Nunnally Johnson
Writing
- Born
- December 5, 1897 · Columbus, Georgia, USA
- Died
- March 27, 1977 (age 79)
Nunnally Hunter Johnson (December 5, 1897 – March 25, 1977) was an American filmmaker who wrote, produced, and directed motion pictures.
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.
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Johnson's first connection with film work was the sale of 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.
Quickly finding work as a scriptwriter, Johnson was hired fulltime as a writer by 20th Century-Fox in 1935. He soon began producing films as well and co-founded International Pictures in 1943 with William Goetz. Johnson also directed several films in the 1950s, including two starring Gregory Peck.
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 died of pneumonia in Hollywood in 1977 and was interred in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles.
Known for
The Dirty Dozen
June 15, 1967
The Grapes of Wrath
March 15, 1940
How to Marry a Millionaire
November 10, 1953
The Woman in the Window
October 25, 1944
The Gunfighter
May 26, 1950
The Three Faces of Eve
December 19, 1957
The Dark Mirror
October 17, 1946
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
October 16, 1951
Jesse James
January 14, 1939
Flaming Star
December 20, 1960
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
June 15, 1962
The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission
February 4, 1985
Behind the camera64
- 1988The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission Characters
- 1985The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission Characters
- 1967The Dirty Dozen Screenplay
- 1965Dear Brigitte Writers' Assistant
- 1964The World of Henry Orient Screenplay
- 1963Take Her, She's Mine Screenplay
- 1962Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation Screenplay
- 1960Flaming Star Screenplay
- 1960The Angel Wore Red Screenplay, Director
- 1959The Man Who Understood Women