Nunnally Johnson

Writing

Born Dec 05, 1897

From Columbus, Georgia, USA

Died Mar 27, 1977

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.

Filmography — Crew

Nunnally Johnson

Filmography — Crew

The Dirty Dozen

The Grapes of Wrath

How to Marry a Millionaire

The Gunfighter

Jesse James

The Woman in the Window

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

The Keys of the Kingdom

Black Widow

The World of Henry Orient

Tobacco Road

The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

The House of Rothschild

Flaming Star

Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation

The Three Faces of Eve

The True Story of Jesse James

Night People

The Southerner

We're Not Married!

Take Her, She's Mine

The Moon Is Down

My Cousin Rachel

Holy Matrimony

Chad Hanna

The Man Who Understood Women

Roxie Hart

Phone Call from a Stranger

The Dark Mirror

The Prisoner of Shark Island

Everybody Does It

Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back

The Long Dark Hall

Something's Got to Give

Three Came Home

Casanova Brown

Life Begins at Eight-Thirty

Baby Face Harrington

Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid

The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo

Oh, Men! Oh, Women!

Kid Millions

Along Came Jones

Wife, Husband and Friend

Rose of Washington Square

Cardinal Richelieu

Moulin Rouge

How to Be Very, Very Popular

The Mudlark

The Pied Piper

Thanks a Million

Banjo on My Knee

A Bedtime Story

The Angel Wore Red