Writer

Frank S. Nugent

1908 – 1965

Active years (films on this site)

1948–1952

Genres

DramaWesternComedyRomance

Schools and movements

Classical Hollywood

Directors worked with

John Ford3 films

Biography

Frank Stanley Nugent 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.

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Awards and honours

National / local

• Writers Guild of America Award

3 films on this site

1. Fort Apache 1948 · John Ford · IMDb 7.4 · Writer
2. Wagon Master 1950 · John Ford · IMDb 7.1 · Writer
3. The Quiet Man 1952 · John Ford · IMDb 7.7 · Writer