Nunnally Johnson
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| Nunnally Johnson | |
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| Born | Nunnally Hunter Johnson December 5, 1897 Columbus, Georgia |
| Died | March 25, 1977 (aged 79) Hollywood, California |
| Spouse(s) | Dorris Bowdon (1939-1977) |
Nunnally Hunter Johnson (December 5, 1897 - March 25, 1977) was an American filmmaker who wrote, produced, and directed films.
Johnson was born in Columbus, Georgia. He began his career as a journalist, writing for the Columbus Enquirer Sun, the Savannah Press, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, and the New York Herald Tribune. He also wrote short stories and a collection of these, There Ought To Be a Law, was published in 1930. Johnson's first connection with film work was the sale of the screen rights to one of his stories in 1927. Johnson asked his editor if he could write film criticism articles in 1932. When this request was denied, he decided to relocate to Hollywood and work directly in the film industry.
Johnson quickly found work as a scriptwriter and was hired fulltime as a writer by 20th Century-Fox in 1935. He soon began producing films as well and cofounded International Pictures in 1943 with William Goetz. Johnson also directed several films in the 1950s.
Johnson was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Screenplay in 1940 for The Grapes of Wrath and the Directors Guild of America Best Directors Award in 1956 for The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit.
Johnson was married three times; to Marion Byrnes, Alice Mason, and Dorris Bowdon. His marriage to Bowdon lasted from 1939 until his death and produced three children. One daughter, Nora Johnson, is a successful author, another, Marjorie Fowler, was a film editor and his grandson, Jack Johnson, is an actor.
Johnson died of pneumonia in Hollywood in 1977 and was interred in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles.
[edit] Filmography
- The Dirty Dozen (1967) writer
- Dear Brigitte (1965) uncredited writer
- The World of Henry Orient (1964) writer
- Take Her, She's Mine (1963) writer
- Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962) writer
- Something's Got to Give (1962) writer
- Flaming Star (1960) writer
- The Angel Wore Red (1960) writer, director
- The Man Who Understood Women (1959) writer, producer, director
- The Three Faces of Eve (1957) writer, producer, director
- Oh, Men! Oh, Women! (1957) writer, producer, director
- The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956) writer, director
- How to Be Very, Very Popular (1955) writer, producer, director
- Black Widow (1954) writer, producer, director
- Witness to Murder (1954) uncredited writer
- Night People (1954) writer, producer, director
- How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) writer, producer
- My Cousin Rachel (1952) writer, producer
- O. Henry's Full House (1952) uncredited writer
- We're Not Married! (1952) writer, producer
- Phone Call from a Stranger (1952) writer, producer
- The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951) writer, producer
- The Long Dark Hall (1951) writer
- The Mudlark (1950) writer, producer
- The Gunfighter (1950) uncredited writer, producer
- Three Came Home (1950) writer, producer
- Everybody Does It (1949) writer, producer
- Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (1948) writer, producer
- The Senator Was Indiscreet (1947) producer
- The Dark Mirror (1946) writer, producer
- Along Came Jones (1945) writer
- The Southerner (1945) uncredited writer
- The Woman in the Window (1945) writer, producer
- The Keys of the Kingdom (1944) writer
- Casanova Brown (1944) writer, producer
- Holy Matrimony (1943) writer, producer
- The Moon Is Down (1943) writer, producer
- Life Begins at Eight-Thirty (1942) writer, producer
- The Pied Piper (1942) writer, producer
- Moontide (1942) uncredited writer
- Roxie Hart (1942) writer, producer
- Tobacco Road (1941) writer
- Chad Hanna (1940) writer, producer
- I Was an Adventuress (1940) uncredited writer, producer
- The Grapes of Wrath (1940) writer, producer
- Rose of Washington Square (1939) writer, co-producer
- Wife, Husband and Friend (1939) writer, producer
- Jesse James (1939) writer, producer
- Love Under Fire (1937) producer
- Slave Ship (1937) producer
- Cafe Metropole (1937) producer
- Nancy Steele Is Missing! (1937) producer
- Banjo on My Knee (1936) writer, producer
- The Road to Glory (1936) uncredited writer, producer
- Dimples (1936) producer
- The Country Doctor (1936) producer
- The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936) writer, producer
- The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo (1935) writer, producer
- Thanks a Million (1935) writer
- Baby Face Harrington (1935) writer
- Cardinal Richelieu (1935) uncredited writer, producer
- Kid Millions (1934) writer
- Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1934) writer
- The House of Rothschild (1934) writer
- Moulin Rouge (1934) writer
- Mama Loves Papa (1933) wrote original story
- A Bedtime Story (1933) writer
- Rough House Rosie (1927) wrote original story
