Melvin Frank

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Melvin Frank (born August 13, 1913 in Chicago , Illinois , † October 13, 1988 in Los Angeles ) was an American screenwriter and film director.

Life

Melvin Frank met Norman Panama while studying in Chicago . As a duo, they wrote numerous plays and radio shows. From 1941, their collaboration also expanded to include film. There they initially worked as screenwriters and from the beginning of the 1950s were able to direct the majority of their films themselves. Frank and Panama were almost exclusively successful in the comedy field and worked several times with the actors Danny Kaye and Bob Hope . The artistic collaboration ended in the mid-1960s. Frank realized a number of successful comedies, including a. with the actor Jack Lemmon in Das Nervenbündel .

Frank was nominated for an Oscar five times in his career . The Writers Guild of America presented him with the 1984 Laurel Award for Screen Writing Achievement . In 1974 he won the WGA Award.

Filmography (selection)

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  • 1942: Beloved Spy (My Favorite Blonde)
  • 1948: The Super Spy (A Southern Yankee)
  • 2007: are we finally done? (Are We Done Yet?) - Template: Screenplay for Just For My Wife's Sake

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  1. ↑ Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 3: F - H. Barry Fitzgerald - Ernst Hofbauer. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 88.
personal data
SURNAME Frank, Melvin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American screenwriter and film director
DATE OF BIRTH August 13, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago , Illinois, United States
DATE OF DEATH October 13, 1988
Place of death Los Angeles , United States