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Scott Frank Biography

Birth Name:A. Scott Frank

Birth Place:Fort Walton Beach, Florida, United States

Profession Writer, Script department, Producer, Director, Actor, Assistant director

Fast Facts

His "Out of Sight" won the Writers Guild of America Award for best adapted screenplay
Won the Saturn Award for best science fiction screenplay for "Minority Report․"
His directorial debut, "The Lookout," won the 2008 Independent Spirit Award for best first feature
Graduated with a B․A․ in Film Studies from UCSB in 1982
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․""
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․"
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 Award-: nominated
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
2025Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music: nominated
2026USC Scripter Award-Television: nominated