screenplay
  • His directorial debut, "The Lookout," won the 2008 Independent Spirit Award for best first feature
  • Won the Saturn Award for best science fiction screenplay for "Minority Report․"
  • Graduated with a B․A․ in Film Studies from UCSB in 1982
  • Quote: "I really believe screenwriting is an art unto itself․ A script can actually be a finished piece of art․ It is something that is obviously then interpreted․"
  • Quote: "My satisfaction is in the writing, in the solving of the problems while I'm writing ․․․ the process, for me, is the most satisfying aspect of everything․"
  • Quote: "[on "A Walk Among the Tombstones"] "Scudder has reinvented himself after being a kind of dark, horrible guy․ Now he has to be the worst of his old self in order to do the right thing․""
  • Has written screenplays for such filmmakers as Steven Spielberg, Sidney Pollack, Steven Soderbergh, Barry Sonnenfeld, Jodie Foster and Kenneth Brannagh
  • Started his career writing original screenplays, but later moved toward adaptations
  • Fell in love with the novel "A Walk Among the Tombstones in the late 1990s and new he wanted to make into a film, but he ran into many roadblocks along the way

Awards

  • 1992Edgar - Best Motion Picture:Nominated
  • 1994CableACE - Writing a Dramatic Series:Nominated
  • 1996Edgar - Best Motion Picture:Nominated
  • 1996Golden Globe - Best Screenplay - Motion Picture:Nominated
  • 1996USC Scripter AwardNominated
  • 1996WGA Award (Screen) - Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published:Nominated
  • 1998ACCA - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
  • 1998BSFC Award - Best Screenplay:Winner
  • 1999Oscar - Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published:Nominated
  • 1999Edgar - Best Motion Picture:Winner
  • 1999NSFC Award - Best Screenplay:Winner
  • 1999OFTA Film Award - Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium:Winner
  • 1999OFCS Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Winner
  • 1999SEFCA Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Winner
  • 1999WGA Award (Screen) - Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published:Winner
  • 2002Bram Stoker Award - Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2003Saturn Award - Best Writing:Winner
  • 2003Hugo - Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form:Nominated
  • 2003OFCS Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2004Nebula Award - Best Script:Nominated
  • 2007Satellite Award - Best Screenplay, Original:Nominated
  • 2008Edgar - Best Motion Picture Screen Play:Nominated
  • 2008Independent Spirit Award - Best First Feature:Winner
  • 2008OFTA Film Award - Best First Feature:Nominated
  • 2016Felix - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2017ACCA - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2017CFCA Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2017Dragon Award - Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Movie:Nominated
  • 2017Golden Schmoes - Best Screenplay of the Year:Nominated
  • 2017IFJA Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Winner
  • 2017Halfway Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2017KCFCC Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Winner
  • 2017LAOFCS Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2018Oscar - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2018Saturn Award - Best Writing:Nominated
  • 2018DFCS Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2018DGA Award - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Miniseries:Nominated
  • 2018GAFCA Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2018HFCS Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2018OFTA Film Award - Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium:Nominated
  • 2018Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Limited Series:Nominated
  • 2018Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie or a Dramatic Special:Nominated
  • 2018Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie or a Dramatic Special:Nominated
  • 2018Bradbury Award - Outstanding Dramatic Presentation:Nominated
  • 2018USC Scripter Award - Film:Nominated
  • 2018Bronze Wrangler - Fictional Drama:Winner
  • 2018WGA Award (Screen) - Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2018WGA Award (TV) - Long Form - Original:Nominated
  • 2021Golden Frog - TV Series Competition:Nominated
  • 2021DGA Award - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Limited Series:Winner
  • 2021PGA Award - Outstanding Producer of Limited Series Television:Winner
  • 2021Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series:Winner
  • 2021Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie:Winner
  • 2021Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie:Nominated
  • 2021USC Scripter Award - Television:Winner
  • 2021WGA Award (TV) - Adapted Long Form:Winner
  • 2025Edgar - Best Television Episode Teleplay:Winner
  • 2025Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music:Nominated
  • 2026Gotham TV Award - Breakthrough Drama Series:Nominated
  • 2026USC Scripter Award - Television:Nominated
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