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Nunnally Hunter Johnson (December 5, 1897 - March 25, 1977) was an American
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 filmmaker who wrote, produced, and directed films.

Johnson was born in Columbus, Georgia
Columbus, Georgia

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. 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
New York Herald Tribune

The New York Herald Tribune was a daily newspaper created in 1924 when the New York Tribune acquired the New York Herald. The Herald Tribune was a leading Republican Party paper, and a voice for moderate "internationalism" Republicans as opposed to the "isolationism" variety represented by the Chicago Tribune....
. He also wrote short stories and a collection of these, There Ought To Be a Law, was published in 1930.






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Nunnally Hunter Johnson (December 5, 1897 - March 25, 1977) was an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 filmmaker who wrote, produced, and directed films.

Johnson was born in Columbus, Georgia
Columbus, Georgia

Columbus is a city in Muscogee County, Georgia, Georgia , United States. It is the primary city of the Columbus, Georgia Columbus, Georgia metropolitan area, an MSA which encompasses all of Columbus, Georgia, Chattahoochee County, Georgia, Harris County, Georgia, Marion County, Georgia, and Muscogee County, Georgia counties, Georgia, and Russ...
. 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
New York Herald Tribune

The New York Herald Tribune was a daily newspaper created in 1924 when the New York Tribune acquired the New York Herald. The Herald Tribune was a leading Republican Party paper, and a voice for moderate "internationalism" Republicans as opposed to the "isolationism" variety represented by the Chicago 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
William Goetz

William Goetz was an United States Hollywood film producer and studio executive.Born to a Jewish working class family in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Goetz was the youngest of eight children....
. Johnson also directed several films in the 1950s.

Johnson was nominated for the Academy Award
Academy Awards

The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers....
 for Best Screenplay in 1940 for The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath (film)

The Grapes of Wrath is a United States drama film directed by Academy Award Winner Best Director, John Ford. It was based on the Pulitzer Prize winning The Grapes of Wrath , written by John Steinbeck....
 and the Directors Guild of America
Directors Guild of America

Directors Guild of America is the trade union which represents the interests of film director and television director directors in the United States motion picture industry....
 Best Directors Award in 1956 for The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, by Sloan Wilson, is a novel about the United States search for purpose in world dominated by business. Tom and Betsy Rath share a struggle to find contentment in their hectic and material culture while several other characters fight essentially the same battle, but struggle in it for different reasons....
.

Johnson was married three times; to Marion Byrnes, Alice Mason, and Dorris Bowdon
Dorris Bowdon

Dorris Estelle Bowdon was an United States Actor, best known for her role as Rosasharn in the film adaptation of John Steinbeck's novel The Grapes of Wrath , starring Henry Fonda....
. His marriage to Bowdon lasted from 1939 until his death and produced three children. One daughter, Nora Johnson
Nora Johnson

Nora Johnson is an American author....
, is a successful author, another, Marjorie Fowler, was a film editor and his grandson, Jack Johnson, is an actor.

Johnson died of pneumonia
Pneumonia

Pneumonia is an Inflammation illness of the lung. Frequently, it is described as lung parenchyma/alveolus inflammation and abnormal alveolar filling with fluid ....
 in Hollywood in 1977 and was interred in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery
Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery

The Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery is located at 1218 Glendon Avenue in the Westwood, Los Angeles, California area of Los Angeles, California....
 in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles

Los ?ngeles is the Capital of the Biob?o Province, in the municipality of the same name, in Regions of Chile VIII , in the center-south of Chile....
.

Filmography

  • The Dirty Dozen
    The Dirty Dozen

    The Dirty Dozen is a World War II war film directed by Robert Aldrich, based on the novel by E.M. Nathanson and starring Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Telly Savalas, Charles Bronson and Jim Brown....
     (1967) writer
  • Dear Brigitte
    Dear Brigitte

    Dear Brigitte is a 1965 in film Family film-Comedy film starring James Stewart and directed by Henry Koster. Stewart stars as a college professor of a genius son, the precocious Erasmus ....
     (1965) uncredited writer
  • The World of Henry Orient
    The World of Henry Orient

    The World of Henry Orient is a 1964 in film Cinema of the United States comedy film based on the novel of the same name by Nora Johnson. It was directed by George Roy Hill and stars Peter Sellers, Paula Prentiss, Angela Lansbury, Tippy Walker, Merrie Spaeth, Phyllis Thaxter, Bibi Osterwald, and Tom Bosley....
     (1964) writer
  • Take Her, She's Mine
    Take Her, She's Mine

    Take Her, She's Mine is a 1963 in film comedy film starring James Stewart and Sandra Dee. The film was written by Henry Ephron, Phoebe Ephron, and Nunnally Johnson, with Dee's character based on the then 22-year-old Nora Ephron, and directed by Henry Koster....
     (1963) writer
  • Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
    Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation

    Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation is a 1962 United States comedy film directed by Henry Koster and starring James Stewart and Maureen O'Hara. The film is based on a novel by Edward Streeter and features popular singer Fabian ....
     (1962) writer
  • Something's Got to Give
    Something's Got to Give

    Something's Got to Give is one of the most notorious unfinished work films in Hollywood history. The light bedroom comedy was a remake of My Favorite Wife , a screwball comedy starring Cary Grant and Irene Dunne and released by RKO Radio Pictures....
     (1962) writer
  • Flaming Star
    Flaming Star

    Flaming Star is a 1960 in film Western starring Elvis Presley, based on the book Flaming Lance by Clair Huffaker. A dramatic role, it is said that Elvis Presley gave one of his best acting performances as the half-breed "Pacer Burton." The film's working title was Black Star....
     (1960) writer
  • The Angel Wore Red
    The Angel Wore Red

    The Angel Wore Red, also known as La Sposa Bella in its Italian language version, is a 1960 in film Italy-USA romantic film war film made by MGM and Titanus....
     (1960) writer, director
  • The Man Who Understood Women
    The Man Who Understood Women

    The Man Who Understood Women is a 1959 in film film written and directed by Nunnally Johnson from a novel by Romain Gary, and starring Henry Fonda, Leslie Caron, Renate Hoy and Cesare Danova....
     (1959) writer, producer, director
  • The Three Faces of Eve
    The Three Faces of Eve

    The Three Faces of Eve is a 1957 book and film, loosely based on the true story of Chris Costner Sizemore, a woman who suffered from dissociative identity disorder....
     (1957) writer, producer, director
  • Oh, Men! Oh, Women! (1957) writer, producer, director
  • The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
    The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

    The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, by Sloan Wilson, is a novel about the United States search for purpose in world dominated by business. Tom and Betsy Rath share a struggle to find contentment in their hectic and material culture while several other characters fight essentially the same battle, but struggle in it for different reasons....
     (1956) writer, director
  • How to Be Very, Very Popular (1955) writer, producer, director
  • Black Widow (1954) writer, producer, director
  • Witness to Murder
    Witness to Murder

    Witness to Murder is a 1954 in film suspense film starring Barbara Stanwyck....
     (1954) uncredited writer
  • Night People
    Night People (1954 film)

    Night People is a 1954 motion picture, starring Gregory Peck, Broderick Crawford, Anita Bjork and Buddy Ebsen, and directed by Nunnally Johnson....
     (1954) writer, producer, director
  • How to Marry a Millionaire
    How to Marry a Millionaire

    How to Marry a Millionaire is a 1953 in film romantic comedy film made by 20th Century Fox, directed by Jean Negulesco and produced and written by Nunnally Johnson....
     (1953) writer, producer
  • My Cousin Rachel (1952) writer, producer
  • O. Henry's Full House
    O. Henry's Full House

    O. Henry's Full House is an anthology film made by 20th Century Fox, consisting of five separate stories by O. Henry. The film was produced by Andr? Hakim and directed by five separate directors from five separate screenplays....
     (1952) uncredited writer
  • We're Not Married!
    We're Not Married!

    We're Not Married is a 1952 in film romantic comedy film starring Ginger Rogers, Fred Allen, and Marilyn Monroe....
     (1952) writer, producer
  • Phone Call from a Stranger
    Phone Call from a Stranger

    Phone Call from a Stranger is a 1952 United States drama film directed by Jean Negulesco, who was nominated for the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival....
     (1952) writer, producer
  • The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
    The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

    The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel is a 1951 film with James Mason as Field Marshal Erwin Rommel. Also in the cast are Jessica Tandy and Leo G....
     (1951) writer, producer
  • The Long Dark Hall (1951) writer
  • The Mudlark
    The Mudlark

    The Mudlark a film made in England by 20th Century Fox, is a fictionalized account of how Victoria of the United Kingdom was eventually brought out of her mourning for her dead husband, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha....
     (1950) writer, producer
  • The Gunfighter
    The Gunfighter

    The Gunfighter is a 1950 western film starring Gregory Peck, Helen Westcott and Millard Mitchell. This film was directed by Henry King . It was written by William Bowers and William Sellers , with an uncredited rewrite by Nunnally Johnson, from a story by Bowers and Andre de Toth....
     (1950) uncredited writer, producer
  • Three Came Home
    Three Came Home

    Three Came Home is a wartime film made by Twentieth Century-Fox, based on the memoirs of the same name by writer Agnes Newton Keith. It depicts Keith's life in North Borneo in the period immediately before the Battle of Borneo in 1942, and her subsequent internment and suffering, separated from her husband Harry Keith, and with a young...
     (1950) writer, producer
  • Everybody Does It
    Everybody Does It

    Everybody Does It is a 1949 in film comedy film starring Paul Douglas, Linda Darnell and Celeste Holm.In the film, a businessman's wife tries to become an opera star....
     (1949) writer, producer
  • Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid
    Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid

    Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid is a 1948 in film fantasy film starring William Powell and Ann Blyth in the title roles. Irene Hervey played Mr....
     (1948) writer, producer
  • The Senator Was Indiscreet
    The Senator Was Indiscreet

    The Senator Was Indiscreet is a 1947 in film comedy film starring William Powell as a dim-witted U.S. senator who decides to run for president, with Ella Raines as a reporter interested in the detailed diary he has kept about all the political misdeeds of his colleagues....
     (1947) producer
  • The Dark Mirror
    The Dark Mirror

    The Dark Mirror is a black-and-white psychological thriller film directed by Robert Siodmak, starring Olivia de Havilland as a pair of twins, and Lew Ayres as their psychiatrist....
     (1946) writer, producer
  • Along Came Jones
    Along Came Jones (film)

    Along Came Jones is a 1945 in film western film comedy film starring Gary Cooper, Loretta Young, William Demarest, and Dan Duryea, in which Cooper mercilessly spoofs his own slow-talking cowboy persona....
     (1945) writer
  • The Southerner
    The Southerner (1945 film)

    The Southerner is a film directed by Jean Renoir, based on the novel Hold Autumn in Your Hand by George Sessions Perry. The film received Academy Award nominations for Best Director, Original Music Score and Sound....
     (1945) uncredited writer
  • The Woman in the Window
    The Woman in the Window

    The Woman in the Window , is a film noir directed by Fritz Lang that tells the story of psychology professor Richard Wanley who meets and becomes enamored with a young femme fatale....
     (1945) writer, producer
  • The Keys of the Kingdom
    The Keys of the Kingdom (film)

    The Keys of the Kingdom is a 1944 in film American film based on the 1941 in literature novel, The Keys of the Kingdom, by A. J. Cronin....
     (1944) writer
  • Casanova Brown
    Casanova Brown

    Casanova Brown is a 1944 in film film starring Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright, and Frank Morgan. The film was written by Thomas Mitchell , Floyd Dell, and Nunnally Johnson, and directed by Sam Wood....
     (1944) writer, producer
  • Holy Matrimony
    Holy Matrimony (film)

    Holy Matrimony is a 1943 in film comedy film directed by John M. Stahl and released by 20th Century Fox. The screenplay was based on the novel Buried Alive by Arnold Bennett....
     (1943) writer, producer
  • The Moon Is Down
    The Moon Is Down

    The Moon Is Down, a novela by John Steinbeck, was published by Viking Press in March 1942. The title of the book comes from ?Macbeth?. Banquo, portrayed as a noble and loyal man, is in contrast to Macbeth?s character which is infused with evil....
     (1943) writer, producer
  • Life Begins at Eight-Thirty (1942) writer, producer
  • The Pied Piper
    The Pied Piper (1942 film)

    The Pied Piper is a 1942 film in which an Englishman on vacation in France is caught up in the Battle of France, and finds himself taking an ever-growing group of children to safety....
     (1942) writer, producer
  • Moontide
    Moontide

    Moontide is a 1942 in film drama film about a man who fears he has committed a murder when he was drunk. It stars Jean Gabin, Ida Lupino, and Thomas Mitchell ....
     (1942) uncredited writer
  • Roxie Hart
    Roxie Hart (film)

    Roxie Hart is a 1942 in film film directed by William A. Wellman and starring Ginger Rogers, Adolphe Menjou, George Montgomery, Nigel Bruce, Phil Silvers, William Frawley, and Spring Byington....
     (1942) writer, producer
  • Tobacco Road
    Tobacco Road (film)

    Tobacco Road is a 1941 in film Comedy film directed by John Ford starring Charley Grapewin, Marjorie Rambeau, Gene Tierney, William Tracy and Dana Andrews....
     (1941) writer
  • Chad Hanna (1940) writer, producer
  • I Was an Adventuress (1940) uncredited writer, producer
  • The Grapes of Wrath
    The Grapes of Wrath (film)

    The Grapes of Wrath is a United States drama film directed by Academy Award Winner Best Director, John Ford. It was based on the Pulitzer Prize winning The Grapes of Wrath , written by John Steinbeck....
     (1940) writer, producer
  • Rose of Washington Square
    Rose of Washington Square

    Rose of Washington Square is a 1939 in film United States dramatic-musical film.Set in 1920s New York City, it focuses on singer Rose Sargent and her turbulent relationship with Confidence trick Barton DeWitt Clinton, whose criminal activities threaten her professional success in the Ziegfeld Follies....
     (1939) writer, co-producer
  • Wife, Husband and Friend (1939) writer, producer
  • Jesse James
    Jesse James (1939 film)

    Jesse James is a western movie directed by Henry King and starring Tyrone Power, Henry Fonda, Nancy Kelly, and Randolph Scott. Written by Nunnally Johnson, the film is loosely based on the life of the notorious outlaw for which the film derives its name....
     (1939) writer, producer
  • Love Under Fire (1937) producer
  • Slave Ship
    Slave Ship (1937 film)

    Slave Ship is a 1937 in film film directed by Tay Garnett, starring Warner Baxter and Wallace Beery. The supporting cast includes Mickey Rooney, George Sanders, Jane Darwell, and Joseph Schildkraut....
     (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
    The Prisoner of Shark Island

    The Prisoner of Shark Island is a 1936 in film film, produced by Darryl F. Zanuck, directed by John Ford, and starring Warner Baxter and Gloria Stuart....
     (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


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