Frank Scott

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Scott Frank

A. Scott Frank (born March 10, 1960) is an American screenwriter and director.

Early life and education

Frank was born in Fort Walton Beach, Florida on March 10, 1960.

He attended the University of California, Santa Barbara, graduating in 1982 with a B.A. in film studies.

Career

In 2008, Scott Frank’s directorial debut, The Lookout, won the Independent Spirit award for Best First Feature.

Along with The Lookout, Mr. Frank’s other screenplays include Little Man Tate, Dead Again, Malice, Heaven's Prisoners, Get Shorty, Out of Sight, Minority Report, The Interpreter, Marley & Me, The Wolverine and A Walk Among the Tombstones (also directed).

Out of Sight, nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, won the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, the Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America as well as Best Screenplay awards from the National Society of Film Critics and the Boston Society of Film Critics.

Minority Report won the Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Screenplay. Get Shorty was nominated for both a Golden Globe and a Writers Guild Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and, along with Dead Again, was nominated for an Edgar Award for Best Mystery Screenplay.