Scott Frank
When considering darkly comic noirs like "Get Shorty" (1995) and "Out of Sight" (1998), or the bleak futuristic thriller "Minority Report" (2002), one could envision a haunted, brooding writer comfortable only in a seedy dive bar. But screenwriter Scott Frank - both affable and boyish in his late 40s - has been a far cry from Raymond Chandler or Dashiell Hammett, possessing instead the demeanor of a friendly English teacher or a kindly neighbor who loans out his snow blower with no questions asked. Frank built a reputation as one of the most reliable and highly-paid screenwriters in the business, balancing book and short story adaptations with lucrative - and occasionally uncredited - rewrite gigs. While other successful writers bemoaned their lack of respect in Hollywood, Frank flourished with sanity and optimism intact, becoming one of the few widely known successes in a profession typically hidden behind closed doors.
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Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
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100% |
|
Bruiser | Producer | - | 2022 |
62% |
|
No Exit | Producer | - | 2022 |
93% |
|
Logan | Screenwriter | $226.3M | 2017 |
68% |
|
A Walk Among the Tombstones |
Director, Screenwriter |
$26.0M | 2014 |
71% |
|
The Wolverine | Screenwriter | $132.5M | 2013 |
64% |
|
Marley & Me | Screenwriter | $143.2M | 2008 |
87% |
|
The Lookout |
Director, Writer |
$4.6M | 2007 |
31% |
|
Flight of the Phoenix | Screenwriter | $21.0M | 2004 |
71% |
|
The Ring | Writer | $128.6M | 2002 |
89% |
|
Minority Report | Screenwriter | $132.0M | 2002 |
94% |
|
Out of Sight | Screenwriter | $37.5M | 1998 |
89% |
|
Get Shorty | Writer | $68.8M | 1995 |
55% |
|
Malice | Screenwriter | $46.0M | 1993 |
70% |
|
Little Man Tate | Screenwriter | $25.0M | 1991 |
81% |
|
Dead Again | Writer | $35.5M | 1991 |
TV
Credit | ||||
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77% | 67% | Monsieur Spade |
Executive Producer, Director, Writer |
2024 |
96% | 94% | The Queen's Gambit |
Executive Producer, Creator |
2020 |
83% | 85% | Godless |
Executive Producer, Director |
2017 |
82% | 82% | Shameless | Director | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fallen Angels | Screenwriter | 1993 |
No Score Yet | 88% | The Wonder Years | Writer | 1988 |