Wikipedia's first sentence called it “american screenwriter known for his work as both a writer of original works”. Today it says “american film director”.
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Scott Frank (born March 10, 1960) is an American screenwriter known for his work as both a writer of original works: Dead Again , Little Man Tate and The Lookout (which he also directed) as well as adaptations of novels by authors such as Elmore Leonard and Philip K. His solo work on the screenplay for Out of Sight was nominated for an Academy Award and received an Edgar Award , a National Society of Film Critics Award, and a Writers Guild of America Award. He is also sought after for his uncredited work polishing and reworking other scripts prior to production including Saving Private Ryan , The Ring , Dawn of the Dead and, most recently, Knight and Day . Frank's first feature as a director, The Lookout was released in March 2007. He is a past Member of the Board of Directors of the Writers Guild of America, west . Frank received his BA from the Film Studies Department of the University of California at Santa Barbara in 1982.1
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Scott Frank (born March 10, 1960) is an American screenwriter and director .
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Scott Frank (born March 10, 1960) is an American screenwriter , film director , and author .He has earned two Academy Awards for Best Adapted Screenplay nominations for Out of Sight (1998) and Logan (2017).
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American screenwriter and director (born 1960) A.Scott Frank (born March 10, 1960) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and author.Frank has received two Academy Award nominations for Best Adapted Screenplay for Out of Sight (1998) and Logan (2017).His film work, credited and uncredited, extends to dozens of films.In recent years, he has worked for Netflix on television miniseries, most prominently writing and directing The Queen's Gambit .
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American screenwriter and director (born 1960) A. Scott Frank (born March 10, 1960) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and author. Frank has received two Academy Award nominations for Best Adapted Screenplay , the first for Out of Sight (1998) and the second for Logan (2017). His film work, credited and uncredited, extends to dozens of films. In recent years, he has worked for Netflix on television miniseries, most prominently writing and directing Godless , The Queen's Gambit and Dept.
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american screenwriter known for his work as both a writer of original works
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american film director
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