Nunnally Johnson
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- December 5, 1897
- Died
- March 27, 1977 (aged 79)
- Birthplace
- Columbus, Georgia, USA
Biography
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. 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
Filmography
The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission
Movie · Characters
The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission
Movie · Characters
The Dirty Dozen
Movie · Screenplay
Dear Brigitte
Movie · Writers' Assistant
The World of Henry Orient
Movie · Screenplay
Take Her, She's Mine
Movie · Screenplay
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
Movie · Screenplay
Flaming Star
Movie · Screenplay
The Angel Wore Red
Movie · Screenplay
The Man Who Understood Women
Movie · Screenplay
The Three Faces of Eve
Movie · Screenplay
The True Story of Jesse James
Movie · Screenplay
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
Movie · Screenplay
How to Be Very, Very Popular
Movie · Screenplay
Black Widow
Movie · Screenplay
Night People
Movie · Screenplay
How to Marry a Millionaire
Movie · Screenplay
We're Not Married!
Movie · Screenplay
Phone Call from a Stranger
Movie · Screenplay
My Cousin Rachel
Movie · Screenplay
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
Movie · Screenplay
The Long Dark Hall
Movie · Screenplay
The Mudlark
Movie · Screenplay
Three Came Home
Movie · Screenplay
The Gunfighter
Movie · Script Consultant
Everybody Does It
Movie · Writer
Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid
Movie · Screenplay
The Dark Mirror
Movie · Writer
Along Came Jones
Movie · Writer
The Southerner
Movie · Writer
The Woman in the Window
Movie · Screenplay
The Keys of the Kingdom
Movie · Screenplay
Casanova Brown
Movie · Writer
The Moon Is Down
Movie · Writer
Holy Matrimony
Movie · Screenplay
The Pied Piper
Movie · Screenplay
Life Begins at Eight-Thirty
Movie · Writer
Roxie Hart
Movie · Screenplay
Tobacco Road
Movie · Screenplay
The Grapes of Wrath
Movie · Screenplay
Chad Hanna
Movie · Screenplay
Rose of Washington Square
Movie · Screenplay
Jesse James
Movie · Screenplay
Wife, Husband and Friend
Movie · Screenplay
The Prisoner of Shark Island
Movie · Screenplay
Banjo on My Knee
Movie · Screenplay
Thanks a Million
Movie · Screenplay
Baby Face Harrington
Movie · Screenplay
Cardinal Richelieu
Movie · Writer
The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo
Movie · Writer
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
Movie · Screenplay
The House of Rothschild
Movie · Screenplay
Kid Millions
Movie · Screenplay
Moulin Rouge
Movie · Writer
A Bedtime Story
Movie · Writer
Mama Loves Papa
Movie · Story
Rough House Rosie
Movie · Story