Frank Perry

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Frank Perry (born August 21, 1930 in New York , USA ; † August 29, 1995 , ibid) was an American film director and producer .

life and career

Perry began as a parking lot attendant at the Westport Country Playhouse in Westport , Connecticut , before eventually rising to the head of that theater . This was the beginning of a career that, interrupted by his involvement in the Korean War , lasted until the 1990s. After a stint as a producer of documentaries for television , Perry switched to the film business in 1962. His first directorial work was David and Lisa , the story of two mentally disturbed teenagers in a mental institution starring Keir Dullea and Janet Margolin . The film became a hit and received two Academy Award nominations , including Perry for Best Director. His second film was the low-budget production Ladybug Ladybug in 1963 , in which he addressed the effects of a mistakenly announced nuclear war and thus anticipated the coming Cuban Missile Crisis. Much of Perry's directorial work has been intense character studies, including The Swimmer from 1968 with Burt Lancaster , Diary of a Mad Housewife from 1970, and Play it as It Lays from 1972 with Anthony Perkins . He later deviated from this line towards showmanship, as is evident in Mommie Dearest (1981) with Faye Dunaway as Joan Crawford and in the phlegmatic epic Monsignor (1982), in which Christopher Reeve plays an unchaste clergyman. For many years, Perry worked with his wife, screenwriter and producer Eleanor Perry . They separated in 1970 and turned to their own projects. In 1995, shortly after his 65th birthday, Frank Perry died of prostate cancer .

Filmography

  • 1962: David and Lisa (David and Lisa)
  • 1966: The float (The Swimmer)
  • 1969: Petting ( Last Summer )
  • 1970: Diary of adultery (Diary of a Mad Housewife)
  • 1971: Doc (Doc)
  • 1974: Man on a Swing
  • 1975: Rancho Deluxe
  • 1979: Walls of Silence (Dummy)
  • 1981: My dear bad mother (Mommie Dearest)
  • 1982: Monsignor
  • 1985: Compromising Positions
  • 1987: Hello Again - Back from Beyond (Hello Again)

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personal data
SURNAME Perry, Frank
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film director and film producer
DATE OF BIRTH August 21, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH New York , USA
DATE OF DEATH August 29, 1995
Place of death New York , USA